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Maia
Noun
matmat
- graveyard
Samoan Plantation Pidgin
Etymology
From Tolai or Ramoaaina matmat (“the dead”), considered by Mosel to have been coined by missionaries.
Noun
matmat
- cemetery
References
- Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73), Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
- Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From Tolai or Ramoaaina matmat (“the dead”), considered by Mosel to have been coined by missionaries. Compare Fijian mate (“dead”), Malay mati (“death”).
Noun
matmat
- cemetery
References
- Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73), Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
- Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76