taem

Bislama

Etymology

From English time.

Noun

taem

  1. time
    • 1999, Trevor Balzer, Pidgin phrasebook[1], Lonely Planet Publications, page 29:
      Yu kam wot taem?
      When did you come?
      (literally, “you come what time?”)
  2. turn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others)

References

  • Crowley, Terry (2003) A New Bislama Dictionary, 2nd edition, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, →ISBN, page 269