long pig 的词源

“人肉作为食物”，这个说法最早出现在1848年，源自斐济群岛的故事，被认为是对当地一个词的字面翻译，其中一个版本是puaka balava。

Bau literally stank for many days, human flesh having been cooked in every house, and the entrails thrown outside as food for pigs, or left to putrefy in the sun. The Somosomo people were fed with human flesh during their stay at Bau, they being on a visit at that time; and some of the Chiefs of other towns, when bringing their food, carried a cooked human being on one shoulder, and a pig on the other; but they always preferred the "long pig," as they call a man when baked. ["FEEJEE.—Extract of a Letter from the Rev. John Watsford, dated Ono, October 6th, 1846." in "Wesleyan Missionary Notices," Sept. 1847]

Bau的气味持续了好几天，因为每家每户都在煮人肉，内脏则被扔到外面喂猪，或者在阳光下腐烂。Somosomo的人在他们访问Bau期间被喂食人肉；当时他们正是在那里拜访。一些其他城镇的酋长在带来食物时，总是一肩扛着一个熟人肉，另一肩扛着一头猪；但他们总是更喜欢“长猪”，这是他们对烤人肉的称呼。[“斐济——来自约翰·沃茨福德牧师的信摘录，日期为1846年10月6日，发自Ono，发表于《卫理公会传教士通知》，1847年9月”]