bilong
Cebuano
Etymology
Attested in Encarnacion's Diccionario Bisaya-Español—3rd Edition, 1885
Noun
bilong
- (obsolete) snail
- Synonym: hilahila
Tok Pisin
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Etymology 1
From Malay beliung.
Noun
bilong
- adze
- axe
- hatchet
Etymology 2
From English belong.
Alternative forms
- blong
Preposition
bilong
- of, belonging to
- sista bilong mi - my sister
- James Leach and Porer Nombo, Reite Plants, p. 10
ol bai kisim retpela plaua bilong en
they gather the red flowers of this [shrub]
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:25:
- God i kamapim ol kain kain animal bilong ples na ol bikpela na liklik animal bilong bus. God i lukim olgeta dispela samting i gutpela, na em i amamas.
- →New International Version translation
- having a tendency to, known for
- man bilong dringim bia - a drunk
- man bilong paitim - an aggressive man
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:7:
- Orait dispela banis i kamap. God i mekim dispela banis i kamap bilong banisim wara antap na wara daunbilo.
- →New International Version translation
- for the purpose of
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:15:
- Ol dispela lait i mas kamap long skai bilong givim lait long graun.”
- →New International Version translation
- James Leach and Porer Nombo, Reite Plants, p. 38
Skin diwai bilong rausim tewel
Bark for banishing spirits
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