[Mihalic] re bonon

[Piet Lincoln]

BONONO shows up in Bannoni ( on opposite corner of island from Tinputz)
meaning apparently a big distruburnce in the sea:  tidal wave, whirlpool...
I also had it glossed  as 'dugong'  but decided that was from Tok Pisin,
partly because they also have TOOU for 'dugong'

(The english approximates Dempwolff's PAN reconstruction *Duyung.
Could the Linnean 'dugong dugon'  include a spelling or transcription error
y -> g ?)

Phonologically similar  BUBU  or  VUVU meaning grandparent seems to have
arrived in the Tok Pisin there fairly recently.  Any help there?

cheers,

piet