Baining

[Thomas H. Slone]

Here are two words with Baining-specific usage (East New Britain Province).

meme: food (Hesse & Aerts, 1982: 211)

limbung/limbum: a strong stick; Caryota rumphiana palm bark (Hesse & 
Aerts, 1982: 211). Mihalic (1971) reports the etymology of limbum as 
coming from a New Ireland language.  Hesse & Aerts (1982: 211) 
however give the Tok Pisin words limbung and limbum as synonyms of 
the Baining word livu.  They give the Baining word livunga as the 
word for palm tree and livung as the plural of palm tree.  Does 
anyone know which New Ireland language limbum is from; perhaps the 
word is actually from the Baining?

Hesse, Karl & Aerts, Theo (1982). Baining Life and Lore. Port 
Moresby: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies.
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