haus bilong sipsip

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From haus (“house”) +‎ bilong (“of”) +‎ sipsip (“sheep”).

Noun

haus bilong sipsip

  1. sheep barn
    • 2009, anonymous author, Kirap!‎[1]:
      Dispela buk i tok moa olsem: “Long taim bilong kol, ol i save stap insait long ol haus bilong sipsip; na dispela i soim olsem de ol i makim bilong tingim Krismas long taim bilong kol, em i no stret, long wanem, Gutnius i tok ol wasman bilong sipsip ol i bin stap ausait long ol ples i gat gras.”
      The book says: “They passed the winter under cover inside the sheep barn; and from this alone it may be seen that the traditional date for Christmas, in the winter, is unlikely to be right, since the Gospel says that the shepherds were in the fields.”

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