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1. artef.,dory,plant unidentified
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- Etnográfica:
A tree which can grow to tremendous size, and which therefore has huge outcroppings at the bottom of the trunk ("gamba" in Kriol, "ikiit" in Rama) to anchor it. Has a lot of folklore connected with it. For example, each tree is said to have an "owner," and you have to talk to this owner before you do anything with the tree. The owner is thought by most to be some kind of "perri piypil," i.e., "fairy people." Can be used for dories, which will last about two years unless you cover the inside with fiberglass, which extends their use.
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1. body throat
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- Gramatical:
With the class marker '-up' for roundish entities.
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1. animal,fish
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- Etnográfica:
A minnow-sized fresh-water fish in creeks. Looks like a mollie. Not usually actively sought; children playing around in the water with pans or buckets or may catch various small fish or shrimps, which can be used as fishing bait. Reported that children used to boil it with green breadfruit to eat.
Es del tamaño de un gobio de agua dulce de los criques. Parece un pez molly (pequeño pez mascota). Los niños juegan con ellos en el agua o los usan de carnada. Se cuenta que antes los niños lo comían cocido en agua con fruta de pan verde. - Léxica:
Does not appear to need to be combined with salpka. Some speakers say "nguk taara," "big-belly fish."
No parece necesitar combinarse con salpka. Algunos hablantes dicen “nguk taara”, “pez panzón”.
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1. animal,mammal cat Ejemplo de Frase-Phrase example:
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Puus ngunis kunkunbi kuaakari.
The cat has four whiskers.
El gato tiene cuatro bigotes.
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- Etnográfica:
Sometimes kept around the house. A wet cat means bad weather, so if you have one in your dory, you try to keep it dry. particularly in the southern communities, a number of cats appear to have mixed with wild spotted cats, as can be seen from the photo. - Gramatical:
Loanword from English 'pussy cat'.
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1. animal,bird great tinamou
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- Etnográfica:
It is a chicken-like bird that lives far up in the creek. They don't find it very often, and they eat them if they catch them. Increasingly rare. - Léxica:
big mountain hen (Kr)
2. taste sweet
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1. food sugar
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- Etnográfica:
They use cane sugar or honey. They don"t use honey in cooking, they just eat it or sometimes use it as part of bush medicine. - Gramatical:
Sometimes pronounced 'poatpa'.
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1. food fresco
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expression
Morfemas |
pwatpa |
arii |
sweet |
drink |
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1. food powdered sugar
Composicion:
expression
Morfemas |
pwatpa |
ngulung |
sugar |
powder |
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1. food,plant candy
Composicion:
Compounds
Morfemas |
pwatpa |
up |
sugar |
round shape |