param, paramim

English: ‘fathom’.

See first Mihalic entry. See second Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

  1. a fathom, six feet (rare).
    i gat param it is deep enough

Noun combination forms

  1. Material culture: param mis a fathom of mis shell money (New Ireland), usually measured with the outstretched arms and worth K40-K60 in the 1990s.

Transitive verb forms

  1. Boating: to take soundings, to measure depth (rare).

© Revising the Mihalic Project, 26 Jan 2005 [Home]