Where does “bilong” come from?
bilong (Tok Pisin) comes from English belong, from Middle English belongen, from Middle English be-, from Old English be-, from Old English hrōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
bilong (Tok Pisin): of, belonging to; having a tendency to, known...
Definitions
- of, belonging to; having a tendency to, known...
Ancestry of “bilong”, step by step
bilong traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English belong
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | belong | To have its proper place; To be part of, or the... |
| 2 | Middle English | belongen | — |
| 3 | Middle English | be- | — |
| 4 | Old English | be- | a productive prefix usually used to form verbs... |
| 5 | Old English | hrōpan | to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Malay beliung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | beliung | adze |
Words derived from “bilong”
- gras bilong ai
- pikinini bilong kaikai
- man bilong lotu
- skru bilong lek
- skru bilong han
- mambu bilong blut
- haus bilong putim ol hos
- haus bilong ol binen
- haus bilong ol hos
- haus bilong ol waitpela binatang
- haus slip bilong ol hos
- pepa bilong klinim han
- piksa nogut bilong ol pikinini
- ples bilong kamapim pikinini
- rot bilong karim pikinini
- sik bilong bel hevi
- bilum bilong pikinini
- haus bilong hos
- haus bilong king
- haus bilong pisin
- haus bilong sipsip
- mambu bilong nek
- masin bilong samap
- pepa bilong toilet