טאָק־פּיסין

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tok Pisin Tok Pisin, from English talk + pidgin or business.

Noun

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טאָק־פּיסין (tok-pisinn

  1. Tok Pisin (language)
    • 2023 June 22, Dor Shabashewitz, “אַ ייִדישע קרעאָל־שפּראַך אין די קאַריבישע אינדזלען [a yidishe kreol-shprakh in di karibishe indzlen]”, in The Yiddish Daily Forward[1]:
      ...אינעם פֿאַל פֿון די באַקאַנטסטע קרעאָלישע שפּראַכן, אַזאַ ווי טאָק־פּיסין פֿון פּאַפּואַ ניי גינע
      ...inem fal fun di bakantste kreolishe shprakhn, aza vi tok-pisin fun papua ney gine
      In the case of the most well-known creole languages such as Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea...