THE FUTURE OF RAINFOREST PEOPLES — Papua New Guinea Working Group (FRP—PNG)
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THE FUTURE OF RAINFOREST PEOPLES — Papua New Guinea Working Group (FRP—PNG) |
| Methods work sheet 3: Terms in neo-melanesian pidgin for |
| plants and animals |
| a compilation from various sources by |
| Christin Kocher Schmid |
| CAUTION: not all these terms are used in all areas, and there might be others,which are used in only certain areas. NOTE: f/p can be interchangeable |
| v/b between two vowels can be interchangeable l/r can be interchangeable |
| 1. Pidgin terms for plants |
| aiaia | Eugenia spp, Malay apple, cf. laulau |
| aibika | Hibiscus manihot |
| aibisket / haibisket | Hibiscus rosa-sinensis |
| aila | Inocarpus fagifer, Tahitian chestnut |
| akas | Acacia spp., wattle |
| ananas | Ananas comosus, pineapple |
| anian | Allium cepa, onion |
| aran(g) | Pandanus spp., in some areas: Pandanus |
| conoideus oil pandan |
| arurut | Maranta spp, arrowroot |
| asbin /hasbin | Psophocarous tetragonolobus, winged |
| bean |
| aupa | Amaranthus spp, amaranth spinach |
| baibai | Cycas circinalis, palm fern |
| balbal | Erithryna (variegata, indica), coral tree |
| banana | Musa spp, banana |
| bara | Colocasia esculenta (Wola) |
| bata | Persea americana, avocado |
| bikus | Ficus sp, banyan tree |
| bin | edible Leguminosae, general term |
| brus | Nicotianum tabacum, tobacco |
| buai | Areca catechu , betelnut palm |
| bukabuk | Burckella obovata |
| bukbuk | Dysoxylum sp., mahagony |
| daka | Piper betle, betel pepper |
| dapdap | a tree |
| diwai | tree, general term |
| diwai kaukau | Theobroma cacao, cocoa (in Kilimeri), in |
| other areas: kakao |
| erima / yerima | Octomeles sumatrana |
| faifkon(a) | Averrhoa carambola, starfruit, carambola |
| galip | Canarium indicum and other C. spp |
| garamut | Vitex confossus, Dracontomelon sp, New |
| Guinea walnut |
| garawa | Anisopteris polyandra |
| golgol / gorgor | Zingiberaceae, wild (tall) gingers, e.g. |
| Alpinia spp. |
| gras | grass, weeds |
| gras bilong solwara | seaweed |
| grasnil | Mimosa pudica, sensitive plant |
| hailands kapiak | Ficus dammaropsis, Highalnds breadfruit |
| hailands pitpit | Setaria palmifolia |
| hebsen | Pisum sativum, pea, oldfashioned, cf. pi |
| hum | a tree |
| irotu | Callophyllum spp |
| kabibi / kawiwi | Areca macrocalyx, Highlands betelnut |
| palm, plus other wild betel-type palms / substitutes |
| kala | dye plants, general term |
| kalopilum | Calophyllum inophyllum, beach |
| calophyllum |
| kakao | Theobroma cacao, cocoa, cf. diwai |
| kaukau |
| kambang | Lagenaria siceraria, Trichisanthes spp., |
| gourd (also:lime, which is stored in gourds) |
| kanda | Calamus spp, rattan (climbing palm) |
| kango | Nasturtium officinale, watercress |
| kankong | Ipomoea aquatica |
| kanu | Alstonia scholaris, milky pine |
| kapiak | Artocarpus spp, breadfruit |
| kapok / kepok | Ceiba pentandra, silk cotton tree |
| karakap | Solanum nigrum, blackberried nightshade |
| karuka | Pandanus jiulianetti, P.brosimos, nut |
| pandan, but in coastal/island areas: other Pandanus spp of which the leaves are used to plait mats, raincovers etc |
| kasang | Arachis hypogea, peanut, only in some |
| remoter areas, cf. pinat |
| kasta | Parinari, Parinariumnut |
| kaswel | Ricinus communis, castor oil |
| kawawar(i) | Zingiber officinalis, cultivated gingers |
| kaukau | Ipomoea batatas, sweet potato |
| kebis/kabis | Brassica oleracea, cabbage |
| kokoma | . | Chisocheton sp |
| kokonas | Cocos nucifer, coconut palm |
| kon | Zea mays, corn, maize, cf. mais |
| koniak | Piper methysticum, kava |
| kopi | Coffea, coffee |
| krakau | a vine rope |
| krusako | Secchium edule , choko (other designation |
| in some areas: sioko) |
| kukamba | Cucumis sativus, cucumber |
| kumu | vegetables, general term |
| kumu mosong | Ficus copiosa, plentiful fig |
| kumurele | Eucalyptus (deglupta, spp.) eucalypt |
| kunai | Imperata, blady grass |
| kwila | Intsija bijuga, ironwood, cf. tor |
| labula | Anthocephalus cadamba |
| laulau | Eugenia, malay apple and rose apple (ev. |
| also Syzygium) |
| laup | Dracontomelon mangiferum, New Guinea |
| walnut, cf mon |
| limbum | Arecoid palms (Areca excluded cf. buai), |
| eg Rhopaloblaste, Cyrtostachys, Ptychococcus |
| lombo | Capsicum frutescens, chili |
| lovilovi | Flacourtia inermis |
| mais | Zea mays, corn, maize, cf. kon |
| makas | Hibiscus (tiliaceus), beach hibiscus |
| malas | Homalium foestidum |
| mal(e) | . | Broussonetia sp., paper mulberry |
| malo | . | Ficus sp., a cauliflor fig |
| malomalo kumu | Rungia klossii, spinach (Pawaia) |
| mambu | bamboo, several genera |
| mami | Dioscorea esculenta ,yam (cf. yam, |
| attention: in some areas the other way around) |
| mango | Mangifera indica and spp., mango |
| mangros | mangrove |
| maniok | Manihot utilissima, manioc, cassava |
| mareo | Pometia pinnata, cf ton |
| marita | Pandanus conoideus oil pandan, in some |
| areas: other Pandanus spp |
| maramai | Jacaranda tree |
| marmar | Samanea saman, raintree |
| melen | melon, water melon |
| milo | Antiaris toxicaria |
| mon | Dracontomelon, New Guinea walnut cf. |
| laup |
| morota | Nipa palm but also generally leaves for |
| thatch |
| muli | Citrus spp., lemons limes and oranges as |
| well as indigenous Citrus spp. |
| nar | Pterocarpus indicus, rosewood |
| okari | Terminalia (kaernbachii) spp, tropical |
| almond |
| painap | Ananas comosus, pineapple, cf. ananas |
| palmen | palm trees and cycads, general term |
| (oldfashioned) |
| pamiken/pamkin | Cucurbita sp, pumpkin, squash |
| pao | Barringtonia (novae-hibernae, procera) |
| papai | a mushroom |
| paragum | Alocasia macrorrhiza, giant taro |
| patete | Solanum tuberosum, potato |
| pen | Bixa orellana, annatto shrub |
| pi | Pisum sativum , pea cf. hebsen |
| pikanini diwai | fruit/nuts general term, original pidgin |
| term now often replaced by prut, cf. there |
| pinat | Aracia hypogea, peanut, cf kasang |
| pitpit | Saccharum edule , vegetable cane, and |
| also Saccharum spontaneum (cf, tittit) |
| popo | Carica papaya, pawpaw |
| punpun | Albizzia spp |
| purpur | Codiaeum variegatum, croton |
| putput | Eleocharis cf dubia, sedge (Wola) |
| prut | fruit/nuts general term cf. pikanini diwai, |
| also specifically: passionfruit (Wola), tree tomato (Yopno) |
| rop | vine, liane general term |
| rop I gat nil | lawyer vine, plus any thorny vine |
| rotang | Calamus spp, rattan, cf. kanda |
| saksak | Metroxylon, sago palm |
| salat | Laportea decumana, L. interrupta, nettle |
| and Dendocnide spp, stinging tree |
| sampepa / sanpepa | tree sp with abrasive leaves |
| sang | Vitex cofassus, New Guinea walnut |
| sanis | Arenga (caryotoid palm) |
| sapsap | Annona muricata, soursop |
| saua / sauasap | Annona muricata, soursop |
| sayeng | lemon (Yopno) |
| sayor | Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, winged |
| bean (Kilimeri) and vegetables generally elsewhere |
| sayor bilong rop | Pueraria lobata, kudzu (Wola) |
| sida | Toona sureni |
| sili | Capsicum frutescens, chili |
| sirsen / kirsen | Muntingia calabura, Japanese cherry |
| sis | Pangium edule |
| stik masis | Spathodea campanulata, African tulip tree |
| suga | Saccharum officinalis, sugar cane |
| suit muli | orange (in some areas) cf. muli |
| talinga | fungi, general term |
| talis | Terminalia (catappa), tropical almond |
| tambun | . | Tripetalum spp |
| tanget | Cordyline, palm lily |
| tapiok | Manihot esculenta, cassava |
| taro (tru) | Colocasia esculenta |
| taro kongkong | Xanthosoma sagittifolium |
| tausenlip | fern, general term |
| ton / taun | Pometia pinnata, cf. mareo |
| tor | Afzalea sp or Intsija bijuga ironwood , cf. |
| kwila |
| towan | a tree |
| tittit / tiktik | Miscanthus, sword grass, Saccharum |
| spontaneum, also reeds |
| triplang | Araucaria sp., pine |
| tulip | Gnetum (gnemon) |
| um / hum | a Pandanaceae |
| utun | Barringtonia (speciosa) |
| valangur | . | Polyscias sp |
| vut / vun | Derris (uglinosa), derris root |
| wara kebis | Nasturtium officinale, water cress |
| wel | Campnosperma breviopetiolata |
| wel saksak | Nypa fruticans, nipa palm |
| yam | Dioscorea alata, yam |
| yambo | Psidium guajava, guava |
| yar | Casuarina, she-oak |
| yati | Tectonia grandis, teak |