satu

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See original Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

  1. Everyday item: a die, dice

Verb phrase forms

  1. Sport, games, pastimes: pilai satu to play dice, to cast lots
    Olsem na ol soldia tok olsem, ‘Yumi no ken brukim dispela siot. Nogat. Yumi mas pilai satu bilong makim wanem man bai i kisim’. They said therefore among themselves, let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be (John 19:24).

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