Baining

[Jenny A Xomerang]

Hi all,

In Madina village, New Ireland (Nalik language), "limbung" refers to a wild
palm, and to its (very hard) bark that we use for flooring in houses.   This
is ubiquitous - there is no other Nalik word for this tree.

Regards,

Jenny Axomerang.

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From: Robin Hide <rhide at coombs.anu.edu.au>
To: Multiple recipients of list <MIHALIC at anu.edu.au>
Cc: mihalic at anu.edu.au
Subject: Re: Baining
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 9:23 PM


At 05:19 PM 13/09/02 -0800, you wrote

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?
.
According to Peekel (Peekel, P. G. (1984). Flora of the Bismarck archipelago
for naturalists. Lae, Office of Forests.)

New Ireland names for Caryota are: (p. 58)
in Pala( Patpatar): galah
in Lamekot (East Kara): gelat

another candidate might be (in the Palmae family)
Cyrtostachys peekeliana (Abundant palm in New Ireland primary forest, outer
very hard layer of trunk made into plants p/ 63-65)
in Lamekot (East Kara): lifur
(in Pala  Patpatar): a-ihul)

Robin

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