bus kanaka

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word bus kanaka. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word bus kanaka, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say bus kanaka in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word bus kanaka you have here. The definition of the word bus kanaka will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofbus kanaka, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: buskanaka

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Tok Pisin bus kanaka.

Noun

bus kanaka (plural bus kanakas)

  1. (Papua New Guinea) An uncivilized person; a person who follows a traditional rather than a modern lifestyle.
    • 1965, The Papua-New Guinea Elections 1964
      ... for some more sophisticated coastal people there was merely the shame at being led by a bush kanaka, ...
    • 1999, Eric Hirsh, Colonial Units and Ritual Units: Historical Transformations of Persons and Horizons in Highland Papua in Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 41, No. 4
      Fuyuge men recount with humor their initial encounters with life in Port Moresby during the 1950s. They speak of travelling to the coast in their bark-cloths and realising upon their arrival that they were inappropriately dressed: “We immediately felt bus kanaka .”
    • 2002, Terry O'Farrell, Behind Enemy Lines
      Sam’s blues and boots disappeared into his small backpack, his beret was pushed back onto the head at a very jaunty angle and the .303 was slung carelessly over the shoulder. A torn pair of shorts completed the ensemble. In the twinkling of an eye, the immaculate policeman was transformed into a ragged bush kanaka...
    • 2004, K. O. L. Burridge, Mambu: A Melanesian Millennium
      Manam islanders knew Mambu: but they could not admit to being led or influenced by a mere bush-Kanaka.
    • 2005, Nancy Sullivan,My Weblog: Stories about living in Papua New Guinea, November 5
      Do you see development here? Are you living like white men? No! We’re still living like bus kanaka.

See also

Tok Pisin

Etymology

bus + kanaka.

Pronunciation

Noun

bus kanaka

  1. An uncivilised person; a person who follows a traditional rather than modern lifestyle.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia