dram

dram

English: ‘drum’.

Fuels commonly seen in rural PNG and supplied in 220 litre drums are: AVGAS, JetA1, petrol and diesel. Kerosene is generally only available from fuel depots in 20 litre drums. Both sizes are highly sought after in villages while the 220 litre size is re-manufactured in alternative technology workshops into a variety of new products.

See original Mihalic entry.

Rabis dram

Noun forms

Tools, machines, instruments: (i) a 220 litre (or 44 gallon) fuel drum (ii) a 20 litre kerosene drum
benzin dram / dram benzin drum of petrol
kerosin dram / dram kerosin drum of kerosene
dizel dram drum of diesel
rabis dram rubbish drum

Food preparation: modified 220 litre drum made into a low cost baking oven ® skon
papa save bekim skon long dram the old fellow bakes scones in a drum oven

Food preparation: the top 20-30cm of a 220 litre drum cut down to make a pot stand for cooking in a fireplace
mama i amamas long nupela dram mother is really pleased with her new drum

Tools, machines, instruments: 220 litre drums welded end on end to make a lost cost road culvert
memba i baim greda i wokim hanrot, tasol mani sot long wokim kalvet na ol i planim dram tasol the MP used his funds to have a grader work on the feeder road, but there wasn’t enough money for proper culverts and they put down drum-culverts instead

Noun combination forms

Tools, machines, instruments: dram wara an empty 200 litre drum used for catching water off a roof

Kind of person: empti dram someone who is all talk and no action