sik bilong koap

Tok Pisin

Etymology

A compound phrase that translates to "illness from sexual intercourse."

Noun

sik bilong koap

  1. sexually transmitted disease, sexually transmitted infection
    • 2019, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Stephen Bell, Sophie Ase, Ruthy Boli-Neo, Andrew Vallely, Steven Badman, Claire Nightingale, Johanna Wapling, Developing a culturally appropriate illustrated tool for the self-collection of anorectal specimens for the testing of sexually transmitted infections: lessons from Papua New Guinea‎[1]:
      Describing STIs was relatively straight forward, with focus group participants suggesting a translation of 'sik bilong koap' (Lit: infection from sex).

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