taberan

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Samoan Plantation Pidgin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Tolai tabaran or a closely related language; compare Tok Pisin tambaran.

Noun[edit]

taberan

  1. Ghost; spirit.

References[edit]

  • 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)‎[1], 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