[Mihalic]Mühlhäuslerpost 1

[Thomas H. Slone]

First, some notes on Web links:

Bebi - this is a bad link.

Blaus is listed twice in the index.

Skwea - this is a bad link.

Second, below are some additions based on Mühlhäusler  draft revision 
of Mihalic.  John Burton has sent me the letters A through E so far. 
I am focusing first on words that are already on the Web site. 
Bracketed [ ] text is used for additional information on these words 
other than from Mühlhäusler .

Abus - Mühlhäusler says the etymology is possibly from "animal"

Ai - added phrases
Ainogut - "to have bad eyesight"
Ai bilong me i sol - "I am sick and tired."

Aigris (additional definition) - eye discharge

Ailan (additional definition) - islander, someone from an island 
(i.e., not mainland New Guinea)

Ain  (additional definitions) - 1) knoll 2) pressing iron

Ainanga - Mühlhäusler gives the etymology specifically as from the 
Tolai and Mioko languages, "inonga"

Ais (1) - additional etymology from the German "eis"

Ambusa - John Burton asked if anyone had heard of this term; 
Mühlhäusler reported this as rare

Ami - verb form: to serve in the army ("taim ol I ami" = "when they 
were in the army")

Animal - Mühlhäusler  distinguishes this as urban usage (vs. rural 
"abus") [Is this still true?]

Antap - Mühlhäusler  gives the additional etymology from the Mioko 
"atip" (thatched roof).  [I note that there is also a similar 
proto-Austronesian root  word for thatched roof (e.g., the Malay for 
thatched roof is "atap").]
Additional noun form from Mühlhäusler : "ples antap" = sky

Apinun - verb form, "to say good afternoon"

*As - additional meanings:
As bilongen i pas. - He is constipated.
As rokrok - someone with flat buttocks
As rosros, as malumalu - old, decrepit person
As kan - passsive homosexual
As tru bilong wara - Mühlhäusler  defines this as "the bed of the 
river, sea", but couldn't /shouldn't this mean riverhead?
Asbuk - standard reference, basic text
Aslaik - individual preference
Aslo - constitution
Asman - inventor
Asnem - standard term
[New amusing phrase: "As i hanggre!  Kaikai andewe!" = You've got a 
wedgie! (Smith 2002: 114)]

Ausaitman - outsider

Baket - additional noun phrase: "baket pipia" = wastebasket, 
chamberpot, term of abuse ("Yu wanpela baket pipia tru!")

*Bata - additional definition "butter"

*Bel - additional etymology: from the Gazelle Peninsula "bala"
Additional meanings:
To be born ("Mi bel bilong Patusi" = "I was born in Patusi")
Bel i kirap, kirapim bel - to be sexually aroused or to be sexually 
interested in
Bel i pen, belpen - to be sad
Givim bel - "to love (used in Bible)"
Additional noun phrases:
Bel i bruk - to be heartbroken
Bel i kros, belkros , bel i paia, belpaia - to be angry
Grisim bel - to butter someone up
Kikim bel - to annoy
Skrapim bel - synonym of sutim bel
Belbel - tripe, innards
Belsit - seatbelt
[Bel kaskas = angry from Wantok Newspaper's Stori Tumbuna.  Example: 
"Tarangu Muruk i bel kaskas tru, long wanem Jit i trik-im em pinis."]

Beloim - to hoot, to blow a car horn

Bia - additional etymology (German "bier"), also refers to alcoholic 
beverages in general

Bihaintaim - additional meaning: late

Bik - additional meaning: size
Bikim - to make big

Bikmaus - additional meaning: external female genitals

Bikpela - additional phrases:
Bikpela hama = sledgehammer
Bikpela indulgensia = plenary indulgence
Bikpela san = drought

Bilumim - verb form: 1) to put or carry in a string bag 2) to assemble people

Blakman - Rarely used for Papua New Guineans

Blakbokis - additional definition: black underpants (etymology: black boxers?)
Arapela blak - regarding the query about Mühlhäusler  reiterated this 
definition

Blu - "Mi blu pinis. = I've lost the game.  (from a gambling game 
involving the throwing of a matchbox.  When the blue side is face up, 
the game is lost."

Blut - Additional etymology: bulit (Gazelle Peninsula)

Bongim - to lever

Brukim - new phrases:
Brukim mani = to spend money
Brukim riva = to cross a river

Bruklusim - to seced from

Buai - new phases:
Kaikai buai - to bleed out of one's mouth
Hanbuai - a cluster of betel nuts

Buka - new phrase
Bikbuka - Bougainville Island

Bukbuk - etymology Tolai (bukabuk), Pala (bukbuk)
Additional meanings: small lumps, spotty, lumpy

Bung - Mühlhäusler  gives the etymology as from the Tolai meaning 
"day" or "market day"
Additional definitions:
To supplement (mi laik bungim tok)
To come to an agreement (bungim bel = to join opinions)

Bungbung - to crowd

Dabol - new phrases:
Dabol mani - currency notes of K5 or greater
Dabol seven - "form of courting in the New Guinea Highlands, 
partner's touch each other's heads and bend down 49 times"
[Compare to other traditional courtship activities: "karim lek", 
"kukim nus" and "tanim het".
My (Slone 2001) definitions are:

Karim lek: This is "a Middle Wahgi Valley courtship practice where a 
girl sits on a boy's lap or along-side a boy with both her legs 
across one of his thighs. Both parties rub noses for hours." 
(Mihalic, 1971: 107) They sing songs and are chaperoned (Lobban, 
1985: 31-33). The Middle Wahgi Valley includes the Wahgi, Kuman, and 
Golin languages in the Western Highlands and Sim-bu provinces. The 
custom of karim lek was carried to the South Fore of Eastern 
Highlands Province by Simbu policemen, but was apparently short-lived 
(Alpers, 1992: 318).

Kukim nus: to rub noses in courtship (lit., "to heat up noses"), 
practiced in the Highlands

Tanim het: a courtship custom (lit., "turning heads") that is 
restricted to the Hagen People of the Southern and Western Highlands 
provinces. "Boys and girls line up face-to-face. The boy's left ear 
is placed on the girl's right ear. The faces roll until the boy's 
right ear touches the girl's left ear." (Lobban, 1985: 31)

Alpers, Michael P. (1992). Kuru. In: Human Biology in Papua New 
Guinea: The Small Cosmos, Robert D. Attenborough & Michael P. Alpers, 
eds. Research Monographs on Human Population Biology 10. New York: 
Clarendon Press, pp. 313-334.

Lobban, William D. (1985). "A collection of children's singing games 
of Papua New Guinea." Oral History 13(2).
]

Dokta - additional phrase: dokta tit (dentist)

--Tom Slone
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