karanas

Source language unclear: any clues?

See original Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

  1. Physical world: coral as a type of stone on land, coral road metal from a quarry pit
    ol i bin wokim Buliminsky Haiwe long karanas they built the Buliminsky Highway with coral road metal

  1. Landform: limestone
    ples bilong em Maunten Elimbari stret, karanas ya his home is right on Mt Elimbari, the limestone peak (in Sinasina)
    long Mahur Ailan ol i save dring long karanas on Mahur Island, New Ireland Province, they drink from the limestone (their water percolates through stalagmites and is collected in a drum)

  1. Landform: karst
    ol man i no save go insait long ples karanas people cannot penetrate karst country

  1. Ethnic identifier: person from New Ireland (on account of the fact that karanas is abundant there)

  1. Ethnic identifier: person from any of the limestone areas of Simbu Province (especially near Pari, and most of Sinasina)
    em ol karanas lain they are those limestone people
    ol hangamap long karanas they live in a limestone area

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