lok, lokim
English: ‘lock’.See first Mihalic entry. See second Mihalic entry.
Noun forms
Tools, machines, instruments: a lock
opim lok to unlock
pasim lok to close a lock, to lock
putim lok to lock something, to put a lock on something
Intransitive verb forms
to be locked, to lock up or seize up
dua lok na mi no go insait the door was locked and I didn’t go in
mi laik kalap long han bilong diwai tasol lek lok I wanted to climb onto the next branch but my leg locked up
Transitive verb forms
to lock something
lokim haus to lock the house
Verb phrase forms
Culture: lokim lek Bougainville: a custom where a wife’s mother lures her son-in-law onto the beach then secretly uses a leaf to package and remove his footprint from the sand to magically trick him into to residing permanently in the wife’s village
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