[Mihalic] unidentified term: pairitriam

[Stuart Robinson]

I've got an SIL text from the 70's in Rotokas (a Papuan language spoken in
Bougainville), which a Rotokas speaker recently translated into Tok Pisin
for me. The term 'pairitriam' is used in it. I'm not familiar with that
term, nor have I been able to find any info about it. Has anyone come
across it before?

Here's the full text:

1 Narapela niupela samting em pairitriam.
2 Gavman i bin soim ol pipol long em.
3 Na dispela pairitriam em i save go antap tru long ol maunten.
4 Na em i save gro bikpela.
5 Na wok bilong em, em olsem.
6 Taim plaua bilong em i stap wait ol i save kisim na draim long bikpela
hot san.
7 Nao bai ol i salim ol dispela plaua long taim ol i draim pinis, nau bai
ol i salim i go long faktori bilong wokim ol poisin marasin.
8 Na dispela poisin em i no nap kilim ol kain samting olsem dok na pik
nogat em bilong kilim ol samting tasol ia plais spaida, konas, na moskito
tasol.
9 Em ol dispela samting tasol.
10 Man i no nap dai long dispela poisin.
11 Ol i save kolim long pairitriam.
12 Faktori bilong pairitriam em i stap long Mt. Hagen.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Stuart

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