klos

English: ‘clothes’.

People may not speak of klos if they wear traditional dress. For example, if a girl says mi no gat klos, she would mean she only has a grass skirt.

See original Mihalic entry.

Kurup En outside a clothing store, Banz, Western Highlands Province, 1994.

Noun forms

  1. Everyday clothing: clothes, dress, clothing especially of European style
    arere bilong klos the hem of a dress
    klos bilong slip night dress, pyjamas
    klos misa a religious vestment, a cassock
    lusim klos to take off one’s clothes, to undress
    ol i no gat klos, ol i stap nating they have no clothes, they are naked
    pasim klos to put on clothes, to dress

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