Butia = Buita

Name: Butia = Buita
Author: Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942

in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (LSE), of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Box 5: Linguistic notes and lectures, based on Trobriand Islands fieldwork, Folder 6: Linguistic Appendix: Vocabulary) (London, England) (1925) , 2 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: An undated, handwritten page of notes headed 'Butia = Buita.' Note is divided into three sections. Part I is 'Trees cultivated in weyka, etc' and is a table of indigenous terms and descriptions of tree names, plan of growth, time of ripening, description of use, and taboos. Part II is 'Odila plants' and is a table of indigenous terms describing edible leaves and taboos to chiefs. Part III is 'Dumia' and contains a brief sentence in an indigenous language. Written on reused stationery, consisting of a typewritten manuscript page discussing sexual continence.
Field of Interest: Anthropology
Content Type: Field notes
Anthropologist / Ethnographer: Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
Warning: Contains explicit content: No
Format: Text
Page Count: 2
Subject: Anthropology, Social Sciences, Linguistic anthropology, Cultural anthropology, Plants, Trees, Antropología Lingüística, Antropologia Linguística, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Kiriwina Island, Milne Bay Province, Trobriand Islanders
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Antropología Lingüística, Antropologia Linguística, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural