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ngaukngauk

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1. animal spider
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Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Generic for spiders. Are differentiated by being hairy (particularly the black tarantula), or by color words, or by being "high up," ("nantsi" which spin webs in the house or trees vs. tarantulas, which live in holes in the ground.)
  • Gramatical:
    Reduplication common to animal names.

ngaukngauknga kuyakba

I. N

1. animal spider

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    "Kuyakba" is added to differentiate spiders that live "high up," i.e., that make webs in the house or trees, from tarantula-type spiders that live in holes in the ground. The "kuyakba" spiders are the kind referred to in the Kriol nantsi stories