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English
Noun
tambaran (plural tambarans)
- (folklore) A demon or spirit, among certain peoples of Papua New Guinea.
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From Tolai tabaran or a closely related language; compare Samoan Plantation Pidgin taberan.
Noun
tambaran
- demon
- spirit
- ghost
- ancestor
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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