Cognate toTok Pisinbensin(“petrol”). According to Terry Crowley, this term entered Bislama before 1885, either fromGermanBenzin, or fromEnglishbenzene, as the meaning of that term was not as narrow or technical in the nineteenth century as it is today.[1]
bensin
bensin n (genitive singularbensins,uncountable)
| n3s | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bensin | bensinið |
| accusative | bensin | bensinið |
| dative | bensini | bensininum |
| genitive | bensins | bensinsins |
Borrowed fromDutchbenzine, fromGermanBenzin.Doublet ofbenzena.
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bènsin (pluralbensin-bensin)
bensin m (definite singularbensinen,uncountable)
bensin m (definite singularbensinen,uncountable)
FromGermanBenzin, fromBenzoe +-in.
bensin c
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | bensin | bensins |
| definite | bensinen | bensinens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Cognate toBislamabensin(“petrol”) (a term which entered Bislama before 1885). According to Terry Crowley, the term derives either fromGermanBenzin, or fromEnglishbenzene, as the meaning of that term was not as narrow or technical in the nineteenth century as it is today.[1]
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