Where does “bus kanaka” come from?
bus kanaka (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin kanaka, from German Kanake, from English Candy, from Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi, from Arabic قندي, from Arabic قَنْد, from Persian کند — chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;...
bus kanaka (Tok Pisin): An uncivilised person; a person who follows a...
Definitions
- An uncivilised person; a person who follows a...
Ancestry of “bus kanaka”, step by step
bus kanaka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tok Pisin kanaka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | kanaka | aborigine; native; tribesman |
| 2 | German | Kanake | wog; Kanak or Canaque, a member of the indigenous... |
| 3 | English | Candy | A pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice |
| 4 | Middle English | sugre candy | Alternative form of suger candy |
| 5 | Old French | sucre candi | — |
| 6 | Arabic | قندي | a Pashtun |
| 7 | Arabic | قَنْد | hard candy made by boiling cane sugar; rock candy |
| 8 | Persian | کند | blunt; dull; slow |
| 9 | Sanskrit | खण्ड | chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;... |
via Tok Pisin bus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | bus | bush |
| 2 | English | Bush | A place name |
| 3 | Middle English | bush | grove, wood; thicket, underbrush; bush; branch of... |
| 4 | Old English | busċ | — |
| 5 | Latin | bosca | firewood |
| 6 | Late Latin | busca | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | busk | bush, thicket |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | buskaz | bush; thicket |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |