pipel

See also: Pipel

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Possibly a learned borrowing from English people, possibly coined by Moravian Church missionaries.[1]

Noun

pipel

  1. people, population

Synonyms

References
  1. Hendrik Charles Focke (1855) Neger-Engelsch woordenboek [Negro English Dictionary]‎, Leiden: P.H. van den Heuvell, page 102

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English people.

Noun

pipel

  1. people

Synonyms
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