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class=640105521-14112006>Yes, and I've also usually heard it pronounced
<EM>singapo </EM>or <EM>singapu. </EM>It has also been immortalised in a song by
Blasius ToUna, "Bun bilong Tolai":</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=640105521-14112006>E, wanem samting em i bun bilong ol
Tolai</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=640105521-14112006>O singapu yu strong na yu holim ples
Rabaul</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=640105521-14112006>O singapu yu bun tru bilong ol
Tolai</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=640105521-14112006>I no gat man i tok singapu i no
holim</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=640105521-14112006>olgeta man i strong tasol long wanpela
man</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=640105521-14112006>singapu, o singapu</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au
[mailto:mihalic-bounces@anu.edu.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Robin
Hide<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 15 November 2006 5:04<BR><B>To:</B>
mihalic@anu.edu.au<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Mihalic] sigapo<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Presumably the (introduced) "singapore", or more commonly, "chinese"
taro = taro kong kong= <I>Xanthosoma sagittifolium.<BR><BR></I>Robin<BR><BR>At
03:28 AM 15/11/2006, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">I recently came across the term
'sigapo' in a translation of a sentence in<BR>Rotokas (Papuan, spoken on
Bougainville) and was wondering whether someone<BR>could tell me what the
equivalent in English would be. FYI, here's the<BR>Rotokas sentence and its
Tok Pisin translation:<BR><BR>gorupasi isi rutu karuvera isi
aioavoi<BR>Mi kaikaim strongpela sigapo.<BR><BR>Thanks in
advance.<BR><BR>-Stuart<BR><BR>+
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