Mokita

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Mokita is a Papua New Guinean word in the Kivila language [1], spoken on the largest of the Trobriand Islands Kiriwina, which describes the concept of "truth we all know but agree not to talk about."

[edit] References

  1. ^ Senft, Gunter (1995). "Ain't Misbehavin'? Trobriand Pragmatics and the Field Researcher's Opportunity to Put His (Or Her) Foot in It" ([dead link]Scholar search). Oceanic Linguistics 34 (1): 211–226. doi:10.2307/3623120. 


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