1. short
- Dispela trausis i longpela tru, i no sot.
These trousers are really long, they’re not short. - Nupela trausis bilong em i sot tumas.
His new trousers are too short.
2. to be short of, to run out of
- Stua i sot long rais.
The store has run out of rice. - sot long blut anaemic (also blut i sot)
- sot long wara dehydrated