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<DIV><SPAN class=648543409-25022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It's
agnates are teptep in the Solomons and kepkep in New Britain, and I can't recall
the name in D'Entrecasteux, or Vanuatu, but it exists all the way through to
Marquesas in one form or another.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=648543409-25022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Nancy
Sullivan</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au
[mailto:mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Ross Clark (ARTS
DALSL)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, 25 February 2006 3:29 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Mihalic@anu.edu.au<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Mihalic] kapkap<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=200011705-25022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>This
word for a particular type of shell-backed tortoise-shell ornament seems to be
widely used in the Pacific art world. I came across it in a 1964 paper by
H.D.Skinner, who apparently considered it an established trans-national term.
I don't find it in Mihalic or on the revision web site, or in any other
Melanesian Pidgin source I've looked at. It's not in OED, though it ought to
be if it is as widely used as it appears to be. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=200011705-25022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Is
this a Tok Pisin word?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=200011705-25022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Can
anyone pinpoint its origin? (Shameful confession: I can't find my copy of
Malcolm Ross's paper on AN words in TP)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=200011705-25022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Has
anyone seen a documented use earlier than 1964?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=200011705-25022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Ross
Clark</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>