[Mihalic] tanget and other botanical terms

[John Lynch]

Terry Crowley's Bislama dictionary gives, for /nanggaria/, 'victory leaf, ti
plant (Cordyline terminalis).

-----Original Message-----
From: C A Volker [mailto:volker at nalik.org] 
Sent: Thursday, 18 November 2004 5:39 p.m.
To: Mihalic List
Subject: [Mihalic] tanget and other botanical terms

I have a question about "tanget", a word which hasn't yet made its way onto
the
Mihalic website.

I am currently working on a Nalik-English-Tok Pisin dictionary and have come
to
the entry for the Nalik word for "tanget". The Tok Pisin equivalent is easy,
but what is the internationally recognisable English word? In Hawai'i it's
called a ti plant, but in Australia? In PNG English it's "tanget", of
course,
spelt "tangket" in the Dellasta PNG Encyclopedia. But internationally? Ti?

That brings up the question as to the target English of PNG dictionaries
like
the Nalik or Mihalic Tok Pisin ones. Should it be PNG English (tanget,
laplap,
tradestore), Aussie English, or some generic international English?

Also, anyone know the correct botanical name for tanget? The original
Mihalic
lists Taetsia fructicosa, but by googling ti plant, I found Cordyline
terminalis, and the pictures look like our PNG tanget. Can anyone less
botanically challenged than me help out?

Thanks,
Craig Volker


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