arakain, aran, asde, ausait

[EvaLindström]

'Arakain' in New Ireland is 'narakain' (but
arasait is arasait).

I didn't hear 'aran/arang' but did hear marita
(we were about 50 meters from the coast, and
the marita tree had big yellow/brown fruits,
roundish to oblong in overall shape, with big
segments.

'Asde bipo' is much more common than 'hap asde'
although the latter is understood.

'Ausait!' is a command too. Yelled at dogs it is
reduced to 'seit!!!!'.

Eva



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Eva Lindström
Linguistics
Stockholm University
http://www.ling.su.se/staff/evali