gokabaut

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

Probably from a blend of English go and walk about. Compare Tok Pisin wokabaut.

Verb

gokabaut

  1. To walk.

References
  • Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
  • Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76
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