Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Noun

matmat

1. cemetery

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 or Ramoaaina matmat ‎(“the dead”), considered by Mosel to have been coined by missionaries. Compare Fijian mate ‎(“dead”), Malay mati ‎(“death”).

Noun

matmat

1. cemetery

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.