kanda, kandaim

Kuanua/Ramoaaina: kada, kadaa.

Ross (1992: 374) notes that Kuanua has kada and Romoaaina kadaa; it could be from either.

Note also kanda!, ‘okay, thanks, see you later’, Melpa language, Mount Hagen.

See first Mihalic entry. See second Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

  1. Botany: cane, rattan, bush rope. ® rop

  1. Material culture: a schoolmaster’s cane
    givim kanda long to cane someone, to whip

Intransitive verb forms

  1. Action: to cane someone
    tambu tede long tisa kandaim ol skul manki teachers aren’t allowed to beat schoolboys today

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