graun

Inherited from Latin conger.

graun m

1. conger eel (Conger conger)

• → Serbo-Croatian: grȕj / гру̏ј (in some forms)
  • → Albanian: gru

• Bartoli, 1st ed., vol. 2, §129 column 152: “graun”, column 186: “graun”; 2nd ed., page 294b, page 311a

From English ground.

graun

1. ground; land

   Balus i stap long graun.

   The airplane is on the ground.

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

     Bipo bipo tru God i mekim kamap skai na graun na olgeta samting i stap long en.

     →New International Version translation

• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 21