[Mihalic] Kairiru

C A Volker volker at nalik.org
Sun Apr 4 09:48:14 EST 2004


Some New Ireland comments on the two items below:


Quoting "Thomas H. Slone" <THSlone at yahoo.com>:

> klen (p. 194): clan (widespread usage, I believe; is "lain" more
> commonly used?)
>

In the Highlands "haus lain" is more common, but in New Ireland "bisnis" is
used, sometimes as "lain bisnis".




> straksa (p. 194): "lines of descent and genealogical relations" (from
> structure)
>

In New Ireland, the first thing to pop into mind upon hearing "straksa" would
the current governor's quite disciplined party hierarchy, which is referred to
as "The Structure".

Craig Volker


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