[Mihalic] Comments on April 2004 additions

[Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies]

Following Thomas's question re 'retskin':

>> Additional meanings for retskin: 1) Among North Solomon Islanders, one
>>who is from elsewhere in PNG (Oliver, 1991: 223). 2) Someone from Morobe
>>Province wrote this in a Stori Tumbuna in Wantok, "Nau ol i stap long
>>lain ol i kolim ol apkas (retskin)."  Has anyone else heard of retskin
>>meaning mixed-race?

Certainly I heard the first meaning in NSP, but not the latter.

Don


At 22:54 -0800 19/4/04, Thomas H. Slone wrote:
> ; padding-bottom: 0 }  -->s Could the etymology for "bel" be from PPE?
> Bislama: bel
> Broken: beli
> Solomon Islands: bele
>
> There is now a separate entry for "dotiwara", but there is still an entry
>under "doti" for "doti wara".  The meanings given under the entries are
>different.  Shouldn't these be linked up or consolidated?
>
> Under "kalakala", there is a question for whether there is such a word in
>Bislama.  Crowley (1995: 108) lists kalakala with this meaning.
>
> Under "kokoros", there is a question for whether there is such a word in
>Bislama.  Crowley (1995: 107) lists kakros with this meaning.
>
> Example of the noun form of helpim (from Wantok Stori Tumbuna):
> "Meri i pilim pen nogut tru tasol nogat helpim i stap klostu long em."
>  As an alternate to "mak bilong lek" for footprint, Smith (2002: 110)
>lists "lek mak".
> I suggest adding a link between "skin" the other skin entries: "retskin",
>"blakskin", "waitskin".
> Additional meanings for retskin: 1) Among North Solomon Islanders, one
>who is from elsewhere in PNG (Oliver, 1991: 223). 2) Someone from Morobe
>Province wrote this in a Stori Tumbuna in Wantok, "Nau ol i stap long lain
>ol i kolim ol apkas (retskin)."  Has anyone else heard of retskin meaning
>mixed-race?
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