Tok Pisin words with local meanings?

[Suzanne Grismeri]

>Tok Pisin words with local meanings used by the Dakoa Cult of
Bali Island,
West New Britain Province:
>
>harim: to obey (Lattas, 2001: 168, 172)
>kandere: 1) maternal relative 2) country (Lattas, 2001: 168)
>wannem: namesake (Lattas, 2001: 176); does this have wider
usage?
>kaikai:euphemism for cargo (Lattas, 2001: 179)
>kuskus: clerk, secretary (Lattas, 2001: 179); does this have
wider usage?
>strong bilong graun: kind of spirit (Lattas, 2001: 188)

All but the last of these were standard in Manus tok pisin in
the 70s-80s.
cheers, jk

**** harim and strong bilong graun were used widely in EHP tok Pisin in the 
80s-90s, but haven't heard the others.
Suzanne Earley.


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