kastom
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Tok Pisin kastom, itself from English custom.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kastom (uncountable)
- (Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu) In Melanesia, the assertion of traditional values and cultural practices in a modern context.
- 2000, David L. Hanlon, Geoffrey Miles White, Voyaging Through the Contemporary Pacific, page 392:
- At the same time many of these politicians established an intellectual rapprochement between kastom and Christianity.
- 2008, Sinclair Dinnen, Stewart Firth, Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands, page 200:
- The disturbance of kastom is what Moore sees as the root cause of the outbreak of violence during the crisis.
Anagrams[edit]
Tok Pisin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from English custom.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kastom
- kastom; traditional practices, especially as done by the bus kanaka
Usage notes[edit]
This is a false friend with English. A custom, in the sense of something that one usually does, is pasin.
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