"dai" meaning in Tok Pisin

See dai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From English die. Etymology templates: {{der|tpi|en|die}} English die Head templates: {{head|tpi|adjective}} dai
  1. dead
    Sense id: en-dai-tpi-adj-KKOl6B0e Categories (other): Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header, Death Disambiguation of Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Death: 50 50

Verb

Etymology: From English die. Etymology templates: {{der|tpi|en|die}} English die Head templates: {{head|tpi|verb}} dai
  1. To die
    Sense id: en-dai-tpi-verb-4n2944xp Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 50 50
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        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "die"
      },
      "expansion": "English die",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English die.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tok Pisin",
  "lang_code": "tpi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tpi",
          "name": "Death",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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            [
              164,
              167
            ]
          ],
          "english": "→New International Version translation",
          "ref": "1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:17:",
          "text": "Tasol yu no ken kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai bilong givim gutpela save long wanem samting i gutpela na wanem samting i nogut. Sapos yu kaikai, wantu bai yu dai.”",
          "translation": "→New International Version translation",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To die"
      ],
      "id": "en-dai-tpi-verb-4n2944xp",
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dai"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
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        "3": "die"
      },
      "expansion": "English die",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English die.",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tok Pisin",
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  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Death",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "dead"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "dead",
          "dead"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dai"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Tok Pisin adjectives",
    "Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tok Pisin lemmas",
    "Tok Pisin terms derived from English",
    "Tok Pisin verbs",
    "tpi:Death"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
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        "3": "die"
      },
      "expansion": "English die",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English die.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "dai",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tok Pisin",
  "lang_code": "tpi",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Tok Pisin terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
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            [
              164,
              167
            ]
          ],
          "english": "→New International Version translation",
          "ref": "1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:17:",
          "text": "Tasol yu no ken kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai bilong givim gutpela save long wanem samting i gutpela na wanem samting i nogut. Sapos yu kaikai, wantu bai yu dai.”",
          "translation": "→New International Version translation",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To die"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dai"
}

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    "Tok Pisin lemmas",
    "Tok Pisin terms derived from English",
    "Tok Pisin verbs",
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English die.",
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "dai",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "tpi",
  "pos": "adj",
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      ],
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        [
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        ]
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  ],
  "word": "dai"
}

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