Sindaun

[John Wagner]

Two enquires:

1) Are copies of the Mihalic dictionary available anywhere these days?
When I was in PNG last year I gave away my copy to a villager in Lababia
whose ambition was to teach himself some english(!!!) To my dismay I
then discovered the book was out of print. I checked every conceivable
bookstore in Lae and Port Moresby but no one had any copies left. If
anyone knows where I can get another copy, please let me know.

2) I've been puzzling over the many meanings of "sindaun" lately - when
used as a noun. Expressions like "lukautim bus na sindaun wantaim" crop
up regularly in the conservation and development literature I collected.
I understand this usage to be roughly equivalent to "quality of life"
but perhaps that's stretching it a little? Sometimes it seems to just
mean "livelihood". Has anyone run across other tok pisin terms that are
used to mean "quality of life".

John Wagner