samting
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From
English
something
.
Pronunciation
IPA
(
key
)
:
/sam.tiŋ/
Noun
samting
thing
1989
,
Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin
, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea,
Jenesis
1:1
:
Bipo bipo tru God i mekim kamap skai na graun na olgeta
samting
i stap long en.
→New International Version translation
substance
anything
1989
,
Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin
, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea,
Jenesis
2:25
:
Man na meri i no gat
samting
bilong karamapim skin bilong tupela. Tasol tupela i no sem.
→New International Version translation
(
euphemistic
)
genitalia
Derived terms
marasin bilong pamim long gaden bilong kilim ol binatang samting
(
“
pesticide
”
)
marasin samting
(
“
medicine (treatment or cure)
”
)
Adverb
samting
about
,
approximately