[Mihalic] Skinim

Bryant Allen bja406 at coombs.anu.edu.au
Thu May 1 11:34:06 EST 2003


That explains the falling about and uproarious laughter when I referred to 
taking the bark off trees as "skinim diwai". But being such a nice young 
lad (then), I enquired no further. I thought then the reaction was a little 
over the top, but now I can see the joke.


>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
>Also true in Abelam-land, which is also around Maprik.
>Rick



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