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Tok Pisin
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Adjective
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Tok Pisin
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Etymology
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From
wan
+
-pela
.
Adjective
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wanpela
one
Used as the
indefinite article
.
1989
,
Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin
, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea,
Jenesis
2:8
:
Orait God, Bikpela i wokim
wanpela
gaden i stap long Iden, long hap bilong sankamap. Na long dispela gaden God i putim dispela man em i bin wokim.
→New International Version translation
Usage notes
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Used when modifying nouns; see also
wan
.
Categories
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Tok Pisin terms suffixed with -pela
Tok Pisin lemmas
Tok Pisin adjectives
Tok Pisin terms with quotations
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