tumbuna

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From one of the Polynesian languages; compare Maori tupuna.

Noun

tumbuna

1. ancestor
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:20:

     Man i kolim meri bilong em Iv, long wanem, em i tumbuna mama bilong olgeta manmeri.

     →New International Version translation

2. grandparent

See also

• tambaran