"rot" meaning in Tok Pisin

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Noun

Etymology: From English road. Etymology templates: {{inh|tpi|en|road}} English road Head templates: {{head|tpi|noun}} rot
  1. road, street
    Sense id: en-rot-tpi-noun-7bq0wvR5
  2. passage
    Sense id: en-rot-tpi-noun-CIawUQdW
  3. means, method, way
    Sense id: en-rot-tpi-noun-sO2I~JN~ Categories (other): Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rot bilong karim pikinini (english: vulva), rot bilong pekpek (english: anus)
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      "english": "vulva",
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      "word": "rot bilong karim pikinini"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "anus",
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        {
          "english": "Many little roads exist on this island.",
          "ref": "'2003, Mühlhäusler et al., Tok Pisin texts, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 9",
          "text": "Planti liklik rot i stap long ailan hia.",
          "translation": "Many little roads exist on this island."
        }
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          "ref": "2019 February 7, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Stephen Andrew Bell, Sophe Ase, Ruthy Neo, Andrew Vallely, Steve Badman, Claire E. Nightingale, Johanna Wapling, “Developing a culturally appropriate illustrated tool for the self-collection of anorectal specimens for the testing of sexually transmitted infections: lessons from Papua New Guinea”, in BMC Public Health:",
          "text": "In the original illustration in Fig. 1, the word ‘anus’ is referred to in stages 7–10 of the illustrated tool. The most anatomically correct description for the anus in Tok Pisin, ‘rot bilong pekpek’ literally translates to ‘the passage belonging to faeces’.",
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          "english": "However, the one conducting a meeting may occasionally draw out those in attendance and stimulate their thinking on the subject by means of supplementary questions.",
          "ref": "2003, anonymous author, Wastaua:",
          "text": "Tasol brata i lukautim miting inap kirapim tingting bilong ol brata sista long tingim ol samting em stadi i stori long en long rot bilong kamapim sampela askim moa.",
          "translation": "However, the one conducting a meeting may occasionally draw out those in attendance and stimulate their thinking on the subject by means of supplementary questions.",
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      "english": "vulva",
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          "ref": "'2003, Mühlhäusler et al., Tok Pisin texts, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 9",
          "text": "Planti liklik rot i stap long ailan hia.",
          "translation": "Many little roads exist on this island."
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          "text": "In the original illustration in Fig. 1, the word ‘anus’ is referred to in stages 7–10 of the illustrated tool. The most anatomically correct description for the anus in Tok Pisin, ‘rot bilong pekpek’ literally translates to ‘the passage belonging to faeces’.",
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