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English Wikipedia has an article on:

kastom

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Tok Pisin kastom, itself from English custom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːstɒm/

Noun

kastom (uncountable)

(Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu) In Melanesia, the assertion of traditional values and cultural practices in a modern context.
- 2000, David L. Hanlon, Geoffrey Miles White, Voyaging Through the Contemporary Pacific, page 392:
  At the same time many of these politicians established an intellectual rapprochement between kastom and Christianity.
- 2008, Sinclair Dinnen, Stewart Firth, Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands, page 200:
  The disturbance of kastom is what Moore sees as the root cause of the outbreak of violence during the crisis.

Anagrams

Matsko, komast

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Inherited from English custom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kas.tom/

Noun

kastom

kastom; traditional practices, especially as done by the bus kanaka

Usage notes

This is a false friend with English. A custom, in the sense of something that one usually does, is pasin.

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 ==English==
+{{wikipedia}}
 ===Etymology===
-Borrowing from {{bor|en|tpi|kastom|notext=1}}, from {{bor|en|en|custom|notext=1}}.
+{{bor+|en|tpi|kastom}}, itself from {{der|en|en|custom}}.
+===Pronunciation===
+* {{IPA|en|/ˈkɑːstɒm/}}
 ===Noun===
 {{en-noun|-}}
-# In [[Melanesia]], the [[assertion]] of [[traditional]] [[values]] and [[cultural]] practices in a [[modern]] context.
+# {{lb|en|Papua New Guinea|Solomon Islands|Vanuatu}} In [[Melanesia]], the [[assertion]] of [[traditional]] [[values]] and [[cultural]] practices in a [[modern]] context.
+#* {{quote-book|en|year=2000
-#* '''2000''', David L. Hanlon, Geoffrey Miles White, ''Voyaging Through the Contemporary Pacific'' (page 392)
+|author=David L. Hanlon; Geoffrey Miles White
-#*: At the same time many of these politicians established an intellectual rapprochement between '''''kastom''''' and Christianity.
+|title=Voyaging Through the Contemporary Pacific
-#* '''2008''', Sinclair Dinnen, Stewart Firth, ''Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands'' (page 200)
+|page=392
-#*: The disturbance of '''kastom''' is what Moore sees as the root cause of the outbreak of violence during the crisis.
+|passage=At the same time many of these politicians established an intellectual rapprochement between '''''kastom''''' and Christianity.}}
+#* {{quote-book|en|year=2008
+|author=Sinclair Dinnen; Stewart Firth
+|title=Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands
+|page=200
+|passage=The disturbance of '''kastom''' is what Moore sees as the root cause of the outbreak of violence during the crisis.}}
 ===Anagrams===
-* {{anagrams|en|komast}}
+* {{anagrams|en|a=akmost|Matsko|komast}}
+{{cat|en|Melanesia}}
-[[Category:English twice-borrowed terms]]
-----
 ==Tok Pisin==
 ===Etymology===
-From {{inh|tpi|en|custom}}
+{{inh+|tpi|en|custom}}.
+===Pronunciation===
+* {{IPA|tpi|/kas.tom/}}
 ===Noun===
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 ====Usage notes====
-This is a false friend with English. A custom, in the sense of something that one usually does, is {{m|tpi|pasin}}.
+This is a [[Appendix:Glossary#false friend|false friend]] with English. A custom, in the sense of something that one usually does, is {{m|tpi|pasin}}.