Wok

Richard Scaglion scaglion+ at pitt.edu
Fri Feb 1 10:24:21 EST 2002


> In Lababia (Huon Gulf area) my research was routinely
> referred to by villagers as "wok painimaut". I never
> heard "wok pain" or wok painim" being used however.

In the East Sepik in the 1980s, I heard Provincial officials (sometimes 
when speaking on Radio East Sepik) refer to research studies as "wok 
painim."

Rick


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