See sik bilong ples on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1999 November 11, Gina Koczberski, George Curry, Sik Bilong Ples: an Exploration of Meanings of Illness and Well-Being Amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea (in English):",
"text": "When hospital staff report that they cannot diagnose the illness, villagers generally take this to mean that the illness is sik bilong ples, meaning that the illness has its roots in the village through supernatural means, and overcoming the illness is thus a village affair.",
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