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THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE TROBRIAND ISLAND OF KIRI wina speak Kivila, or some of them do, and they’ve given us the word mokita, which means a truth that we all know but agree not to talk about.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE TROBRIAND ISLAND OF KIRI wina speak Kivila, or some of them do, and they’ve given us the word mokita, which means a truth that we all know but agree not to talk about.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE TROBRIAND ISLAND OF KIRI wina speak Kivila, or some of them do, and they’ve given us the word mokita, which means a truth that we all know but agree not to talk about.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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There is a term from New Guinea - "mokita" - which refers to a truth that everyone knows but no one speaks.
U.S. News 2010
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And this is one mokita that neither party is willing to face up to.
Jerry Jasinowski: Beware the Mokita Jerry Jasinowski 2011
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The Trobriand Islanders of the South Pacific have a word that has no exact counterpart in English -- mokita -- which means "the truth that everyone knows, but nobody speaks."
Jerry Jasinowski: Beware the Mokita Jerry Jasinowski 2011
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We have a delicate mokita in the nation's capital that is well known to the politicians but kept secret from the public -- the Social Security Trust Fund is a mirage.
Jerry Jasinowski: Beware the Mokita Jerry Jasinowski 2011
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Lipay kaayo ko kay at least maski naa ra sya sa balay, mokita gihapon sya diba?
Bisaya Bloggers 2008
mialuthien commented on the word mokita
mokita – Papuan the truth that everyone knows but no one talks about
July 27, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word mokita
So how do you actually use this word, if 'That's mokita' is automatically self-falsifying? Do you have to stick to talking in general terms rather than about specific cases of mokita? Refer only to ex-mokita, maybe?
July 27, 2008
mialuthien commented on the word mokita
Well, I guess we need to ask Papuans for clarification on the correct use of it! :P
July 27, 2008
bilby commented on the word mokita
Perhaps it's something like the 'silent majority' in English, or what may be postulated as the views of the silent majority.
July 27, 2008