Meanings
proper noun
- One of the official languages of Papua New Guinea.
nounTok Pisin (uncountable)
- uncountableA creole of Indo-European, Malayo-Polynesian and Trans-New Guinean languages (principally English and Kuanua).
Synonyms: tpi, Melanesian Pidgin English, Neomelanesian, Neo-Melanesian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA creole of Indo-European, Malayo-Polynesian and Trans-New Guinean languages (principally English and Kuanua).
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 巴布亞皮欽語 /巴布亚皮钦语
- 巴布亞皮欽語 /巴布亚皮钦语 (Bābùyà Píqīnyǔ)language
Dutch Tok Pisin
- Tok Pisinlanguage
Finnish tok-pisin
- tok-pisinlanguage
German Neuguinea-Pidgin
- Neuguinea-Pidginlanguage
Greek τοκ πίσιν
- τοκ πίσιν (tok písin)language
Russian ток-писин
- ток-писин (tok-pisin)language
Slovak neomelanézština, tok pisin
- neomelanézštinalanguage
- tok pisinlanguage
- novoguinejský pidžinlanguage
Swedish tok pisin
- tok pisinlanguage
Turkish Tok Pisin
- Tok Pisinlanguage
Cite this entry
APA
Tok Pisin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tok%20Pisin
MLA
“Tok Pisin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tok%20Pisin. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tok Pisin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tok%20Pisin.
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