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hatwok
hatwok
Tok Pisin
Verb
hatwok
- To work hard; to do labor; to struggle
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:19 (translation here):
- Na bai yu wok hat tru long kisim kaikai bilong yu na tuhat bai i kamap long pes bilong yu. Na bai yu hatwok oltaim inap yu dai na yu go bek long graun. Long wanem, mi bin wokim yu long graun, na bai yu go bek gen long graun.”
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:19 (translation here):
Usage notes
Although wok hat is theoretically equivalent, it is usually only used when hat is being modified, as in the first sentence in the citation above, where tru (“very”) modifies hat.
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