[Mihalic] Comments on new entries

[Thomas H. Slone]

John Burton lists "disim gol" as a verb phrase for panning for gold. 
Disim is also used by itself as a verb for "panning" (e.g., "disim 
wesan na sekim gol").  See the booklet:

Sampela ol Isipela Wei Bilong Wok Gol, Port Moresby: Department of 
Mineral Resources, 1999.

yam: "sp." should be "spp." since this refers to multiple species.

ton: The ton tree is used for medicine and construction (Powell, 
1976: 137, 164).

sospen: additional noun phrase:
"as bilong sospen    a North Solomonese (Griffin 1989: 26). Lit. 
'arse comes from a saucepan' or 'arse belongs in a saucepan.' This is 
a double-entendre, meaning either 'your skin is so black that it is 
burnt' or 'we eat you.' The explanation for the former meaning is 
that the skin of the North Solomonese is blacker than that of most 
other Papua New Guineans. The latter explanation implies cannibalism, 
which probably still exists in a few remote areas of P.N.G. but was 
eradicated in most parts of the country only a lifetime ago, and 
therefore is still in the social conscience." (Slone, 1995)

Definition 2 of "kan": "ma" should be "man"

kan: add exclamations:
"Kaikai kan bilong mama bilong yu!    Excl. Eat your mother's cunt! A 
provocation in the legal sense. (McRea and Ottley, 1981: 376)" 
(Slone, 1995)

"Yu kaikai kan bilong ol meri!    Excl. You eat those women's cunts! 
A provocation in the the legal sense (McRea and Ottley, 1981: 376)." 
(Slone, 1995)

"Kan bilong em i wara!    Excl. She is sexually aroused! (Tok Piksa) 
Lit. "Her cunt is wet!" (Todd and Mühlhäusler, 1978: 30)" (Slone, 
1995)

--Tom Slone
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