tiktik

Source language unclear: any clues?

While kunai is used for thatching in most highlands areas, tiktik is preferred at the highest altitudes, most notably around Iabilbu (where it also used for blind making).

See original Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

  1. Botany: the ‘arrow cane’, Saccharum sp. ® kunai, pitpit
    pausim tiktik to bundle up canes
    mosong bilong tiktik the hairy surface of wild sugar cane; metaphorically, a trifle

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