kat¹, katim

See first Mihalic entry. See second Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

1. Physical state: a cut
   i gat kat long en it has a cut on it

Noun combination forms

2. dokta kat a surgeon

Transitive verb forms

3. Action: to cut something
   katim bol to castrate
   katim gras (a) to cut grass, (b) to give a haircut
   katim tok to interrupt

4. Medicine: to operate on
   meri i sik insait, na dokta laik katim em the woman is sick inside and the doctor wants to operate

5. Warfare, fighting: to kill with an axe
   em i no gat rot nau, na ol birua katim em there was no way to escape now, and the enemy killed him (with their axes)

6. Action: forms of katim with tools
   katim long so to saw
   katim long tamiok / akis to cut with a hatchet / an axe

7. Action: to delete, cross out
   katim olgeta tok i kranki cross out all the words which are wrong
   katim marit to annul a marriage

Verb phrase forms

8. Action: katim liklik liklik to cut something into small pieces ® katkatim

9. Culture: katim skin to scarify, to circumcise

© Revising the Mihalic Project, 26 Jan 2005 [Home]