| ama |
|
mother
|
| ama
agi |
|
"younger" mother,
i.e. when a man has more than one wife and the mother of the child
speaking is an elder wife.
|
| ama went' |
|
"elder" mother, i.e. when a man
has more than one wife and the mother of the child speaking is the
younger wife. |
| anya |
|
father
|
anya-koka
|
|
father and grandfathers, i.e.
ancestors
|
| apo |
|
grandmother
|
| bilas |
|
decoration
|
bilum (T.P.)
|
|
|
| bossboi
(T.P.) |
|
term of respect
for important men
|
| bras
(T.P.) |
|
|
gaua
|
|
fiber, vine, bark,
twine, liana
|
| haus kiap (T.P.)
|
|
|
| haus
kuk (T.P.) |
|
kitchen shelter
|
| haus
man (T.P.) |
|
men's house
|
| haus
meri
(T.P.)
|
|
woman's house
|
| haus
passenger (T.P.) |
|
|
kiap
(T.P.)
|
|
1) An official in the
Australian administration, the district commisioner, the
district officer, the patrol officer. 2) government in general. 3) A
person of "European" background.
|
kiap
rot (T.P.)
|
|
The trail cleared at the
behest of the Patrol Officer to connect the settlements within the area
under his control. The concept of having a road
legally designated as neutral, upon which it would be safe for anyone
to travel, had originated historically in England, many thousands of
miles away. There, it had been called "The
King's Highway." |
koka
|
|
grandfather
|
komba
|
|
Pandanus
conoideus - called marita
in Tok Pisin - the
tree and its fruit, whether raw or steamed.
|
komba
aruk
|
|
sauce made from
steamed Pandanus conoideus fruit and mixed with steamed leaves
and ferns |
komba
waq
|
|
inner fibrous skin
of the komba fruit
|
kongong
|
|
work
|
| kot' (T.P.)
|
|
|
| kunai
(T.P.) |
|
|
| laplap
(T.P.) |
|
woven
cloth, specifically a length of colored cloth from a trade store. Among
the Maring these were used by the women as capes and by the men in
sarong-style.
|
| luluai
(T.P.) |
|
|
mamb kun
|
|
netted cap
|
| marita
(T.P.) |
|
|
mbuk
(T.P.)
|
|
book, in particular in reference
to the census book kept by the Patrol Officer; also used as a name
|
mbuk
kongong
|
|
work with books
|
minja
|
|
men's netted
loincloth
|
miom
|
|
|
nenk
|
|
|
nink
mung
|
|
water container
made out of bamboo
|
| pitpit
(T.P.) |
|
|
pulpul
|
|
women's fringed
skirt
|
rumbim
|
|
|
| tultul (T.P.) |
|
assistant village
chief (Mihalic 1957)
|
yinge
|
|
digging stick
|
yu
mugi
|
|
Literally,
"man red." Used to refer to the people of European descent
(Australian, British, American) who the Maring people had met in the
late 1950s and early 1960s.
|
