pin

English: ‘pin’.

See original Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

  1. Everyday clothing: a pin, a safety pin, a buckle
    pasim long pin to pin something

  1. Everyday item: a wooden peg, also called a nil diwai
    pin bilong nus nasal decoration worn through the pierced septum of the nose; can be a stick of wood, piece of bone or shell

  1. Tools, machines, instruments: a rowlock
    dingi i no gat pin bilong en the dinghy has no rowlocks
    putim pul long pin na yumi go put the oars in the rowlocks and start rowing

  1. Tools, machines, instruments: a hinge
    ol pin bilong dua i krai the hinges are squeaking

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