mipela

From mi +‎ -pela.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.pe.la/

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.