CONTENTS Foreword - Tim Flannery xi Preface xiii Editors' Preface xix A pronunciation guide to Kalam xxxviii Acknowledgements xli Facsimiles: 1 First page of Ian Saem Majnep's transcript of Kalam text, part of Chapter 11 xliv 2 First page of Ian Saem Majnep's transcript of Pidgin text, part of Chapter 11 xlv Maps 1 Papua New Guinea: Kalam area xiv 2 Study area and location of Kalam speakers xlvi 3 Kaironk Valley, Madang Province xlviii Chapter 1 I now begin the introduction to this book 1 Part I Chapter 2 Part II Chapter 3 Chapter 4 The Small Forest and Scrub Wallabies Introduction 22 Now I'm going to tell the story of sgaw, the Small Forest Wallaby 25 The true arboreal kapuls: the Copper Ringtail and the Giant Rodents Introduction 42 Secondly, I shall discuss ymduy, the Copper Ringtail 51 Mosak, the Bamboo Kapul, and gudl-ws, the Husk-shredder 67 Majnep, Ian Saem Animals the ancestors hunted 2007 digitalisiert durch: IDS Luzern
Chapter 5 Mumuk, the Cane Kapul, abben, the Highland Giant Tree-rat, and kabkal, the Lowland Giant Tree-rat 85 Part III Chapter 6 The tricky arboreal kapuls: the arboreal montane cuscus, smaller Ringtail, Striped Possum and Sugar Glider Introduction 97 Now we describe kmn atwak (the Beech Cuscus) and related cuscuses (kmn may got and kmn sbi) 109 Chapter 7 Wcm, the Stationary Ringtail 123 Chapter 8 Skoyd, the Painted Ringtail 129 Chapter 9 I'll talk first about blc, the Striped Possum, then about aymos, the Sugar Glider 139 Part IV Madaw: the Ground Cuscus Introduction 149 Chapter 10 Madaw, the Ground Cuscus 153 Part V Chapter 11 Women's prime game, the bandicoots Introduction 173 Now I shall talk about kmn wgi (the Long-tailed Bandicoot), and kmn pakam (the Hunting Bandicoot) 177 Part VI The Spotted Quoll; and the Water-rats and Water-side Rat Introduction 190
Chapter 12 Kmn suatg, the Spotted Quoll 195 Chapter 13 Kmn godmg, the Water-side Rat, and kmn kuypep, the Water-rats 199 Part VII Chapter 14 Chapter 15 The most important as mammals: the colonial-nesting small rodents, and some other small creatures of the forest Introduction 203 As ymgenm, the Greater Prehensile-tailed Rat, the Tree-fern Rat and (?) the Little Ringtail; as gtkep, the Lesser Prehensile-tailed Rat, and as sjarj, the Long-snouted Rat 211 As aln, the Marsupial Rats and as tumuk-as, the Jumping Tree-mouse 227 Part VIII Chapter 16 Common small ground mammals of the higher forest Introduction 231 As mug, the Bush Rat, and as katgn, the Small Mountain Rat 233 Part IX Chapter 17 Two common small mammals of the grasslands: sumsum and alks Introduction 238 Sumsum, the Pygmy Possum, which builds its nest on swordgrass clumps; and alks, Shortsnouted White-bellied Rats, which feed on wild pepper fruit 241 Part X Kopyak: the Dirty Rat Introduction 245
Chapter 18 Kopyak, the Dirty Rat 249 Part XI Chapter 19 Mammals of the warm lowlands Introduction Numul kmn: Kapuls of the warm lowlands 252 257 Part XII Dogs, wild dogs and spirit dogs Introduction 268 Chapter 20 Now I'm going to talk about the dog, kayn 273 Chapter 21 Wild dogs look like ordinary domestic dogs 289 Part XIII Chapter 22 Some forest plants that people eat when hunting Introduction 312 When people went hunting kapuls, they also gathered edible wild plants in the forest 317 Appendix I Mammals Recorded in the Kaironk Valley Region 337 Appendix II Glossary and Index of Kalam Names for Mammals 342 Appendix III Plants of Significance in Kalam Animal Lore 349 Bibliography T ndexes A. Index of Animal and Plant Names 1. Mammals 2. Birds 3. Reptiles, Frogs and Fishes 4. Invertebrates 5. Plants 392 411 415 417 418 419
B. Index of Places and Persons 1. Places 2. Persons C. General Index 428 433 438 DRAWINGS by Christopher Healey PLATE 1 PLATE 2 PLATE 3 PLATE4 PLATE 5 PLATE 6 PLATE 7 PLATE 8 PLATE 9 PLATE 10 PLATE 11 PLATE 12 PLATE 13 PLATE 14 PLATE 15 PLATE 16 PLATE 17 PLATE 18 Sgaw (Dorcopsulus vanheurni), Small Forest Wallaby 24 Ymduy (Pseudochirops cupreus), Copper Ringtail 50 Mosak (Mallomys rothschildi), Bamboo Kapul 66 Maygot (Phalanger carmelitae), Mountain Cuscus 108 Wcm (Pseudochirops corinnae), Stationary Ringtail 122 Skoyd (Pseudochirulus forbesi), Painted Ringtail 128 Blc (Dactylopsila palpator), Striped Possum 138 Madaw (Phalanger gymnotis), Ground Cuscus 152 Wgi (Microperoryctes longicauda), Long-tailed Bandicoot 176 Suatg (Dasyurus albopunctatus), Spotted Quoll 194 Godmg (Parahydromys aspef), Water-side Rat 198 Ymgenm (Pogonomys loriae), Greater Prehensile-tailed Rat 210 Aln (Phascolosorex dorsalis), Marsupial Rat 226 Mug (Mammelomys lanosus), Bush Rat 232 Sumsum (Cercartetus caudatus), Pygmy Possum 240 Kopyak (Rattus exulans), Dirty Rat 248 Takp (Spilocuscus maculatus), Spotted Cuscus 256 Kayn (Canisfamiliaris), Domestic Dog 272