rakrakai1intransitive verbEnglishstrong; hard; difficult; firmTok Pisinsitorongatudik2gángángáugáugolgolarakrakairakairakrakai kalarrakrakai sorliurakrakai sorliwitur rakrakaiworwor rakrakaitur rakrakai suri2transitive verb taking onEnglishcourageous; stronglyThis use of rakrakai occurs in serial verb constructions following transitive on verbs such as hol (think) and pámpur (depend on).Mái ruktul er káp ditul te hol rakrakai i kánditul malar er dituláte aptur alari. Má ngo ditula han lala hol on, ngorer na malmu si ditul suri ditula kaleng ur on. Áá, káp ditul te hol rakrakai on ngorer kabin ditul kon suri malar a tuan kuluk alari kánditul torahin malar, wa malar a kis imi bát sang. (Eba 11.15-16)And those three did not think strongly of their place/village they had left away from. And if they would have greatly thought of it, therefore it would have been easy for them to return to it. Yes, they did not think strongly of it like that because they were craving a place/village that was much better than their old villlage, why the village up in heaven.3alienable nounEnglishstrength; power; authorityminginwán rakrakai
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