El Go na Dos W tupela warkurai i stap

[John Burton]

I didn't know that. If a variant is _barkurai_ then perhaps it doesn't come
from war cry after all.

So far as I know, _samsam_ (not in Mihalic) is extremely rare outside WNB.
However, I'm pretty sure I heard it recently when a bracket was coming loose
on a car: "Em i samsam i go i kam, na nau lus olgeta". However, the speaker
was cross about the bracket so I couldn't exactly quiz him further.

John Burton

----- Original Message -----
From: David Counts
To: John Burton
Cc: Multiple recipients of list
Sent: Wednesday, 15 November 2000 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: El Go na Dos W tupela warkurai i stap

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.