maket, maketim

English: ‘market’.

See original Mihalic entry.

Mount Hagen market, January 1987.

Noun forms

  1. a market ® bung
    ol meri salim kumu long maket the women are selling greens in the market
    maket i op the market is open

  1. Sexual innuendo: a woman’s genital area
    pulim dres i go daun, nogut soim maket i op! pull your dress down, don’t show your knickers!

Noun combination forms

  1. buai maket a market, normally away from a council designated market, where betel nut is sold

Transitive verb forms

  1. to sell something in a market

  1. Sexual innuendo: to show sexual availability
    dispela kain meri maketim samting bilong em this kind of woman is flaunting herself in public

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