[Mihalic] sigapo

[Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies]

Yes, and I've also usually heard it pronounced singapo or singapu. It has
also been immortalised in a song by Blasius ToUna, "Bun bilong Tolai":
 
E, wanem samting em i bun bilong ol Tolai
O singapu yu strong na yu holim ples Rabaul
O singapu yu bun tru bilong ol Tolai
I no gat man i tok singapu i no holim
olgeta man i strong tasol long wanpela man
singapu, o singapu
...
 
Don
 
Don Niles
Acting Director & Senior Ethnomusicologist
Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies
Box 1432
Boroko 111
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
 
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From: mihalic-bounces at anu.edu.au [mailto:mihalic-bounces at anu.edu.au] On
Behalf Of Robin Hide
Sent: Wednesday, 15 November 2006 5:04
To: mihalic at anu.edu.au
Subject: Re: [Mihalic] sigapo


Presumably the (introduced) "singapore", or more commonly, "chinese" taro =
taro kong kong= Xanthosoma sagittifolium.

Robin

At 03:28 AM 15/11/2006, you wrote:


I recently came across the term 'sigapo' in a translation of a sentence in
Rotokas (Papuan, spoken on Bougainville) and was wondering whether someone
could tell me what the equivalent in English would be. FYI, here's the
Rotokas sentence and its Tok Pisin translation:

gorupasi isi rutu karuvera  isi aioavoi
Mi kaikaim strongpela sigapo.

Thanks in advance.

-Stuart

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