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papatais

verb

LanguageChuukese

Meaning
  1. to be baptized
  2. The act of undergoing the Christian ceremony of baptism.
Examples

A papatais me ren ewe sam.

He was baptized by the priest.

Part of speechverb

Usage noteThis is a loanword from English.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.