anka

Bislama: angka; Pijin: anga var. anka; TSC: anka var. anga.

See first Mihalic entry. See second Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

1. Boating: anchor
   troimwe anka to drop anchor
   legoim anka to drop anchor
   no ken troimwe anka long rip don’t drop your anchor on a reef
   haisapim anka to raise or weigh anchor
   hivapim anka to raise or weigh anchor
   pulim anka to raise or weigh anchor

Noun combination forms

2. skul anka a post-primary vocational school: Mühlhäusler (1979: 387), has ‘base school (standard 7 and 8)’; on Lihir Island, skul anka referred to a mission-run vocational school with a Grade 6 intake that taught practical skills such as baking, cooking and housework (girls) and manual skills (boys). ® skul

Intransitive verb forms

3. Boating: to be anchored, to ride at anchor
   sip i anka i stap the ship is riding at anchor

4. to settle down, to stay permanently in a place
   mi anka long dispela ples I’ staying here for good
   mi marit, olsem mi anka pinis nau I’m married, so I can’t move anywhere now

Transitive verb forms

5. to anchor something, to prevent something from moving
   mipela i laik ankaim ol gutpela wokman we want to make sure we keep all the good workers

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