asples

Tok Pisin: as + ples.

(No Mihalic entry)
® as.

Noun forms

  1. Kind of person: local tribesman or woman, native inhabitant, indigenous person
    ol asples na setla sindaun mix local and settlers alike live in the one area
    ol asples i kot long compensesen the local inhabitants sued for compensation

  1. Culture: birthplace, home village, native country
    em i no stap, em i go long asples he is not here, he went home to his village
    asples bilong ol tok ples Motu i long Mosbi the home area of the Motu people is Port Moresby

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