Kuanua Language

 Ancient to Present Cooking Styles in East New Britain: A Synopsis of Styles & Related Vocabulary in Kuanua. By Ismael K. Isikel  Nian is food. Pait nian is cooking or making food. Tutun is roast over the fire. Tunia is roast it over the fire. Tunutun is the art of roasting over a fire. Kukulubai is cover with leaves and cook over a fire . Kulube is roast it over a fire. Igir (aigir) is cooking using heated stones. Parapara is cooking using an ubu of ground oven. Pare is cook it in an ubu. Pipitai is making ku, which is heated coconut 'milk'. Pipite is squeeze scraped coconut. Kokolomoi is the practice of eating raw food. Kolome is eat it raw. And take care when cooking because humans do not prefer imur, overcooked, food. Polo is soup. Polapolo is watery. Your evaluation of food taste may be kalami such as sweet, juicy, or delicious. Gogol is used to describe half cooked banana or tuber. Maur is satisfied and minaur is satisfaction. Mao is cooked. Also used to describe r...

 Traditional Life Observation. Cutting a chicken was/is a traditional method of finding out the cause of illness in the body of a sick person. The chicken is caught, plucked, and cut open while it is still alive. It is not killed before cutting. It is cut open and examined for any signs that indicate sickness. For example, a sore inside the body. If a sore is found, it tells that the sick human has a sore in his/her body. Traditional remedy is prescribed or prepared and given to the sick human as treatment. I don't know, but I think traditional magic is involved. This year, 2025, is the second or third time in my entire life I have heard and observed, from a distance, this type of chicken operation.