See blong on Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Melanesian",
"traditional"
],
"word": "blong blakman"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "old, out-of-date",
"translation": "old, out-of-date",
"word": "blong longtaem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "said by one male to another who has seen his friend's penis without him realising it",
"tags": [
"humorous"
],
"translation": "said by one male to another who has seen his friend's penis without him realising it",
"word": "blong mi i gud?"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "hopelessly out-of-date",
"translation": "hopelessly out-of-date",
"word": "blong naentin wan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "introduced; non-traditional, European",
"translation": "introduced; non-traditional, European",
"word": "blong waetman"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "why",
"translation": "why",
"word": "blong wanem"
}
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"2": "en",
"3": "belong"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
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"2": "blong"
},
"expansion": "Pijin blong",
"name": "cog"
},
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"2": "bilong"
},
"expansion": "Tok Pisin bilong",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"colloquial",
"informal"
]
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},
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"english": "Maki's house",
"literal_meaning": "house of Maki",
"text": "haos blong Maki",
"translation": "Maki's house",
"type": "example"
}
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"english": "glass for water",
"text": "glas blong wota",
"translation": "glass for water",
"type": "example"
}
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"glosses": [
"for (indicates purpose)"
],
"id": "en-blong-bi-prep-JLTaeqCo",
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"english": "Can you finish it for me?",
"text": "Yu save finisim blong mi?",
"translation": "Can you finish it for me?",
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}
],
"glosses": [
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"english": "That woman is from Malakula.",
"text": "Woman ia hem i blong Malakula.",
"translation": "That woman is from Malakula.",
"type": "example"
}
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}
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"name": "inh"
},
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"2": "blong"
},
"expansion": "Pijin blong",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "bilong"
},
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"informal"
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"english": "I have come to see you.",
"text": "Mi kam blong luk yu.",
"translation": "I have come to see you.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
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],
"id": "en-blong-bi-conj-ycyZYAsf",
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},
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"etymology_text": "From English belong. Cognate with Bislama blong and Tok Pisin bilong.",
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "blon",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
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"pos": "prep",
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"english": "My mother lives in our house.",
"literal_meaning": "Mother of me stays at house of us",
"text": "Mami blong mi stap long haos blong mifala.",
"translation": "My mother lives in our house.",
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"english": "This one is mine.",
"literal_meaning": "This one it of me",
"text": "Diswan hem blong mi.",
"translation": "This one is mine.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
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],
"id": "en-blong-pis-prep-RQ06gKyV",
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"english": "It is time for school.",
"text": "Hem nao taem blong skul.",
"translation": "It is time for school.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
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"english": "We are from Makira, people across the street are from Isabel.",
"text": "Mifala blong Makira, olketa long narasaed olketa blong Isabel.",
"translation": "We are from Makira, people across the street are from Isabel.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"english": "Your being late is enough to get you sacked.",
"text": "Tulet blong iu hem blong sake.",
"translation": "Your being late is enough to get you sacked.",
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"english": "After finishing his schooling, he went to minister in his home church in 'Areo.",
"ref": "1988, Geoffrey Miles White, Bikfala faet: olketa Solomon Aelanda rimembarem Wol Wo Tu, page 75:",
"text": "Bihaen hemi finisim skul blong hem, hemi go minista long sios long ples blong hem long 'Areo.",
"translation": "After finishing his schooling, he went to minister in his home church in 'Areo.",
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"word": "blong"
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"Bislama lemmas",
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],
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"traditional"
],
"word": "blong blakman"
},
{
"english": "old, out-of-date",
"translation": "old, out-of-date",
"word": "blong longtaem"
},
{
"english": "said by one male to another who has seen his friend's penis without him realising it",
"tags": [
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],
"translation": "said by one male to another who has seen his friend's penis without him realising it",
"word": "blong mi i gud?"
},
{
"english": "hopelessly out-of-date",
"translation": "hopelessly out-of-date",
"word": "blong naentin wan"
},
{
"english": "introduced; non-traditional, European",
"translation": "introduced; non-traditional, European",
"word": "blong waetman"
},
{
"english": "why",
"translation": "why",
"word": "blong wanem"
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"2": "blong"
},
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"2": "bilong"
},
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"colloquial",
"informal"
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"english": "Maki's house",
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"english": "glass for water",
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"english": "Can you finish it for me?",
"text": "Yu save finisim blong mi?",
"translation": "Can you finish it for me?",
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}
],
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"english": "That woman is from Malakula.",
"text": "Woman ia hem i blong Malakula.",
"translation": "That woman is from Malakula.",
"type": "example"
}
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"colloquial",
"informal"
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"english": "I have come to see you.",
"text": "Mi kam blong luk yu.",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "tpi",
"2": "bilong"
},
"expansion": "Tok Pisin bilong",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From English belong. Cognate with Bislama blong and Tok Pisin bilong.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bilong",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "blon",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "blo",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"colloquial",
"informal"
]
},
{
"form": "blo'",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"colloquial",
"informal"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pis",
"2": "preposition"
},
"expansion": "blong",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Pijin",
"lang_code": "pis",
"pos": "prep",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pijin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_literal_offsets": [
[
7,
9
],
[
28,
30
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
5,
10
],
[
29,
34
]
],
"english": "My mother lives in our house.",
"literal_meaning": "Mother of me stays at house of us",
"text": "Mami blong mi stap long haos blong mifala.",
"translation": "My mother lives in our house.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_literal_offsets": [
[
12,
14
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
11,
16
]
],
"english": "This one is mine.",
"literal_meaning": "This one it of me",
"text": "Diswan hem blong mi.",
"translation": "This one is mine.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"of, belonging to (indicates possession)"
],
"links": [
[
"of",
"of"
],
[
"belonging",
"belonging"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Pijin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
13,
18
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
11,
14
]
],
"english": "It is time for school.",
"text": "Hem nao taem blong skul.",
"translation": "It is time for school.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"of, for (indicates close relationship or purpose)"
],
"links": [
[
"of",
"of"
],
[
"for",
"for"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Pijin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
7,
12
],
[
49,
54
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
7,
11
],
[
49,
53
]
],
"english": "We are from Makira, people across the street are from Isabel.",
"text": "Mifala blong Makira, olketa long narasaed olketa blong Isabel.",
"translation": "We are from Makira, people across the street are from Isabel.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"from (indicates origin)"
],
"links": [
[
"from",
"from"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Pijin terms with quotations",
"Pijin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
6,
11
],
[
19,
24
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
26,
28
]
],
"english": "Your being late is enough to get you sacked.",
"text": "Tulet blong iu hem blong sake.",
"translation": "Your being late is enough to get you sacked.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
25,
30
],
[
72,
77
]
],
"english": "After finishing his schooling, he went to minister in his home church in 'Areo.",
"ref": "1988, Geoffrey Miles White, Bikfala faet: olketa Solomon Aelanda rimembarem Wol Wo Tu, page 75:",
"text": "Bihaen hemi finisim skul blong hem, hemi go minista long sios long ples blong hem long 'Areo.",
"translation": "After finishing his schooling, he went to minister in his home church in 'Areo.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"for, to (indicates reason or purpose)"
],
"links": [
[
"for",
"for"
],
[
"to",
"to"
]
]
}
],
"word": "blong"
}
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