[Mihalic] some (mainly food-related) terminology
Catherine Levy and Charlie Edmunds
levyed at scubamadang.com.pg
Tue Apr 5 21:42:02 EST 2005
RE: [Mihalic] some (mainly food-related) terminologyI encounter mosong in all the villages along the North Coast that I work with or have visited. Mosong is common in Madang town.
Catherine Levy
----- Original Message -----
From: John Lynch
To: 'evali at ling.su.se' ; MIHALIC at anu.edu.au
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:50 AM
Subject: RE: [Mihalic] some (mainly food-related) terminology
Or mosong??
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From: Eva Lindstrom [mailto:evali at ling.su.se]
Sent: Monday, 4 April 2005 11:06 p.m.
To: MIHALIC at anu.edu.au
Subject: Re: [Mihalic] some (mainly food-related) terminology
Hello,
> mosang
> wild fig (ficus spp.)
> kumu mosang
> wild fig leaves
Although working only a short distance from Craig,
I hear this word as musong (also not in the online
index), incl in kumu musong, meaning anything
"short-fibred", rough and itchy (musong bilong
mambu, musong bilong solwara [tiny shrimps (?) that
bite], musong bilong paneken [pumpkin]).
Eva
Linguistics
Stockholm U
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