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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Terry Crowley's Bislama dictionary gives, for /nanggaria/, 'victory leaf, ti plant (Cordyline terminalis).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: C A Volker [<A HREF="mailto:volker@nalik.org">mailto:volker@nalik.org</A>] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Thursday, 18 November 2004 5:39 p.m.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Mihalic List</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: [Mihalic] tanget and other botanical terms</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I have a question about "tanget", a word which hasn't yet made its way onto the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Mihalic website.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I am currently working on a Nalik-English-Tok Pisin dictionary and have come to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the entry for the Nalik word for "tanget". The Tok Pisin equivalent is easy,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>but what is the internationally recognisable English word? In Hawai'i it's</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>called a ti plant, but in Australia? In PNG English it's "tanget", of course,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>spelt "tangket" in the Dellasta PNG Encyclopedia. But internationally? Ti?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>That brings up the question as to the target English of PNG dictionaries like</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the Nalik or Mihalic Tok Pisin ones. Should it be PNG English (tanget, laplap,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>tradestore), Aussie English, or some generic international English?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Also, anyone know the correct botanical name for tanget? The original Mihalic</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>lists Taetsia fructicosa, but by googling ti plant, I found Cordyline</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>terminalis, and the pictures look like our PNG tanget. Can anyone less</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>botanically challenged than me help out?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Craig Volker</FONT>
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