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[Thomas H. Slone]

bubu: *bubu is proto-Austronesian for grandparent (Tryon, 1995, part 
1, p. 1114).  There are several PNG Austronesian words that are 
similar to this (Nyindrou "bu?u-n" ["?" is a glottal stop] = 
"grandmother-his" or "babu" = grandparent, Dami "bubei" = 
grandmother, Buang "bu" = grandmother, Kuanua "tubu-" = maternal 
grandparent or maternal great aunt [Tryon, 1995, part 2, pp. 182-183, 
186-187]).  This word seems to be etymologically related to 
"tumbuna", since the Motu "tubu-na" = grandparent.

kanai: usage example from a Stori Tumbuna in 1986 from Wantok: "Ol 
kanai ya em bikpela brata na liklik brata ya em ol pis."

kapa: This is also used in Bislama, meaning "roofing iron" or "metal 
sheet" (Crowley, 1995: 112).

mausgras: catfish are in the family Ariidae 
(http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountryCheckList.cfm?c_code=598).

aninit: Here are some uses of the phrase "aninit long maunten"
Wantok's Stori Tumbuna (1980): "Ol i stap long hul bilong ston aninit 
long Maunten Kefeya."

Wantok's Stori Tumbuna (1988): "Long olgeta taim em bai i save 
sindaun na lukluk i go daun long ples bilong wanpela man ai bilong em 
i pas olgeta, i stap ani-nit long maunten."

Wantok's Stori Tumbuna (1988): "Tude sapos yu go long Ples 
Toromambuno [Toromambuna] we wanpela liklik Katolik Misin i stap 
aninit long Maunten Wilhelm, bai yu lukim tupela wara i kam."

morota: "moro" is the Dami word for thatch (Tryon, 1995, part 3, p. 163).

tais: Tryon (1995, part 2, p. 57) agrees with the German origin of tais.

las: darts are in the order Perciformes 
(http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountryCheckList.cfm?c_code=598).


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