traim

Tok Pisin

verb

Definitions

(transitive) to try, attempt.

Etymology

Derived from English try (extract oil from whale blubber).

Origin

English

try

Gloss

extract oil from whale blubber

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

mistry English
overtry English
retry English
triable English
tried English
trier English
triest English
trieth English
try English
try pot English
tryhard English
trying English
tryless English
tryscorer English
tryscoring English
trysquare English
trywork English
トライ Japanese
trien Middle English
tray Malay
טרײַען Yiddish