inap, inapim

Pacific Pidgin English: *inap.

Bislama: inaf: Pijin: naf var. nap; TSC: inap.

See first Mihalic entry. See second Mihalic entry.

Modifier forms

  1. enough, sufficient ® planti
    dispela wok em inap long tripela de this is three days work
    em inap that’s enough
    mi inap I’ve had enough, I am full, I am exhausted

  1. alright if
    inap mi ken kam tu? alright if I come too?
    inap yu pasim dua would you mind closing the door (alright if you ...)

  1. until, up to the duration of
    mi slip inap tulait I slept until daybreak
    mi sik inap tripela de I was sick for three days
    bel na het bilong ol em solap na ol pispis igoigo inap ol dai (Post-Courier Fri-Sun 28-30th February 2003) their stomach and heads swelled and they continuously passed urine until they died

  1. as much as
    lapun mas inap long sixti o seventi the old man must be up to sixty or seventy years old

  1. as far as
    mi draiv i go inap long taun, na bai yu ken wokabaut long hotel I’m driving as far as town, you can walk to the hotel from there
    rot i go inap long solwara the road reaches the ocean

Modifier compound forms

  1. inap long to be fit for, be sutiable for, be the right size, be the right age
    yu no maritim dispela man; em i no inap long yu don’t marry that man; he is not good enough for you. Or also: he is not your age or height.
    bet i no inap long mi the bed is too small for me
    dispela klos inap long mi this dress fits me
    dispela boi em inap long skul this boy is old enough to go to school

Transitive verb forms

  1. to satisfy, to provide enough
    inapim kaikai bilong ol tambu give plenty of food to the inlaws

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