[Mihalic] Bingsu

[John Burton]

I just came across _bingsu_, a Yabem term, as far as I can see, for
(Lutheran) pastor or minister.
Is this widespread as a TP term in Morobe or elsewhere?

Ref: (Gillian Sankoff; Penelope Brown Language, Vol. 52, No. 3. (Sep.,
1976), pp. 631-666) 

JB

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