as

Bislama: as; Pijin: as; TSC: as. Note that only Tok Pisin extends the meaning much beyond its anatomical sense.

See original Mihalic entry ® asbin, asples.

Noun forms

1. buttocks, arse, arsehole.
   paitim as to spank, to whip
   as i pen to have a sore bum
   as i op! (idiomatic insult) slack-arsed ... !
   kuapim as to sodomise

2. base of, bottom of
   as bilong diwai the bottom of a tree, tree stump

3. basis, reason
   as bilong em i olsem the reason is as follows
   as bilong tok katolik the basis of Catholic teaching
   i no gat as bilong em there is no reason for it

Noun combination forms

4. as tingting underlying motive, underlying principle
   as tingting bilong mama lo i fridom bilong olgeta sitisen the underlying principle of the Constitution is the freedom of all citizens
   as tingting bilong em i long gutpela bilong ol pikinini bilong em his motivation was (that it was) for the good of his children

5. as tok underlying message, moral
   as tok i bilong lukautim helt bilong pikinini the basic message is taking care of children’s health

6. as bilong tok (i) the meaning of what someone has written or said, (ii) the cause of a complaint
   as bilong tok bai mi tokaut klia nau I will now explain what was said
   as bilong tok i olsem: pastaim kampani i no bin stretim ol lain long graun the origin of the complaint is that the company did not pay the landowners properly for the land

7. Warfare, fighting: as bilong trabel (i) the root cause of a tribal fight (ii) the people who caused or with whom a tribal fight originated
   as bilong trabel i olsem ... the tribal fight started like this ...
   ol Mogei i bin as bilong trabel, ol yet mas baim compesesen the Mogei were the reason for the tribal fight, they should be the ones to pay compensation

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