[Mihalic] skin

[Stephen C. Leavitt]

In the area west of Maprik where I worked "skinim kok" was also the term for
masturbating, though a topic not often talked about in tok pisin!

Steve Leavitt

> From: "Ross Clark (FOA DALSL)" <r.clark at auckland.ac.nz>
> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:02:34 +1200
> To: mihalic at anu.edu.au
> Subject: RE: [Mihalic] skin
> 
> Likewise in Bislama
> 
> skinim kok  -  retract foreskin (Crowley 1995)
> 
> Ross Clark
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bryant Allen [mailto:bja406 at coombs.anu.edu.au]
>> Sent: Wednesday, 30 April 2003 2:44 p.m.
>> To: mihalic at anu.edu.au
>> Subject: [Mihalic] skin
>> 
>> 
>> I was skimming over the 50 latest edits and topped at "skin",
>> "skinim".
>> 
>> Around Dreikikir, East Sepik, two forms not mentioned so far are:
>> 
>> "skin i lait" - skin that shines with health and vitality
>> "skinim [kok]" - to draw back the foreskin of a penis. Note
>> "skinim" is not 
>> be used to describe removing the bark off a piece of wood, or
>> removing the 
>> outer layer of anything, including animals' skins. It is used
>> specifically 
>> for referring to the foreskin. "tekewe skin" is used in all
>> other situations.
>> 
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