hindi – great andamanese english anvita abbi & mayank
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Anvita Abbi & Mayank
Vanishing Voices of
the Great Andamanese, JNU/SOAS
2008
1
• ou 2 Var: duw [SM] . X paste Festival name starts with this word.
ekanr Morph: ek-an- r. . split
fony Morph: fon-y. [SM] . tobacco pipe SD: Cultural Items. fon + Toy = crab's leg. Legs of crabs were used as a smoking pipe.
kora . irritation SD: Psychological Predicates.
, ( ) karacm . a kind of big sized bird of prey SD: Birds. Big sized bird which eats snakes, small birds, chickens etc.
cenarcom Morph: cenar- com. . a big black ant SD: Insects.
• owlu Var: oulu Var: owlo . a big red ant Oecophylla Smaragdina owlu u bi oko ant bit me. SD: Insects. Found on tree trunks.
• karai Var: kaai Var: karay [SM] . black ant Paratrechina Lazicomis SD: Insects.
• [SM] kotmaray . white ant SD: Insects.
• kimo Var: kim . ordinary ant Pheidologeton diversus SD: Insects.
• maro 1 Var: mar [SM] . a kind
of ant Trigona Ventralis (Erythrogastra) SD: Insects.
• [SM] per . a kind of ant SD: Insects. • [SM] teip . a kind of ant SD: Insects. • trep . a kind of big black ant SD: Insects. X • temo . a kind of ant SD: Insects. , kmray Morph: k-mray.
[SM] . white ant SD: Insects. arant . howl • arant . howl meleni Var: milinoi . sugar
SD: Cooking & Food. melenerkoto Morph:
melene-rkoto. . X mix sugar bee . kite SD: Birds.
• kll . eagle SD: Birds. • kl 2 Var: klo . white eagle Hiliaeetus
Leucogaster kl klemo-bi-tbol the eagle flew away taking a roti. SD: Birds.X This bird is small and eats fish. Lays in the Garjan tree.
er Morph: er-. Var: r- tei . kiss
arajul Morph: ara-jul. . slander
re . X pinch tcebaki Morph: t-ceba-ki. . pick
up
Anvita Abbi & Mayank Vanishing Voices of the Great Andamanese, JNU/SOAS
2008
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ko Var: ko Var: kya [SM] . fresh water prawn SD: Marine. X
• oka Var: oka . a salt water prawn SD: Marine.
• [SM] ka . prawn SD: Marine. ik 2 . prawn like
creature SD: Mythology. Inedible creature [SM]
farakmo Var: parakmo [SM] . prawns SD: Fauna.
calo 1 Var: cal . short tailed cricket Bachytrupes Potentosus SD: Marine.
• ko . a kind of sea cricket SD: Insects. This is 511cm long.
• trkimo Morph: trk- imo. . long tailed cricket SD: Insects.
, r . cricket of rainy season SD: Insects.
pole Var: pole . lake SD: Natural Environment. X
[SM] tobe . bend otcultobe bend your head.
erpa Morph: er-pa. . bend (something)
limiu Morph: -limiu. . tingling feeling in the limb --limiu your feet is fast asleep. a-uno a-ta-limiyo I felt tingling sensation while I was sitting.
, eakp Morph: ea- kp. . coconut cluster SD: Flora.
, kidero Morph: kider-o. . cluster of coconuts SD: Flora.
erlayu Morph: er-layu. . wrinkles -erlayu my wrinkles. SD: Body Part Terms.
attaeke . lie ataieke lie everytime.
• exe Var: eke . lie about something anu jobi i-exe-m Anu tells lies to Jo.
• ikebiliu Morph: ike-bi-liu. . to tell a lie
pwa . leftover food SD: Waste Products. akaeke Morph: aka-eke. . lier
a-kae-ke-- lao this foreigner is a lier. SD: Attributes. X
• ukunakake Morph: ukun-akake. . lier SD: Attributes.
[SM] ciwba . craddle SD: Household Items.
• lele Var: lele [SM] . cradle SD: Flora. , ceba .
sling, used for carrying children on back by women SD: Cultural Items. This sling is made of the bark of the Bol tree.
2008
1
• ou 2 Var: duw [SM] . X paste Festival name starts with this word.
ekanr Morph: ek-an- r. . split
fony Morph: fon-y. [SM] . tobacco pipe SD: Cultural Items. fon + Toy = crab's leg. Legs of crabs were used as a smoking pipe.
kora . irritation SD: Psychological Predicates.
, ( ) karacm . a kind of big sized bird of prey SD: Birds. Big sized bird which eats snakes, small birds, chickens etc.
cenarcom Morph: cenar- com. . a big black ant SD: Insects.
• owlu Var: oulu Var: owlo . a big red ant Oecophylla Smaragdina owlu u bi oko ant bit me. SD: Insects. Found on tree trunks.
• karai Var: kaai Var: karay [SM] . black ant Paratrechina Lazicomis SD: Insects.
• [SM] kotmaray . white ant SD: Insects.
• kimo Var: kim . ordinary ant Pheidologeton diversus SD: Insects.
• maro 1 Var: mar [SM] . a kind
of ant Trigona Ventralis (Erythrogastra) SD: Insects.
• [SM] per . a kind of ant SD: Insects. • [SM] teip . a kind of ant SD: Insects. • trep . a kind of big black ant SD: Insects. X • temo . a kind of ant SD: Insects. , kmray Morph: k-mray.
[SM] . white ant SD: Insects. arant . howl • arant . howl meleni Var: milinoi . sugar
SD: Cooking & Food. melenerkoto Morph:
melene-rkoto. . X mix sugar bee . kite SD: Birds.
• kll . eagle SD: Birds. • kl 2 Var: klo . white eagle Hiliaeetus
Leucogaster kl klemo-bi-tbol the eagle flew away taking a roti. SD: Birds.X This bird is small and eats fish. Lays in the Garjan tree.
er Morph: er-. Var: r- tei . kiss
arajul Morph: ara-jul. . slander
re . X pinch tcebaki Morph: t-ceba-ki. . pick
up
Anvita Abbi & Mayank Vanishing Voices of the Great Andamanese, JNU/SOAS
2008
2
ko Var: ko Var: kya [SM] . fresh water prawn SD: Marine. X
• oka Var: oka . a salt water prawn SD: Marine.
• [SM] ka . prawn SD: Marine. ik 2 . prawn like
creature SD: Mythology. Inedible creature [SM]
farakmo Var: parakmo [SM] . prawns SD: Fauna.
calo 1 Var: cal . short tailed cricket Bachytrupes Potentosus SD: Marine.
• ko . a kind of sea cricket SD: Insects. This is 511cm long.
• trkimo Morph: trk- imo. . long tailed cricket SD: Insects.
, r . cricket of rainy season SD: Insects.
pole Var: pole . lake SD: Natural Environment. X
[SM] tobe . bend otcultobe bend your head.
erpa Morph: er-pa. . bend (something)
limiu Morph: -limiu. . tingling feeling in the limb --limiu your feet is fast asleep. a-uno a-ta-limiyo I felt tingling sensation while I was sitting.
, eakp Morph: ea- kp. . coconut cluster SD: Flora.
, kidero Morph: kider-o. . cluster of coconuts SD: Flora.
erlayu Morph: er-layu. . wrinkles -erlayu my wrinkles. SD: Body Part Terms.
attaeke . lie ataieke lie everytime.
• exe Var: eke . lie about something anu jobi i-exe-m Anu tells lies to Jo.
• ikebiliu Morph: ike-bi-liu. . to tell a lie
pwa . leftover food SD: Waste Products. akaeke Morph: aka-eke. . lier
a-kae-ke-- lao this foreigner is a lier. SD: Attributes. X
• ukunakake Morph: ukun-akake. . lier SD: Attributes.
[SM] ciwba . craddle SD: Household Items.
• lele Var: lele [SM] . cradle SD: Flora. , ceba .
sling, used for carrying children on back by women SD: Cultural Items. This sling is made of the bark of the Bol tree.