"balus" meaning in Tok Pisin

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Noun

Etymology: This term is from the Western Oceanic substrate languages; it was considered by Mihalic to have entered Tok Pisin from Tolai, but Mosel argues that it "has certainly not been introduced from Tolai, but from a southern New Ireland language. For, apart from some marginal dialects […] Tolai […] lack[s] the phoneme /s/." Etymology templates: {{der|tpi|poz-ocw}} Western Oceanic, {{der|tpi|ksd|-}} Tolai Head templates: {{head|tpi|noun}} balus
  1. pigeon Categories (lifeform): Columbids Synonyms (pigeon): pisin
    Sense id: en-balus-tpi-noun-n3n9bNyI Disambiguation of Columbids: 87 7 7 Disambiguation of 'pigeon': 100 0 0
  2. aircraft Categories (topical): Aircraft
    Sense id: en-balus-tpi-noun-0QFJ7s~z Disambiguation of Aircraft: 2 97 2
  3. flight
    Sense id: en-balus-tpi-noun-A7az6RY9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: flai

Download JSON data for balus meaning in Tok Pisin (1.7kB)

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          "english": "The airplane is on the ground.",
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