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<P><FONT SIZE=2>No conflation at all.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>kaur seems to derive (via a slight phonological irregularity) from Proto Oceanic *qauR 'bamboo'</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>taur derives from POc*tapuRiq 'conch, triton', and thus 'shell trumpet'.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Thomas H. Slone [<A HREF="mailto:THSlone@yahoo.com">mailto:THSlone@yahoo.com</A>] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2006 2:43 p.m.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: mihalic@anu.edu.au</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: [Mihalic] singsing kaur</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Mihalic lists both kaur ("bamboo rafters", p. 108) and taur (shell </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>trumpet, p. 193) as coming from the Gazelle Peninsula area. I wonder </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>if, even though they're completely different materials, whether there </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>is TP conflation of meaning or a shared Austronesian root word. Both </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>panpipes and shell trumpets are fairly universal in PNG (McLean 1994).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> > Both terms should get there eventually, I hope. "Singsing kaur" is not in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> Mihalic's dictionary and actually that is the only context in which I've</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> ever heard "kaur" used. As for a definition of "singsing kaur", I'd suggest</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> something like:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>So maybe "kaur" doesn't exist independently. Does anyone have any idea</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>where it comes from? Incidentally, I've heard two variants of the term</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>there: "singsing kaur" and "singsing kaul".</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> music/dance from North Solomons Province consisting of singing accompanied</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > by an ensemble of double-row bamboo panpipes, end-blown bamboo </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>trumpets tied</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> together in raft form, and end-blown wooden trumpets--all instruments</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> restricted to North Solomons. Wooden trumpet players dance in a circle</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> moving clockwise, while singers and other instrumentalists dance around them</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> in the opposite direction.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>That's a fair characterization of what I understand by the term. But is it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>really that specific?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> Has anyone heard this term used to refer to any music/dance from outside of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> North Solomons?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>My experience with the term is limited to Bougainville.</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>-Stuart</FONT>
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