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    pandanus language is an elaborate avoidance language among several of the peoples of the eastern New Guinea Highlands, used when collecting Pandanus nuts...
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    Stone Pandanus conglomeratus Balf.f. Pandanus conoideus Lam. Pandanus decastigma B.C.Stone Pandanus decipiens Martelli Pandanus decumbens Solms Pandanus drupaceus...
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    Pandanus amaryllifolius is a tropical plant in the Pandanus (screwpine) genus, which is commonly known as pandan (/ˈpændən/; Malay: [ˈpandan]). It has...
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  • thousand words that differ from normal language. This was first described by Karl J. Franklin in 1972. Pandanus-register words have a broader semantic...
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    Karuka (redirect from Pandanus julianettii)
    The karuka (Pandanus julianettii, also called karuka nut and Pandanus nut) is a species of tree in the screwpine family (Pandanaceae) and an important...
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    Pandanus tectorius is a species of Pandanus (screwpine) that is native to Malesia, Papuasia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands. It grows in the...
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    Cordyline and other plants are tied to sticks to mark taboo areas where pandanus language must be spoken during karuka harvest. "Genus: Cordyline Comm. ex R...
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    related to Pandanus utilis. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pandanus utilis. Gilman, Edward; Watson, Dennis (October 1994). "Pandanus utilis" (PDF)...
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  • district of Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Melpa is a Pandanus language used during karuka harvest. Melpa has a voiceless velar lateral fricative...
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  • or [kʰombon]) is a language of Papua New Guinea. It has somewhere around 90–120 verbs.[citation needed] Kobon has a pandanus language, spoken when harvesting...
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    Pandanus candelabrum, also known as the chandelier tree or candelabrum tree, is a species of screw palm found in tropical Africa, notably Liberia. It only...
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  • Australian Aboriginal sign languages Minced oath Euphemism Honorifics (linguistics) Pandanus language Damin: Australian ritual language Pequeninos: fictional...
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  • 'Pandanus Languages' of the Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea - a further report" (PDF). In Dutton, Tom (ed.). Culture change, language change...
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  • or Mendi, is an Engan language complex of the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. Mendi has a pandanus language used during karuka harvest...
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    Pandanus spiralis is a small tree in the family Pandanaceae native to northern Australia. It is commonly called pandanus, spring pandanus, screw palm...
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    Pandanus odoratissimus on Miyako-jima, Okinawa prefecture Adan on Takarajima (Southern Tokara Islands), Kagoshima prefecture. Ripe fruit of Pandanus odoratissimus...
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    ngui ki means 15×2 = 30, and ngui ngui means 15×15 = 225. Huli has a pandanus language called tayenda tu ha illili (bush divide taboo) used for collecting...
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  • pandanus avoidance register used during karuka harvest that has been extensively documented. The Kalam pandanus language, called alŋaw mnm (pandanus language)...
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  • Lauhala, lau meaning "leaf" in the Hawaiian language, refers to the leaves of the hala tree (Pandanus tectorius). The hala tree is of great cultural,...
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    Pandanus conoideus is a plant in the Pandanus family from New Guinea. Its fruit is eaten in Papua New Guinea and Papua, Indonesia. The fruit has several...
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  • Pandanus brosimos, the wild karuka, is a species of tree in the family Pandanaceae, endemic to New Guinea. Along with Pandanus julianettii, it is widely...
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    another are the Pandanus languages of the Medan region of Papua New Guinea. Eskayan is a "sophisticated encryption" of the Cebuano language. It shows no...
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  • Austronesian language family. Proto-Oceanic is a descendant of the Proto-Austronesian language (PAN), the common ancestor of the Austronesian languages. Proto-Oceanic...
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  • clearing' Coomera/Upper Coomera – from kumera, a species of wattle Jumpinpi – Pandanus root Mundoolun – from Mundheralgun, the local name for the Common death...
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    languages, Porome is a tonal language. It has 5 tones. High-level: kóí ‘cloth’ Low-level: kòì ‘selfish’ Rising: mèrí ‘road’ Falling: mérì ‘pandanus’...
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  • katamarra, A katamarra WCL kausar(a) inland pandanus, bœruwa young kausar : G burwa, kwacherra pandanus WCL kayadh grandmother : G kayadha grandmother...
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  • [oˈdɛi̯]. All vowels are nasalised before a nasal consonant, as in in ("pandanus") [ˈĩn], ung ("nose") [ˈũŋɡ], em ("house") [ˈẽĩ̯m]. Fuyug has 14 consonant...
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    ʻIe tōga (category Articles containing Samoan-language text)
    of long leaved pandanus known as lauʻie. More common types of 'ie toga with a coarser weave are made from laufala, a variety of pandanus which has a darker...
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    Pandan cake (category CS1 Indonesian-language sources (id))
    light, fluffy, green-coloured sponge cake flavoured with the juices of Pandanus amaryllifolius leaves. It is also known as pandan chiffon. The cake is...
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    The Macro-Gunwinyguan languages, also called Arnhem or Gunwinyguan, are a family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken across eastern Arnhem Land...
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