Both Sides of Buka Passage: An Ethnographic Study of Social, Sexual and Economic Questions in the North-western Solomon Islands |
Contents
a View from cliffs at Kurtatchi b New style houses Buka | 3 |
At the babots Kurtatchi | 4 |
a Deserted village of Gomen b Airing the beds | 5 |
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Common terms and phrases
amro areca-nut baby banana baskets belonging beroan betel-mixture bonito Bougainville boys wearing brother Buka Buka Passage bush called canoe carried ceremonial currency ceremonial pudding chew child cicatrization clan coast coco-nut shell connexion contraceptive medicine cooked dance dead dream eaten father feast fire fish girl given Hahon hair Hanahan hand hood husband imun inside intercourse island kōbū kōma Kurtatchi leaf leaves lineage living loin-cloth looked magic marriage married medicine menstruation mixture Naboin Nakarib natives night novices occasion olden days opossum paint Pan-pipes person piece Pinari planks plant Pororan pregnant reef root round rubbed Saposa sexual sexual intercourse side sister skin slit-gong sometimes stick stone string taboo Tabut taro garden Tchibo term tobar told took tree tsoa tsunaun urar usually verandah village Wanias wapi ceremony wearing the upi wife woman women