[Mihalic] sigapo

Robin Hide rhide at coombs.anu.edu.au
Wed Nov 15 06:04:27 EST 2006


Presumably the (introduced) "singapore", or more commonly, "chinese" taro = 
taro kong kong= Xanthosoma sagittifolium.

Robin

At 03:28 AM 15/11/2006, you wrote:
>I recently came across the term 'sigapo' in a translation of a sentence in
>Rotokas (Papuan, spoken on Bougainville) and was wondering whether someone
>could tell me what the equivalent in English would be. FYI, here's the
>Rotokas sentence and its Tok Pisin translation:
>
>gorupasi isi rutu karuvera  isi aioavoi
>Mi kaikaim strongpela sigapo.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>-Stuart
>
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