Plants & animals

[Thomas H. Slone]

Here's an example of someone using "bonbon":

"Na tu sapos yu go long Rip Aillwo bai yu lukim ol gras na tu ol 
bonbon o bulmakau i pulap moa moa yet."

This is from a Stori Tumbuna from Pililo in West New Britain Province 
in 1973.  Perhaps they meant "bonon"?  There aren't any other 
instances of this word in the Stori Tumbuna.

--Tom

>Tom, George
>
>These are promising lists, but ...
>
>Our old friend the "March Fly" is under blu lang casting doubt on the trail
>of sources.
>
>ambusa (dolphin) + bonon (dugong) - I have quizzed people at length over
>what dolphins and dugongs were in TP, even when actually out at sea looking
>at dolphins, but no luck. Who has heard these today?

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