belo

Jerry Jacka jacka at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU
Wed Apr 3 08:15:08 EST 2002


John,

'belo' is quite common usage where I was in Porgera as church services are 
announced by blowing through a long PVC tube making a trumpeting sound, 
'taim long go harim lotu, ol i winim belo nau'

you ask if the source word is the English 'bellow', but I had always 
(perhaps mistakenly) thought that 'belo' was from the English 'bell' due to 
the church related usage.

Jerry



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