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Tok Pisin
Etymology 1
From tu + -pela.
Adjective
tupela
- two
1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:6:Bihain God i tok olsem, “Wanpela banis i mas kamap bilong banisim wara, bai wara i stap long tupela hap.” Orait dispela banis i kamap. God i mekim dispela banis i kamap bilong banisim wara antap na wara daunbilo.- →New International Version translation
Usage notes
Used when modifying a noun.
Etymology 2
From English two + -pela (from English fellow).
Pronoun
tupela du
- they two (dual third-person pronoun)
1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics, →ISBN, page 433:Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
See also
Tok Pisin personal pronouns