sekan, sekanim

Pacific Pidgin English: *sekhan.

Bislama: sekan; Pijin: sekhan; TSC: sekan.

See original Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

  1. handshake, peace making
    mekim sekan to make peace again

Intransitive verb forms

  1. Form of greeting: to shake hands
    sekan! shake!
    yumi sekan pinis we have already shaken hands

  1. Form of greeting: to say hello/goodbye
    mi kam sekan long yu I have come to say hello/goodbye

  1. Church: to marry
    sekan long haus lotu to get married in church
    tupela i stap wantaim tasol i no sekan yet they are living together but are not yet married

  1. Warfare, fighting: to make peace
    pait i slek liklik nau, ating bihain bai sekan fighting has died down a bit, they may shortly make peace

Transitive verb forms

  1. Form of greeting: to shake hands with
    mi sekanim em pinis I have already shaken hands with him

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