yutupela
Tok Pisin edit
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Etymology edit
From yu (“you”) + tu (“two”) + -pela.
Pronoun edit
yutupela du
- you two (dual second person pronoun)
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:1:
- God, Bikpela i bin wokim olgeta animal, tasol i no gat wanpela bilong ol inap winim snek long tok gris. Na snek i askim meri olsem, “Ating God i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong olgeta diwai bilong gaden, a?”