[PapuanLanguages] A memorial page for the late Pauline Yuaneng Agnes Luma Laki

Sat Jun 20 09:26:49 AEST 2020

That's awesome, Alexandra. Thank you for sharing it.

This sounds intriguing:

"She was pursuing the Shadowy Side of the Language when she was struck with
ill health"

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 1:08 AM Aikhenvald, Alexandra <
alexandra.aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au> wrote:

> Dear Papuanists
>
> On 14 March 2020 we lost Pauline Yuaneng Agnes Luma Laki, a most
> knowledgeable elder of the Manambu people, and a very very dear friend and
> older sister.
>
> The Memorial page for Pauline Yuaneng Luma Laki  is now live at
>
>
> https://www.jcu.edu.au/language-and-culture-research-centre/resources/pauline-laki-memorial
>
> I thought I'd share this with you - and further contributions to the site
> will be most welcome.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Sasha
>
> Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, PhD, DLitt, FQAAS, FAHA
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> Aikhenvald, Alexandra
> Sent: Friday, 5 June 2020 10:07 AM
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> Subject: Re: [PapuanLanguages] ID of a bird called 'mukumuku' in Tok Pisin
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> Dear Darija, Kongot
>
> Wonderful, thanks! I recorded several versions of a very similar story
> among the Manambu and the Yalaku - all involve cassowaries, med in Manambu,
> meda in Yalaku.
>
> Have you tried asking Janet Gagul and Mark Ziembicki - our friends -
> ornitologists?
>
> Best wishes, more soon
>
> Sasha
>
> Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, PhD, DLitt, FQAAS, FAHA
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> Sent: Thursday, 4 June 2020 10:58 PM
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> Subject: Re: [PapuanLanguages] ID of a bird called 'mukumuku' in Tok Pisin
>
> Hi Darja,
> This story sounds like the one we have in Ranmo language of Western
> Province (your Languages of Southern New Guinea colleagues are probably
> telling you similar stories), in which case the two birds used are a
> cassowary (muruk-Pidgin) and brolga. I'm not sure the Pidgin word for
> brolga. We do have black palm cockatoos which have red eyes.
> Jessica
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 7:38 AM Darja Hoenigman <darja.hoenigman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Has anyone heard of a bird called *mukumuku* in Tok Pisin?
> >
> > There's an Awiakay myth about the bird of paradise and *embay* (TP
> > *mukumuku*), who went washing in the river and took off their
> > 'grass-skirts'. But the bird of paradise quickly went out of the
> > water, saying it needed to go to poo, and stole *embay*'s beautiful
> grass skirt.
> > Now he's happily dancing around in it, while *embay* is walking
> > around, crying for his beautiful plumage, so that his eyes are all red.
> >
> > All I know for sure about *embay* (*mukumuku*) is that it is a dark
> > bird with red eyes and distinctive calls. No photos, no recordings of
> > its calls, just a Tok Pisin translation.
> >
> > I've checked the Aviabase for East Sepik, and there could be a few
> > candidates there, but I can't be sure about any of them.
> >
> > BTW, this myth seems to be widely spread all over New Guinea (with
> > some variation), but while the bird of paradise is a constant, the
> > other bird varies...
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > With best wishes,
> > Darja
> >
> > --
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> > Darja Hoenigman
> >
> > Visiting Research Fellow
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