English
Alternative spellings
bush kanaka
bush-Kanaka
Etymology
From Tpi..
Noun
en-noun
- context|Papua New Guinea An uncivilised person; a person who follows a traditional rather than modern lifestyle.
Quotations
1965, The Papua-New Guinea Elections 1964
:... for some more sophisticated coastal people there was merely the shame at being led by a bush kanaka, ...
1999, Eric Hirsh, Colonial Units and Ritual Units: Historical Transformations of Persons and Horizons in Highland Papua in Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 41, No. 4
:Fuyuge men recount with humor their initial encounters with life in Port Moresby during the 1950s. They speak of travelling to the coast in their bark-cloths and realising upon their arrival that they were inappropriately dressed: �We immediately felt bus kanaka [wild, uncivilized].�
2002, Terry O'Farrell, Behind Enemy Lines
:Sam�s blues and boots disappeared into his small backpack, his beret was pushed back onto the head at a very jaunty angle and the .303 was slung carelessly over the shoulder. A torn pair of shorts completed the ensemble. In the twinkling of an eye, the immaculate policeman was transformed into a ragged bush kanaka...
2004, K. O. L. Burridge, Mambu: A Melanesian Millennium
:Manam islanders knew Mambu: but they could not admit to being led or influenced by a mere bush-Kanaka.
2005, Nancy Sullivan,My Weblog: Stories about living in Papua New Guinea, November 5 1
:Do you see development here? Are you living like white men? No! We�re still living like bus kanaka.
Category:People
Tok Pisin
Noun
tpi-noun|sg=bus#Tok_Pisin|bus kanaka#Tok_Pisin|kanaka
- An uncivilised person; a person who follows a traditional rather than modern lifestyle.
Category:tpi:People
ru:bus kanaka
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