Meanings of "bel" from ASAONET
John Wagner
jrw6777 at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 30 08:07:11 EST 2003
In my experience "tubel" can also mean "of two minds"
or "of two opinions" as when a single individual does
not come down clearly on one side of an issue.
John Wagner
--- "Thomas H. Slone" <THSlone at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Øyvind Jensen <Oyvind.Jensen at SVT.NTNU.NO> posted the
> following
> definitions of phrases with "bel" on ASAONET.
> Anyone care to comment
> or elaborate?
>
>
> >Tok Pisin Literal transl.
> >1. Bel bilong mi i tok: "My stomach says" (My
> 'conscience')
> >
> >2. Bel i malmalum: "Stomach is soft" (To be
> 'meek',
> >
> 'content')
> >3. Bel i pas/sori: "Stomach is closed/sorry"
> ('Sad', 'dreary')
> >4. Tingting long bel: "Think in the stomach"
> (To 'reflect')
> >5. Tubel "Two stomachs"
> ('Disagreement', 'discontent')
>
> --
>
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