[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?? 

  -----Original Message----- 
  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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