samap, samapim

English: ‘sew up’.

See first Mihalic entry. See second Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

  1. Everyday clothing: sewing, stitching
    haus samap a tailor’s shop
    masin bilong samap a sewing machine
    wansamap a short waist cloth, made from a half length of material and worn by schoolboys before cheap second-hand shorts were available
    tusamap a waist cloth sewn from a full or double length of material

  1. House construction: a thatch panel made of sewn sago palm leaves ® morota
    ol i bung na wokim samap they had a working bee to make sago thatch

  1. Everyday clothing: samapim the hem or seam of a garment
    blaus i bruk long samapim the blouse has come apart along the seams

Transitive verb forms

  1. to sew or patch clothing or cloth materials
    samapim meri blaus to sew a ‘meri blouse’
    samapim sel to patch a sail

Verb phrase forms

  1. House construction: samapim morota to sew shingles of morota sago thatch

  1. House construction: samapim lip saksak to sew a sago leaf thatch panel ® samapim morota

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