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On the geographic distribution of
<font face="arial" size=2><i>Broussonetia papyrifera </i></font>and the
uncertainties of its date of introduction into Oceania see:
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<dd>Matthews, P. J. 1996. Ethnobotany, and the origins of
<i>Broussonettia papyrifera</i> in Polynesia: an essay on <i>tapa</i>
prehistory, in <i>Oceanic culture history: essays in honour of Roger Green</i>, J. Davidson, G. Irwin, F. Leach, A. Pawley and D. Brown (eds), pp 115-132. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology Special Publication, Dunedin.</font>
</dl><font face="arial">cheers, jk</font><font face="arial" size=2><i> <br>
</i></font>At 11:43 AM 2/25/2005 +1100, you wrote:<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">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.</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Meanwhile, pressing on with a search for "clearly Pacific Pidgin English context from the 1840s" ...</font><br>
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<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Regards</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">John</font><br>
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<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Dr John Burton<br>
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Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program<br>
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies<br>
Australian National University<br>
ACT 0200 Australia<br>
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<a href="mailto:john.burton@anu.edu.au">john.burton@anu.edu.au</a><br>
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<font face="tahoma" size=2>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> John Lynch [<a href="mailto:lynch_j@VANUATU.USP.AC.FJ" eudora="autourl">mailto:lynch_j@VANUATU.USP.AC.FJ</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 25 February 2005 11:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Lawrence.Sorbo@lihir.com.pg'; john.burton@anu.edu.au; Mihalic@anu.edu.au<br>
<b>Cc:</b> apawley@coombs.anu.edu.au; Malcolm.Ross@anu.edu.au<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Mihalic] Malo<br>
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<dd>Volume 1 of the Oceanic Lexicon Project (Ross, Pawley & Osmond) cites Proto Oceanic *malo 'Broussonetia papyrifera</i>, 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:</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2 color="#0000FF">
<dd>malo: Kove (WNB), Raga (Pentecost), Fijian, and much of Polynesia</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2 color="#0000FF">
<dd>maro: Teop (Bougainville)</font>
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<dd>From:</b> Lawrence.Sorbo@lihir.com.pg [<a href="mailto:Lawrence.Sorbo@lihir.com.pg" eudora="autourl">mailto:Lawrence.Sorbo@lihir.com.pg</a>]
<dd>Sent:</b> Friday, 25 February 2005 11:16 a.m.
<dd>To:</b> john.burton@anu.edu.au; Mihalic@anu.edu.au
<dd>Cc:</b> apawley@coombs.anu.edu.au; Malcolm.Ross@anu.edu.au
<dd>Subject:</b> RE: [Mihalic] Malo</font>
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<dd>John, </font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">
<dd>The reply to your question N0 : It should "Malo"</b> and not Maro.</font>
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<dd>Ta!</font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">
<dd>Lawrence</font><font face="tahoma" size=2>
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<dd>From:</b> mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au [<a href="mailto:mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au" eudora="autourl">mailto:mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au</a>]On Behalf Of </b>John Burton
<dd>Sent:</b> Friday, 25 February 2005 9:31 AM
<dd>To:</b> Mihalic@anu.edu.au
<dd>Cc:</b> apawley@coombs.anu.edu.au; Malcolm.Ross@anu.edu.au
<dd>Subject:</b> [Mihalic] Malo</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">
<dd>Browsing the Shipping </i>Gazette, as one does, I picked up the following usage of </font>'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).<br><br>
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<dd>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. </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">
<dd>T. Beckford Simpson, Nautical Surveys - Pleasant Island, Shipping Gazette and General Sydney Trade List</i>, Vol 1 (12) 8 June 1844, p.85 [Simpson's visit to Nauru of 1 February 1843]</font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF"> </font>
</dl><font face="Times New Roman, Times">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?<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">John Burton<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Dr John Burton<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Australian National University<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">ACT 0200 Australia<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times"><a href="mailto:john.burton@anu.edu.au">john.burton@anu.edu.au</a><br>
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