gokabaut

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

Probably from a blend of English go and walk about. Compare Tok Pisin wokabaut.

Verb

gokabaut

  1. To walk.

References
  • Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)
  • 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.
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