matmat
Maia
Noun
matmat
Samoan Plantation Pidgin
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cpe-spp" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. or Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cpe-spp" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. matmat (“the dead”), considered by Mosel to have been coined by missionaries.
Noun
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cpe-spp" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
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)[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
- Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin", in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh: The Social Context of Creolization, 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
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)[2], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
- Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin", in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh: The Social Context of Creolization, 28–76.