Ethnicity and Nationality

[Don Niles]

John,

Thanks for your comments. A couple things:

>bala -- p. from Western province  [from shortened form of balamandi, the
>Daru pronunciation of barramundi]
>[JB: perhaps not, 'bala' is brother in  Torres Strait Creole]
>
>baramandi -- p. from Western province [from  barramundi common in area]
>[JB: I'll give you this one, but perhaps again by  association with 'bala']
**DN: the barramundi connection may be a folk etymology, since bala is in
Torres Strait Creole.

>kawas -- p. from Buka/Bougainville
>[JB: derivation?]
**DN: I wish I knew! Does someone have any ideas?

>krung -- p. from  the Highlands [imitative of the sound of the language?]
>[JB: who says it? - otherwise doubt this  one]
**DN: certainly I've heard it in Mosbi since the late 1980s

>55 - Paia-waia Markham Kunai faia (bingo call:  "paia-waia" common Hagen
>song chorus + Markham kunai's on fire)
**DN: Please explain! Does "55" refer to a region or is it just imitative
of 'paia-waia' or?

Don

Don Niles
Senior Ethnomusicologist
Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies
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