tambaran
English
Noun
tambaran (plural tambarans)
- (folklore) A demon or spirit, among certain peoples of Papua New Guinea.
Alternative forms
- tambaram, tamberan
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From Tolai tabaran or a closely related language; compare Samoan Plantation Pidgin taberan.
Noun
tambaran
- demon
- spirit
- ghost
- ancestor
Derived terms
- haus tambaran
See also
- tumbuna
- daiman
References
- Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73), Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
- Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983), “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76