hap sankamap

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

• hap san i kamap

Etymology

From hap (“part”) + sankamap (“sunrise”), perhaps a calque of Levant.

Noun

hap sankamap

1. east
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:14:

     Nem bilong namba 3 wara em Taigris na em i ran i go long hap sankamap bilong kantri Asiria. Na nem bilong namba 4 wara em Yufretis.

     →New International Version translation