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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have heard all other terms, but definitely
not </FONT></DIV>
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<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM> nuspes: "customary payment
by husband's kin to wife's kin" </EM>and<EM> </EM></FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM> beksaitbun: "customary
payment by husband's kin to wife's kin" </EM></FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is my first time to hear these terms. I think
their usage are specific to those locations and more as metaphorical so
care should be taken in using them as if they were common terms understood by a
majority of TP speaking people. It maybe that those people in Goroka
have equivalent terms in their vernacular. If I had heard
or seem them in written form, I would not have had a clue. In fact, I might had
that they should be used since these terms already have their own meanings.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ngawae Mitio</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>University of Technology</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lae</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PNG</FONT></DIV>
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<A href="mailto:dobrin@virginia.edu" title=dobrin@virginia.edu>Lise Dobrin</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:mihalic@anu.edu.au"
title=mihalic@anu.edu.au>Mihalic</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 09, 2005 8:11
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Mihalic] New terms from
Harvesting Development</DIV>
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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 cite type="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><BR>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><BR>boskru: meaning
broadened from standard to include truck or PMV driver's
assistant<BR><BR>kaibar: "food bar"<BR><BR>kopimasin: coffee pulping
machine<BR><BR>maket raun: "mobile market"<BR><BR>nuspes: "customary payment
by husband's kin to wife's kin" (Is this specific to EHP? What is the
etymology?)<BR><BR>bata: avocado<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">wel karuka: Pandanus brosimos</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV><TT>--</TT></DIV>
<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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