kabat / káptisyncopated verb1Englishtie; fasten; preventTok Pisinpasim ropThis term includes the action of tying or winding rope around another thing.Tan him erei a tari ái konom án malar singing, iau talar mai má kápte iau sengsegeng. Tan him minái a kabat iau pasi kápte má iau han suri mák nana ami rumán sasam.That work the village elder gave to me, I am working on it and I am not free (from it, have not finished it). This work is tying me (down, preventing me) resulting in I did not go to see Mother up at the clinic.isi; sáitikabat tiklik noi2Surtalar maiEnglishseal by binding; finalize agreement or covenant...má ngorer a oror mai ngisán sang suri kápti kán oror ák muswan. Ái Káláu a longoi ngorer kabin kápte kesá kálámul a pakta sorliwi suri ngo na oror mai ngisán. (Eba 6.13)...and so he promised with his own name to seal his promise (that) it was true. God did like that because there is no person who is big surpassing (more important, powerful than) him so that he could promise with his name.arkabatkamkabat

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