"nil" meaning in Tok Pisin

See nil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From English needle. Etymology templates: {{der|tpi|en|needle}} English needle Head templates: {{head|tpi|noun}} nil
  1. needle
    Sense id: en-nil-tpi-noun-CYgfbtkz
  2. thorn
    Sense id: en-nil-tpi-noun-BJruvsjr

Download JSON data for nil meaning in Tok Pisin (0.5kB)

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      },
      "expansion": "English needle",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English needle.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "nil",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tok Pisin",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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          "needle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thorn"
      ],
      "id": "en-nil-tpi-noun-BJruvsjr",
      "links": [
        [
          "thorn",
          "thorn"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nil"
}

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    "Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tok Pisin lemmas",
    "Tok Pisin nouns",
    "Tok Pisin terms derived from English"
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English needle.",
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "tpi",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        ]
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