hat³

See original Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

1. Everyday clothing: hat, cap, helmet
   winim kaunsil, putim cowboy hat, bikmaus long ai bilong ol man win the councillor’s position, wear a cowboy hat, make big speeches in public
   hat bilong bisop a bishop’s mitre

2. circumflex accent as used in the Lutheran church languages, Jabêm and Kâte
   e i gat hat e with a circumflex

Verb phrase forms

3. Government: kisim hat in colonial times, to be appointed a luluai or tultul (from the hat given to the appointee)

4. Government: tekewe hat in colonial times, to remove a luluai or tultul from office

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