waitpus

Tok Pisin: wait + pus.

See original Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

  1. Government: a paramount chief; pus refers to the white band he wears on his hat. ® luluai, tultul
    waitpus, Ninga Yamong, wantaim Masta Niall, i bin makim 6000 hekta the paramount chief, Ninga Yamong, marked out the ‘6000 hectares’ with Mr Niall (District Officer Horace Niall - the 6000 hectares was the subject of a landmark native title claim in the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea in 1972).

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