sindaun
Tok Pisin edit
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Etymology edit
Verb edit
sindaun
- To sit.
- To inhabit; to settle; to live in a place.
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:28:
- Na God i mekim gutpela tok bilong givim strong long ol. Em i tokim ol olsem, “Yupela i mas kamap planti na i go sindaun long olgeta hap bilong graun na bosim olgeta samting i stap long en. Mi putim ol pis na ol pisin na olkain animal bilong graun aninit long yupela.”
Antonyms edit
Noun edit
sindaun
- Conduct; behaviour.
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Tok Pisin translation
- Long wanem, em i gutpela stret long strongim pasin bilong kamapim gutpela sindaun namel long ol kantri.
- (Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations)
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Tok Pisin translation