"kos" meaning in Tok Pisin

See kos in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From English cost. Etymology templates: {{der|tpi|en|cost}} English cost Head templates: {{head|tpi|noun}} kos
  1. cost
    Sense id: en-kos-tpi-noun-n4L3s3X0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From English cause. Etymology templates: {{der|tpi|en|cause}} English cause Head templates: {{head|tpi|noun}} kos
  1. cause
    Sense id: en-kos-tpi-noun-an7x7Z8V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tok Pisin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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