pukpuk

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

From Tolai pukpuk or a closely related language.

Noun

pukpuk

  1. crocodile

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.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Tolai pukpuk or a closely related language.

Noun

pukpuk

  1. crocodile; alligator

Derived terms

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.

Tolai

Noun

pukpuk

  1. crocodile

Descendants

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