ausait

English: ‘outside’.

Variant pronunciation and spelling autsait.

See original Mihalic entry.

Modifier forms

  1. outside
    yu kam ausait come outside

  1. laid off, not in education, not currently a member of a particular workplace, organisation or institution; the key cultural sense conveyed is that no-one can ever be removed from a position with absolute finality
    olpela bos i no laikim mi na mi stap ausait sikis mun the former boss didn’t like me and I was laid off for six months and I later regained my rightful job when he left)
    hat long baim fees na mi stap ausait tupela yia I had difficulty with the fees and I was out (of school, college) for two years
    em i memba long planti yia, pundaun long 1992, na nau stap ausait he was an MP for years, lost in 1992, and is not in Parliament just now (but he may be again soon)

Command forms

  1. ausait! outside! (e.g. command to a dog) ® raus!

Noun forms

  1. the outside, the exterior
    ausait bilong haus i nais the outside of the house is nice

  1. the shape, the appearance
    me save long em long ausait bilong em I know it from its shape

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