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<DIV><SPAN class=765385301-25022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>"malo/maro" is one of the more common Polynesian words that turn up in
19th century narratives of travel and exploration. I could probably round up a
large collection of examples if necessary.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>Although the original consonant is reconstructed as *l, it has an "r" in
languages like Tahitian, so both forms occur. I'd say "yes" to question
(3), probably coming into TP from Tolai and/or Samoan, and earlier into Pacific
pidgin from Tahitian and/or Hawaiian.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=765385301-25022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Ross
Clark</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au [mailto:mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>John Burton<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 25 February 2005 12:31
p.m.<BR><B>To:</B> Mihalic@anu.edu.au<BR><B>Cc:</B> apawley@coombs.anu.edu.au;
Malcolm.Ross@anu.edu.au<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Mihalic] Malo<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843401623-24022005>Browsing the <EM>Shipping </EM>Gazette, as
one does, I picked up the following usage of <SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">‘maro’
</SPAN>which we see in Tok Pisin as <SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">‘malo’
(also <SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">‘mal’
which was Mhialic<SPAN lang=EN-AU
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entry with the attribution <SPAN lang=EN-AU
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I presume <SPAN lang=EN-AU
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in some places).</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 6pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>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></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 6pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>T. Beckford Simpson, Nautical
Surveys – Pleasant Island, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">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]<SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=843401623-24022005><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">The
questions I have are: (1) is <SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">‘maro’
or <SPAN lang=EN-AU
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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?</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left>Dr John Burton</DIV>
<DIV align=left>Research Fellow</DIV>
<DIV align=left>Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program</DIV>
<DIV align=left>Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies</DIV>
<DIV align=left>Australian National University</DIV>
<DIV align=left>ACT 0200 Australia</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000><A
href="mailto:john.burton@anu.edu.au">john.burton@anu.edu.au</A></FONT></DIV>
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