[Mihalic] unidentified term: pairitriam

[Christin Kocher]

Sounds like Pyrethrum, a flower grown commercially for insecticide

Christin


>From: Stuart Robinson <Stuart.Robinson at mpi.nl>
>To: Mihalic at anu.edu.au
>Subject: [Mihalic] unidentified term: pairitriam
>Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:55:06 +0100 (MET)
>
>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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