rot bilong pekpek

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From rot (“route”) +‎ bilong (“of”) +‎ pekpek (“feces”).

Noun

rot bilong pekpek

  1. anus
    • 2019 February, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Stephen Andrew Bell, Sophe Ase, Ruthy Neo, Andrew Vallely, Steve Badman, Claire E. Nightingale, Johanna Wapling, “Developing a culturally appropriate illustrated tool for the self-collection of anorectal specimens for the testing of sexually transmitted infections: lessons from Papua New Guinea”, in BMC Public Health‎[1]:
      In the original illustration in Fig. 1, the word ‘anus’ is referred to in stages 7–10 of the illustrated tool. The most anatomically correct description for the anus in Tok Pisin, ‘rot bilong pekpek’ literally translates to ‘the passage belonging to faeces’.
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