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<div>For what it's worth, I am familiar with most of these from the
Sepik coast:<i> boskru</i> with that meaning (generously extended to
anyone sitting up front),<i> kaibar</i> with that meaning, and<i>
bata</i> or<i> batafrut</i>, "butterfruit", with that
meaning. I know my Orokaiva speaking (American) husband also had<i>
batafrut</i> in Oro Province where he worked.</div>
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<div>The only uses of<i> nuspes</i> I heard were much more general,
referring to the physical features or appearance of people and
especially game: "nose-face". One can hypothesize a
metaphorical shift from that to a customary payment recognizing the
contribution of something, like blood, from the mother's lain. But I
guess we'd have to speak to the ethnographer to know more.</div>
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<div>Lise</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Here are some new terms from a book
passing through my hands: "Harvesting Development: The
Construction of Fresh Food Markets in Papua New Guinea" by Karl
Benediktsson (University of Michigan Press, 2002). Phrases taken
from glossary on pp. 277-280<br>
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beksaitbun: "customary payment by husband's kin to wife's kin"
(Is this specific to Eastern Highlands Province, where Benediktsson
did his research? What is the significance of this word?)<br>
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boskru: meaning broadened from standard to include truck or PMV
driver's assistant<br>
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kaibar: "food bar"<br>
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kopimasin: coffee pulping machine<br>
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maket raun: "mobile market"<br>
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nuspes: "customary payment by husband's kin to wife's kin"
(Is this specific to EHP? What is the etymology?)<br>
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bata: avocado<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>wel karuka: Pandanus
brosimos</blockquote>
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<div>Dr. Lise M. Dobrin</div>
<div>University of Virginia<br>
Department of Anthropology<br>
Brooks Hall-PO Box 400120</div>
<div>Charlottesville, VA 22904-4120<br>
434-924-3536<br>
dobrin@virginia.edu</div>
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