Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Noun

pukpuk

1. crocodile

References

• Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)
• Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin", in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh: The Social Context of Creolization, 28-76.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Tolai pukpuk or a closely related language.

Noun

pukpuk

1. crocodile; alligator

Derived terms

• lukim yu bihain pukpuk

References

• Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)
• Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin", in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh: The Social Context of Creolization, 28-76.

Tolai

Noun

pukpuk

1. crocodile

Descendants

• Samoan Plantation Pidgin: pukpuk
• Tok Pisin: pukpuk

References

• Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)