[Mihalic] Pocket Vocabulary 1942

[George Morren]

Re: [Mihalic] Pocket Vocabulary 1942I recall that namba was used to refer to
Luluai and Tultul badges. Kiap em-i givim namba long [huset man?].

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  From: mihalic-bounces at anu.edu.au [mailto:mihalic-bounces at anu.edu.au]On
Behalf Of Thomas H. Slone
  Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:05 AM
  To: Mihalic
  Subject: Re: [Mihalic] Pocket Vocabulary 1942


  Helton (c. 1940) wrote a booklet around that time that corroborates paper
money as "money kunda" (p. 39).  No reference is made to that meaning of
namba.  Sleep is defined as "sleep (to lie down)" (p. 44), which would be
consistent with sleeptroo (below).


  Helton, E. C. N. (no date). Pidgin English as Used in the Mandated
Territory of New Guinea with Dictionary of Nouns and Phrases. This Language
Is Used in Conversation with Natives, Asiatics and German White
Missionaries. 1st edition. Brisbane: Cocoanut Grove Souvenir Shop.


    A friend of  mine recently handed me a copy of A Pocket Vocabulary of
Malay, Pidgin English and Japanese Phrases for the use of U.S. Troops in the
Southwest Pacific Area, prepared by the Office of the Assistant Chief of
Staff, G-2, United States Army Services of Supply, Southwest Pacific Area.
Printed by the Office of Chief Engineer, USA, SOS, SWPA. Date of
Publication, October, 1942. It is pocket sized. He found this copy lying on
the ground in a Canberra street.

    On checking through the pidgin part, a few interesting words occur.

    kali fai  - to hide or secrete [I can't find anything approximating this
in Mihalic and have never heard it used in PNG].

    kunda mani - paper money [Mihalic has this listed as "konda". Not in
common use today?]

    namba - a metal tax receipt worn around the neck on a string [not in
Mihalic].

    sleeptroo (slip tru) - to sleep [not in Mihalic and I don't remember
it - does it imply that in the 1940s "slip" meant 'recumbent' and "slip tru"
meant to be asleep?]

    Dr Bryant Allen
    Senior Fellow
    Land Management Group
    Department of Human Geography
    Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
    The Australian National University
    ACT 0200 Australia

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