tambaran

== English == === Noun === tambaran (plural tambarans) (folklore) A demon or spirit, among certain peoples of Papua New Guinea. ==== Alternative forms ==== tambaram, tamberan == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From Tolai tabaran or a closely related language; compare Samoan Plantation Pidgin taberan. === Noun === tambaran demon spirit ghost ancestor ==== Derived terms ==== haus tambaran ==== See also ==== tumbuna daiman === References === Mosel, Ulrike (1980), Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983), “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76