[Mihalic] galip

Ngawae Mitio nmitio at lcs.unitech.ac.pg
Tue Nov 23 13:15:00 EST 2004


Beacuse of the recent introduction of peanuts, among the Biangai it is kulu kalik (kulu is karuka). In every day Tok Pisin use, galip is refered only to galip diwai (nuts plus diwai) and peanut is pinat. (Sorry JB, I was out for awhile).

N. Mitio
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robin Hide 
  To: mihalic at anu.edu.au 
  Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 6:37 AM
  Subject: Re: [Mihalic] galip


  Re: galip
   
  1. The commonest , most significant, Canarium species producing an edible nut in NG generally is clearly Canarium indicum (see Yen 1996, and other papers in the same volume); but several other species also produce nuts that are eaten, including C. kaniense, C. lamii, C. salomonense (particularly in Bougainville), and C. decumanum (Manus). Although firm ethnobotanical information appears to be lacking, I would assume these (or some of them) are (or may be) also called galip by TP speakers. Kocher Schmid (n.d.) for instance notes this:  "galip -Canarium indicum and other C. spp"; and, in the case of timber, see Eddowes (1977) use of the term as a "Standard Trade Common Name" that includes other C. spp. 
  Note that in recent years there has been an attempt to use galip as the official common name for only C. indicum  (Evans 1966: 11-13; Bourke 1996: 46; French 1986: 163-166).
   
  2.  Confusingly, there are a few parts of PNG where the TP galip is also used to refer to Terminalia kaernbachii, for which the usual TP/common name is okari  (e.g. Daribi speakers at Karimui in Simbu  province,  Hide et al  1984: 215).
   
  3. Chowning (2001: 82) pointed out that Mihalic was originally wrong in defining galip as 'Tahitian chestnut' (e,g, Inocarpus ..)
   
   
  References cited:
   
  Bourke, R.M. 1996. Edible Indigenous Nuts in Papua New Guinea. In: Stevens, M.L., Bourke, R.M., and Evans, B.R. ed. South Pacific Indigenous Nuts: Proceedings of a Workshop Held From 31 October to 4 November 1994 at le Lagon Resort, Port Vila, Vanuatu. ACIAR Proceedings No. 69. Canberra, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 45-55.
   
  Chowning, A. 2001. Proto Melanesian plant names reconsidered. In: Pawley, A., Ross, M., and Tryon, D. ed. The boy from Bundaberg : studies in Melanesian linguistics in honour of Tom Dutton. Canberra, Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian  National University, 75-87.
   
  Eddowes, P.J. 1977. Commercial timbers of Papua New Guinea: their properties and uses. Port Moresby, DPI.
   
  Evans, B. 1996. Overview of resource potential for indigenous nut production in the South Pacific. In: Stevens, M.L., Bourke, R.M., and Evans, B.R. ed. South Pacific Indigenous Nuts: Proceedings of a Workshop Held From 31 October to 4 November 1994 at le Lagon Resort, Port Vila, Vanuatu. ACIAR Proceedings No. 69. Canberra, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 10-35.
   
  French, B.R. 1986. Food Plants of Papua New Guinea: A Compendium. http://www.papuaweb.org/dlib/bk/french/index.html.
  Sheffield, Tasmania, Privately printed.
   
  Hide, R.L., Goodbody, S., and Gertru, G. 1984. Agriculture. In: Hide, R.L. ed. South Simbu: Studies in Demography, Nutrition, and Subsistence
  Research Report of the Simbu Land Use Project Vol. VI. Research Report of the Simbu Land Use Project Vol. VI. Port Moresby, Institute of Applied Social and Economic Research, 206-289.
   
  Kocher Schmidt, C. (n.d.) Methods work sheet 3: Terms in neo-melanesian pidgin for plants and animals a compilation from various sources, The Future of Rainforest Peoples- Papua New Guinea Working Group (FRP­PNG).
   
  Yen, D.E. 1996. Melanesian arboriculture: historical perspectives with emphasis on the Genus Canarium. In: Steven, M.L., Bourke, R.M., and Evans, B.R. ed. South Pacific Indigenous Nuts. Canberra, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 36-44.


  At 08:52 PM 18/11/2004, you wrote:


    There's a query under galip nut about what the English common name is and what
    the exact species should be. After googling for some time, it seems the species
    we have in PNG is Canarium indicum. The most common English name on several
    sites is galip.
    (eg www.asopa.com.au/mail/2004/jan_04.htm or
    pbarc.ars.usda.gov/pages/research/tpgrmu/canarium.shtml)

    craig volker





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