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kamap
kamap
Tok Pisin
Verb
kamap intrans., transitive kamapim
- to arise
- to appear; to come into being
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:1 (translation here):
- Bipo bipo tru God i mekim kamap skai na graun na olgeta samting i stap long en.
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:1 (translation here):
- to be born
- to become
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:24 (translation here):
- Olsem na dispela pasin i kamap. Man i save lusim papamama na i pas wantaim meri bilong en, na tupela i kamap wanpela bodi tasol.
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:24 (translation here):
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