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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I encounter mosong in all
the villages along the North Coast that I work with or have visited.
Mosong is common in Madang town.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Catherine Levy</FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Or mosong??</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From: Eva
Lindstrom [<A href="mailto:evali@ling.su.se">mailto:evali@ling.su.se</A>]
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Sent: Monday, 4 April 2005 11:06 p.m.</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>To: <A href="mailto:MIHALIC@anu.edu.au">MIHALIC@anu.edu.au</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>Subject: Re: [Mihalic] some (mainly food-related)
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<P><FONT size=2>Hello,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>> mosang</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>> wild fig (ficus
spp.)</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>> kumu mosang</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>>
wild fig leaves</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Although working only a short distance from Craig,</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>I hear this word as musong (also not in the online</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>index), incl in kumu musong, meaning anything</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>"short-fibred", rough and itchy (musong bilong</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>mambu, musong bilong solwara [tiny shrimps (?) that</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>bite], musong bilong paneken [pumpkin]).</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Eva</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Linguistics</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Stockholm U</FONT>
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