| 释义 |
Police Motu|pəˈliːs ˈməʊtuː|
[f. police n. + Motu n.]
A Papuan pidgin, based on Motu.
1950P. Chatterton (title) A primer of Police Motu. 1962R. Brett et al. (title) A dictionary of Police Motu. 1965B. A. Hooley in Language XLI. 168 Police Motu, almost as important as a lingua franca in Papua as Neomelanesian is in..New Guinea. Ibid. 169 Police Motu is derived from Motu, a member of the Malayo-Polynesian family. 1974L. Todd Pidgins & Creoles i. 7 In the Pacific, in PNG [sc. Papua New Guinea], Police Motu arose from the contact between speakers of Motu and other Papuan vernaculars. It has recently expanded its vocabulary by adopting words from Neo-Melanesian. 1977C. F. & F. M. Voegelin Classification & Index of World's Languages 47 Police Motu, a pidgin widely used as a lingua franca in Papua, is based on Motu. |