El Go na Dos W tupela warkurai i stap

[David Counts]

Warkurai (or in WNB, Barkurai)  is  (or was) in wide use in West New Britain
meaning to harangue: it  describes the action of a strutting gesticulating
angry public speaker --- particularly in the context of conflict. Such
people are likely also to _samsam_ (march around with a spear/shield while
speaking) to give emphasis to their grievance.

drc
----- Original Message -----
From: John Burton <jburton at morobegold.com.pg>
To: Multiple recipients of list <MIHALIC at anu.edu.au>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 4:59 PM
Subject: El Go na Dos W tupela warkurai i stap


> Thanks for the considered replies on pasindia, especially the kalap nating
> kinds of alternative.
>
> The US elections bring to my mind terms for things that have been boring
us
> stupid on TV lately (yes, even here in PNG).
>
> Warkurai (not in Mihalic) - to stand up and talk at a meeting or rally.
>
> Which regions is this known and used in? The source may be 'war cry'
> (check?), noting that wo krai itself is a different term in TP. (Wo krai
is
> used, for example, by the Biangai for a special saying shouted out when
you
> have killed your enemy, each ancestral group having a distinctive one.)
>
> Related things:
>
> Bikmaus long ai bilong ol man - to speak in public (concealed in sense 3
of
> Mihalic 'to shout, to bark, to yell, to talk loudly')
>
> Lautspika - 1. to talk loudly (tok isi! olgeta taim yu save lautspika long
> mipela) 2. to spruik (ol kandidet lautspika long kona kona).
>
> Sutim tok - to address a pointed or accusatory remark at a particular
> person, often when not talking talking to them directly (George Bush mekim
> wanpela toktok long Konstitusen, tasol tru tru em i sutim tok long Al
Gore -
> 'George Bush made a remark about the Constitution, but it was really an
> attack on Al Gore'). Mihalic 'also: to accuse'.
>
> Givim spia - to get stuck into someone (Al Gore i givim spia long George
> Bush - 'Al Gore really got stuck into George Bush').
>
> I gat moa?
>
> John Burton
>