plang

English: ‘plank’.

See original Mihalic entry.

War shields, hap plang, owned by Yeo Pita, Ko and Kiane, Tumba village, South Wahgi, Western Highlands Province, 3 September 1986.

Noun/Modifier forms

  1. wooden
    haus plang a house made of sawn timber; a timber shed

Noun forms

  1. a plank, a board, sawn timber, lumber
    brukim plang to pitsaw a log into planks, to cut a plank, to break a plank in two
    hobelim plang to plane a board
    makim plang a mark off a plank
    metaim plang to measure a plank for cutting
    nilim plang to nail a board
    plang bilong buk Misa a missal stand
    plang bilong kanu the sideboards or gunwale on a sailing canoe
    plang bilong kisim rat a rattrap
    skin plang the fist outer cut made on a log, the skin of a plank, a miscut
    stretim plang to straighten a board, to put boards in order

  1. Trees: Hoop, (Araucaria cunninghamii, or Klinkii, (Araucaria hunsteinii), pine, from the excellent milling quality of the type of timber (Wau/Bulolo) ® ambrela, timba
    bus i gat ol gutpela timba diwai, na wanwan plang tu i stap this bush has good millable timber with occasional Hoops and Klinkiis

  1. Fish: the dolphin-fish, Coryphaena hipparus, also C. equisetis, which looks like a colourful plank

  1. hap plang a war shield
    tupela birua holim hap plang na pait the two tribes fought with spears and shields

  1. (Bululo) plang biskit a flat biscuit approximately 8x15cm by 1cm thick resembling hard damper in consistency and a specialty of the Bulolo Bakery ® skon
    tupela skon na wanpela plang, plis two scones and a ‘plank’, please

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