ex-Lattas

[Jerry Jacka]

Ditto for western Enga Province, to take a picture is 'snepim'. Also the 
work that geologists do is considered 'glasim', to look inside a mountain 
for gold. I also heard it in reference to people getting xrays which are 
commonly used in court cases involving domestic abuse as Ipili and Western 
Enga theorize that past injuries show up as 'susu' in one's lungs.

Jerry

At 02:51 PM 4/3/2002 +1000, Michael Goddard wrote:
>Of the words in the list provided by Thomas Slone, I have heard all but
>'strong bilong graun' in Western Highlands and NCD/Central and would guess
>they are used pretty well everywhere in PNG.
>
>Glasman:
>
>I think microscopes and x-rays are handier images than binoculars. I have
>heard 'glasim' used for their functions -- looking inside, looking into....
>
>I haven't heard 'kamerim', but I have heard 'snepim'
>
>mg