More comments on existing entries:

[Hela, Eric]

Thomas and everyone,
 
wel- means wild or not domesticated .  
So:
Wel banana - non domesticated banana. They are wild bananas and people don't
normally plant them and they are  not edible. They could be of the same
species as in banana????????
Wel daka - leave/fruit chewed with betal nut. People use them when the
domesticated 'daka' season finishes. 
Wel Kawarwar - Wild ginger.  It looks more like the normal ginger plant.
Highlanders don't eat them.  I don't know in other parts of the country.
Wel mambu - Non domesticated species of bamboo.  Normally grown in the high
altitudes and think bushes.
Wel kumu - could be refered to any non domesticated green edible crop (a
good example would be fern) 
 

Eric Hela 
Morobe Consolidated Goldfields 
Wau, Morobe Province. Papua New Guinea. 
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From: Thomas H. Slone [mailto:THSlone at usa.net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 6:25 AM
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Subject: More comments on existing entries:


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wel (sense 1):

current modifier entries are: wel dok, wel man, wel taro, wel yam

Already mentioned in list discussion: wel gris, wel saksak, wel taro, wel
karuka, wel palm (sense 2 of "wel"), wel paul, wel masta, wel limbum

Additional modifier entries (examples are again from Wantok newspaper):

wel banana: Does anyone know what this might refer to botanically?
(Example: "I gat wanpela wara ol i kolim Wara Bama, na long het bilong em i
gat sampela wel banana i stap.")

wel daka: Does anyone know what this might refer to botanically? (Example:
"Na buai ol i givim ya em ol kavivi [kawiwi] na daka em ol wel daka bilong
bus ya.")

wel kawawar: non-domesticated species in the plant family Zingiberaceae
(Example: "Na papa i kukim ol wel kawawar na givim pikinini tasol, pikinini
i no laik.")

wel mambu: non-domesticated species of bamboo (Example: "Ol i painim gutpela
haus na gaden i gat muruk, pik, mani, wel mambu na ol gutpela bilas i pulap
tru long dispela ples.")

wel kumu: Does anyone know what this might refer to botanically?  Example:
"Em karim kapul ya i go na long hap rot em kisim sampela wel kumu bilong
bus."

wel pik: feral pig

wel buai: Is this a different species than buai (Areca catechu) or just a
non-domesticated variety?  (Example: "Yutupela go long bus na kisim wel buai
bilong mi na kisim sampela daka na kam.")

wel kapiak: Does anyone know what this might refer to botanically?
(Example: "Bihain long paia i pinis, tewelman ya i tanim olsem wel taro na
mama wantaim pikinini i tanim kamap wel kapiak.")

kan:

"Kaikai kan bilong mama bilong yu!" Exclamation: "Eat your mother's cunt!"
This is a provocation in the legal sense. (McRea and Ottley, 1981: 376) I
think this is about as bad as vulgar as it gets.

"Yu kaikai kan bilong ol meri!" Exclamation: "You eat those women's cunts!"
Another provocation in the the legal sense (McRea and Ottley, 1981: 376)

"Kan bilong em i wara!" Exclamation: "She is sexually aroused!" (Tok Piksa)
(Todd and Mühlhäusler, 1978: 30)

Additional reference:

McRea, Heather, and Ottley, Bruce L. (1981). Cases and Materials on Criminal
Law in Papua New Guinea. Part II. Port Moresby: University of Papua New
Guinea.



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