brukim kiau

[Vince]

kiau in the expression refers to the 0 (zero) on the score board. brukim 
kiau is then to get rid of that zero. To translate into english would be 
  to score, make a score, get points.

The literal meaning may be to hatch out, but I have never heard it used 
that way. The only time I ever heard the expression was at sporting 
events. I doubt if you can generalize this to mean to do something for 
the first time or to break a deadlock. It means to get a score, make points.

Vince Ohlinger

BURTON John wrote:

> Thomas
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>  
> 
> Thanks for the comments & about Smith's new book.
> 
>     brukim kiau: The current definition is "to hatch out", but I think
>     it must also mean "to break an egg".  Here's a sports usage from
>     Wantok newspaper that I don't understand,  maybe someone else 
>     understands it: "Na dispela i givim sans long East long kam na
>     kamapim 2 poins long brukim kiau na go pas."
> 
> It means to do something for the first time when people have been trying 
> without success & break a deadlock.
> 
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> 
> The entry I have put on the site is as follows:
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>  
> 
>     brukim kiau to be the first to do something when others have failed;
>     to break a deadlock
>     Long histori bilong PNG, no gat wanpela i bin winim Gold Medal long
>     Commonwealth Games bipo; Geua Tau tasol i brukim kiau long Lawn
>     Bowls long Auckland. In the history of PNG, no-one had won a Gold
>     Medal at the Commonwealth Games before; Geua Tau became the first
>     when she won gold in Lawn Bowls at Auckland
>     Na dispela i givim sans long East long kam na kamapim 2 poins long
>     brukim kiau na go pas. This gave Easts the chance for two points,
>     break the deadlock, and take the lead (Wantok).
> 
>  I can't be sure the second example is a correct tranlation (a penalty 
> kick was awarded) because I don't know the rest of the match report. 
> (N.B. was it 'East' or 'Easts'?).
> 
> John Burton
>