mekim

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Inglis make +‎ -im.

Verb

mekim  transitive

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Translations

English

1. To make; to create
   • 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics‎^[1], →ISBN, page 433:

     Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.

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2. To do
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:13:

     Orait God, Bikpela i askim meri olsem, “Watpo yu mekim dispela samting?” Na meri i bekim tok olsem, “Snek i grisim mi na mi kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”

     →New International Version translation

   • 15 Pastaim tru ol man i stilim mi long graun bilong ol Hibru na bringim mi i kam hia. Na taim mi stap hia long Isip, mi no bin mekim wanpela rong. Tasol ol i putim mi nating long dispela kalabus.” worldbibles

Synonyms

• wokim

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