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sinak
I. N
1. artef. arrowNotas:
- Etnográfica:
Three or four pronged arrow used for killing fish (Loveland).
Can be used with a bow or by hand in the water.
singaring
I. N
1. animal,mammal small batNotas:
- Etnográfica:
Small bats often live in the roofs of thatched houses, flying in and out during the evening and night. Various bats, small brown rats, birds, and raccoons eat bananas that have been hung by the bunch in the house as they ripen.
singsingka
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Notas:
- Etnográfica:
This is a running grass around creeks and riversides which spreads into the water. - Gramatical:
Rare variant of 'sinsinka' (grass). - Léxica:
Singsingka in Cane Creek area
sinsak
I. N
1. animal,bird birdEjemplo de Frase-Phrase example:
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Sinsak kukatwa. Kukat u inganaaki.
A bird is with wings. With the wings he flies.
Un ave tiene alas. Con las alas vuela. -
Tiiskibalut ngalingup aapulki, sinsak yuankangkama awas u.
The children pick up the stones to strike the birds with a slingshot.
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Notas:
- Etnográfica:
Generic name for birds. Some are specified by adding adjectives, such as "singsak saala," (bird red); many are specified by a name that is onomatopoetic, often reduplicated. Birds are traditionally very important in the belief system, in tales, and as good or bad omens, and a number are eaten, though as of 2008, the preferred wild food birds had become very scarce. Are also the source of sport for young boys with slinghots. - Léxica:
Also "singsak."
sinsak aing alkiini
I. N
1. food,plant bird pepperEjemplo de Frase-Phrase example:
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Yupyuwa taim ki sinsak aing alkiini aing alkiini kuk yuanamaiki, naingkarka anaasiiksu anngwi, barka yalkiinbaingi. Annguut yusaatingatkulaakari anngwuka.
The old time people they rub cocoa with bird pepper, then they boil it and drink it, but it is too hot. Their faces get red with it when they drink it.
Composicion:
expression| Morfemas | ||
|---|---|---|
| sinsak | aing | alkiini |
| bird | of | gourd pepper |
Notas:
- Etnográfica:
This plant can be used to make the stem of a smoking pipe (the bowl of the pipe is a hollowed out siliku seed). Its name is because birds eat it.
sinsinba
I. N
1. animal,insect striker mosquitoEjemplo de Frase-Phrase example:
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Sinsinma seem miuk isii, barka pluuma, isiik suma ikuaakar. Ma yarngutka ma ngulsyuungi kaabi.
The striker mosquito is like a mosquito fly but it is white and it has long teeth. When they bite you, they bore you, it feels like.
Notas:
- Gramatical:
Reduplication common to animals. Has a variant 'sinsinma' surely due to nasal influence.
sinsinka arii
I. N
1. food,health,plant lemon grass teaNotas:
- Etnográfica:
They grow it by the house, usually used medicinally to cure headaches. They might make tea with it when they don"t have coffee or leaves to make tea.
sinup kraa
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1. animal,bird small parakeet with a fine long tailNotas:
- Etnográfica:
Literally, this bird is addicted to swampwood seeds
sirik
I. N
1. health,plant kind of limeNotas:
- Etnográfica:
Large yellow bumpy thick skinned lime used for bathing dead people and for the body washers to bathe in. - Gramatical:
Minimal pair with 'siirik' (macharca fish)
sisiirkaba
I. ADJ
1. measuring very softNotas:
- Gramatical:
Adjective formed from 'siirkaba', by reduplication for emphasis.