[Mihalic] red ochre

Stephanie Garling sgarling at coombs.anu.edu.au
Fri May 30 16:55:30 EST 2003


Dear all,

On the Tanga Islands people use the tok pisin word "tar" to talk about red 
ochre (in all its various uses). Is anyone else familiar with this term? 
It's not mentioned in Mihalic. Parkinson notes that on the Gazelle 
Peninsula people called red ochre "tar" or "tara", so maybe Tangans are 
just sharing this word with their Tolai cousins.

Regards,

Stephanie.



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