different between mipela vs untrue

Bislama

Etymology

From mi +? -pela.

Pronoun

mipela

1. The first person plural exclusive, mipela refers to the speaker and other persons, but does not include the person(s) being spoken to; we, us.

See also

• mitripela
• mitupela
• yumi
• yumipela
• yumitripela
• yumitupela

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From mi +? -pela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mi.pe.la/

Pronoun

mipela

1. we, us (exclusive, "we but not you"); refers to the speaker and other persons, but does not include the person(s) being spoken to.
   • 1992, collected by Mühlhaüsler et al. quoted in Language, Education, and Development: Urban and Rural Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea (Suzanne Romaine, Oxford: 1992)
   • Na mipela i no save long Tok Pisin tu. Brata bilong mipela ol i go long stesin, orait ol i kisim save long stesin. Ol i kam bek orait ol i tok pisin.
   • And we didn't know Tok Pisin either. Our brothers went to the station, and then learned new things in the station. Then they returned speaking in creole.

See also

English

Alternative forms

• untrew (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English untrewe, from Old English untr?ewe, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuw?, from Proto-Germanic *untriwwiz. Equivalent to un- +? true.

Adjective

untrue (comparative more untrue, superlative most untrue)

1. False; not true.

   Synonyms: false, inaccurate, incorrect, unveridical, wrong; see also Thesaurus:false

   Antonym: true
2. Not faithful or loyal.

   Synonyms: false, perfidious, unfaithful

   Antonym: faithful

Derived terms

• untruism

Translations