Austronesian/Papuan proverb question

Carl Rubino carlrubino at home.com
Wed May 9 15:14:13 UTC 2001


Dear Waruno, John, and David,
  Thank you so much for the proverbs (and pantuns). You just inspired me to
post to SEALANG too.
  Can I add another close-to-literal translation of the Sundanese proverb:

Ciri sa-bumi, cara sa-desa.
Features/characteristics (are shared) by the world; manners by the village.

  I hope to have the proverbs distributed by the end of the year - but we'll
see. I'm looking into producing a CD version too.
    If anyone has any contacts (e-mail or addresses) of people involved with
other minority languages I have not yet collected from, please send them my
way.

  I close with one of my favorite Indonesian proverbs and wish you all the
best from Washington DC.

Garam di laut, asam di gunung bertemu di belanga.
Salt of the sea and acid (tamarind) of the hills meet in the pot. [Said of
husband and wife of different backgrounds.]

-Carl



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