The Tokpisin term "et, etpela" matches the English term "eight"

other tokpisin words that include "et" : english :
akselareta accelerator
leta pas aerogramme
pret afraid
olgeta all
yet already
stret long taim as soon as
pikinini i dring susu yet baby not yet weaned
kukim bret bake bread
basket basket
gras usket, mausgras beard
bet bed
let, paspas bilong bel belt
mobeta better
bisket biscuit
blanket blanket
litimapim em yet boastful, proud
kru bilong het brain
i no save pret brave
bret bread
arse tanket bunch of tanket leaves stuck into a belt to cover a man's backside
bet sel canvas stretcher
kabureta carburetor
karet carrot
kaset cassette
benetii cassowary (New Britain); see also Muruk
handet yia century
usket, asket chin
soklet chocolate
sigaret cigarettes
olgeta completely
tanget cordyline plant
stret, stretpela correct
turnim het courting ceremony involving rubbing faces together
pretman, man bilong pret coward
draibisket cracker
het bilong diwai crown of tree
kapet cupboard
kastet custard
prut det dates
satan, setan devil
hap laplap bilong wasim plet dish cloth
trench - baret drain, trench
draibisket dry biscuit
olgeta man everybody
olgeta, olgeta man everybody
olgeta samting everything
long olgeta ples everywhere
stret exactly
wetim expect
tok bilong bipo yet fable, myth
pes, pes olgeta face
let bilong karapela fan belt
pasim let fasten seatbelt
kwik piksa leta fax
stret flat
poret forwards
pret frightened
gohet go ahead
masket, raifol, gan gun
gras, gras bilong het hair
man i save katim gras bilong het hairdresser
no laikim tru, hetim hate
het head
het i pen headache
stret, stretpela honest
wan handet hundred
mi yet I myself
stret nau immediately
mobeta sapos it would be better if
stret long taim just when
wokim, paitim bret knead bread
su let leather shoes
pas, leta letter
letis lettuce
sigaret laita lighter (flint)
bret loaf of bread
longpela long olgeta longest of all
longpela winim olgeta look
wetliva, lang lungs
longlong, het i pas mad
majestret magistrate
bung, maket market
i no stret mistake
haus lotu bilong ol mahomet mosque
mastet mustard
tok bilong bipo yet myth
pepa bilong raitim leta notepaper
hap bret piece of bread
ret pink
plet plate
ples bilong wetim tren platform (railway)
letabokis post-box
poteto, patete potato
buk beten prayer book
tambu long olgeta private
profet prophet
bilong olgeta man na meri public
hap ret purple
ret, retpela red
sekreteri secretary
stretim, lainim tebol set the table
sop, sop i het gras shampoo
stret sharp (of time), exactly
laplap bilong bet, bet sit, bet laplap sheet
sket, siket skirt, European type
spet spade
spet spit, spittle
yet still (adv)
stretpela straight
straight on - stret straight on
brukim bet strip a bed
bikhet stubborn, conceited
longlong, het i pas stupid
tret thread (n)
tiket ticket
tiket ofis ticket-office
tos; tostim (bret) toast
smol haus, liklik haus, haus pekpek, toilet toilet
retsos, retpela sos tomato sauce
baret trench, drain
taia, taia stret tyre
wetim wait for
wet nating wait in vain
weta waiter
i gat wara, wet wet
purpur, sket woman's
lotuim, beten worship (God)
yet yet
savetingting wisdom