[Mihalic] Malo

John Burton john.burton at anu.edu.au
Fri Feb 25 11:43:55 EST 2005


John, Lawrence, Malcolm
 
Thanks v much for your replies. Of course, inland folk like the Kukukuku,
who wear bark cloaks - TP: malo - may not use Broussonetia papyrifera but
some mountain cousin.
Meanwhile, pressing on with a search for "clearly Pacific Pidgin English
context from the 1840s" ...
 
Regards
John
 
Dr John Burton
Research Fellow
Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Australian National University
ACT 0200 Australia
 
john.burton at anu.edu.au
 
 
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From: John Lynch [mailto:lynch_j at VANUATU.USP.AC.FJ] 
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Subject: RE: [Mihalic] Malo



Volume 1 of the Oceanic Lexicon Project (Ross, Pawley & Osmond) cites Proto
Oceanic *malo 'Broussonetia papyrifera, loincloth'. The term seems to refer
to the tree, the cloth made from its bark, and a garment made from the
cloth. The term has reflexes in Madang, New Britain, New Ireland,
Bougainville, southeast Solomons, Pentecost, Fiji and Polynesia. As to
actual forms listed there which have the final vowel, we find:

malo: Kove (WNB), Raga (Pentecost), Fijian, and much of Polynesia

maro: Teop (Bougainville)

 

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From: Lawrence.Sorbo at lihir.com.pg [mailto:Lawrence.Sorbo at lihir.com.pg] 
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Subject: RE: [Mihalic] Malo

 

John, 

The reply to your question N0 : It should "Malo" and not Maro.

 

Ta!

Lawrence

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Subject: [Mihalic] Malo

Browsing the Shipping Gazette, as one does, I picked up the following usage
of 'maro' which we see in Tok Pisin as 'malo' (also 'mal' which was
Mhialic's entry with the attribution 'Gaz.', and I presume 'maro' in some
places).

Four of the women came alongside, and if they were a sample, they may be
considered rather good looking, having a very fine expression, black eyes
shaded by a beautiful long dark lash, features regular, figure good, rather
inclined to be stout, they appeared naturally graceful and sage in their
manner; their dress consisted of a piece of native cloth round the waist;
the men wore the maro - the usual dress among nearly all the Polynesian
Islands, it is made of several tiers of dried grass, about eighteen inches
long, strung together, and fastened round their waist. 

T. Beckford Simpson, Nautical Surveys - Pleasant Island, Shipping Gazette
and General Sydney Trade List, Vol 1 (12) 8 June 1844, p.85 [Simpson's visit
to Nauru of 1 February 1843] 

The questions I have are: (1) is 'maro' or 'malo' also known in Pijin or
Bislama? (2) is there other evidence to attribute it to Pacific Pidgin
English as it may have been in 1843? (3) is the word so common in
Austronesian languages that the balance of probability is that it entered
Tok Pisin locally and independently?

 

John Burton

 

Dr John Burton

Research Fellow

Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program

Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies

Australian National University

ACT 0200 Australia

 

john.burton at anu.edu.au

 

 


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