Baining

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An exonym from a Tolai language, meaning "inland people" with an originally pejorative connotation.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Baining (plural Baining or Bainings)

  1. A member of the Baining people, indigenous to the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Proper noun[edit]

Baining

  1. The mountainous region of New Britain inhabited by the Baining people.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fajans, Jane, They Make Themselves, page 13.
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