Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English sew up + -im.

Verb

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samapim trans.

  1. sew
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:7:
      Na ai bilong tupela i op na tupela i luksave olsem tupela i stap as nating. Olsem na tupela i samapim ol lip bilong diwai fik, na tupela i pasim olsem laplap bilong haitim skin bilong tupela.
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