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bus kanakas

bus kanakas is the plural of bus kanaka.

Meaning of bus kanaka

Noun

bus kanaka (plural bus kanakas)

  1. (Papua-New-Guinea) An uncivilized person; a person who follows a traditional rather than a modern lifestyle.
    • […] for some more sophisticated coastal people there was merely the shame at being led by a bush kanaka, […]1965, The Papua-New Guinea Elections 1964

Questions about bus kanakas

What is bus kanakas the plural of?
Bus kanakas is the plural of bus kanaka.

Words near bus kanakas in the dictionary

  1. bus fare
  2. bus fares
  3. bus girl
  4. bus girls
  5. bus kanaka
  6. bus kanakas
  7. bus lane
  8. bus lanes
  9. bus line
  10. bus lines
  11. bus mastering

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