asples

See also: as ples

French

Noun

asples m

1. plural of asple

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

• as ples

Etymology

From as (“origin”) +‎ ples (“place”).

Noun

asples

1. hometown, birthplace
   • 2007, anonymous author, Sirakyus Pol i Bin Stop Liklik Taim Long Dispela Hap‎^[1]:

     Sirakyus i bin i gat biknem inap sampela taim, na em asples bilong ol man bilong bipo em ol i gat nem, olsem Epikamus em man bilong raitim ol pilai, na Akemides em saveman bilong matematiks.

     Syracuse had moments of glory and was the birthplace of well-known figures of ancient times, such as the playwright Epicharmus and the mathematician Archimedes.

Adjective

asples

1. indigenous
   • 2017, anonymous author, Consevesen Melanesia‎^[2]:

     Inap long 1995, dispela ples i lukautim 3000 asples manmeri ol kolim ol yet Maisin pipel.

     Since 1995, the biologically diverse Collingwood Bay area on the coast of Oro Province, north-eastern Papua New Guinea, has been the setting for a conflict between the province’s 3,000 indigenous Maisin people and proposed commercial logging and palm oil development within the community’s 262,000 hectares of ancestral lands.

Derived terms

• asples bilong gavman (“seat of government”)