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Beach-la-Mar

[ beech-luh-mahr ]

Beach-la-Mar

/ ËŒ²ú¾±Ë³Ùʃ±ôəˈ³¾É‘Ë /

noun

  1. an English-based creole language spoken in Vanuatu and Fiji, and formerly much more widespread Also calledBiche-la-mar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Beach-la-Mar1

Alteration of ²ú곦³ó±ð-»å±ð-³¾±ð°ù a well-known trade item in the region where this type of pidgin is spoken
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Beach-la-Mar1

C19: quasi-French, from ²ú곦³ó±ð-»å±ð-³¾±ð°ù (trepang, this being a major trading commodity in the SW Pacific; hence the name was applied to the trading language)
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Of course it's an old story now, going back to the days before the bottom had dropped out of copra, and there was still money to be made in beach-la-mar and fungus.

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