quonquore

Updated: June 9, 2025

This superstition was the cause of most of the bloodshed and terror upon Tanna; and being thus challenged, I asked God's help, and determined to strike a blow against it. A woman was standing near with a bunch of native fruit in her hand, like our plums, called quonquore. I asked her to be pleased to give me some; and she, holding out a bunch, said, "Take freely what you will!"

John Gibson Paton - The Story of John G. Paton: Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals