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bush-Kanaka

bush-Kanaka is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of bush-Kanaka

pluralbush-Kanakas

Questions about bush-Kanaka

What is bush-Kanaka the alternative spelling of?
Bush-Kanaka is the alternative spelling of bus kanaka.

Words near bush-Kanaka in the dictionary

  1. Bush-bots
  2. bush-cricket
  3. bush-crickets
  4. bush-hen
  5. bush-hens
  6. bush-Kanaka
  7. bush-Kanakas
  8. bush-league
  9. bush-made
  10. bush-metal
  11. bush-shrike

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