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tup-

I. C+

1. down

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    The general meaning is 'down'. Usually not used alone but either in the complex postposition 'tupki' (under) or in the compound verbs 'tup-ting' and 'tup-uung' (to sink) respectively intransitive and transitive.

tupki

I. PSP

1. space under

Composicion:

Compounds
Morfemas
tup ki
down in

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Complex postposition. Used to make the comparative of minority.

tupki ka

I. PSP

1. space from under

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
tupki ka
under from

tuptiin

No hay definicion(es)

tup-ting

I. V

1. sink

2. drown

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Intransitive. The corresponding transitive verb is 'tup-uung' (to sink).

tuptupba

I. ADJ

1. soft

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Only used to qualify swamps. 'siirka' means 'soft' for other things.

tup-uung

I. V

1. sink

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Transitive. The corresponding intransitive verb is 'tup-ting' (to sink, to drown).

turinturin

I. N

1. animal,bird type of bird

turkikik

I. N

1. animal,bird ants bird (Kr)

turkulka

I. N

1. page

2. artef. book

3. letter

4. artef. paper

5. artef. dictionary

turmaala

I. N

1. health,human medecine man

Turmaala aing Kaanu

I. PN

1. land,toponomy the Shaman's Place

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
turmaala aing kaanu
medecine man of place

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    A place in Wiring Cay, only old times people used to go there.

turola

No hay definicion(es)

tursin

I. N

1. artef.,house broom
Pictures/Imagenes:

2. plant broom tree

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Brooms are made out of various leaves tied to a stick with a whit, or sometimes may even be a whole piece of a plant such as the fallen limb of a palm such as a coconut with the bottom part of the broom being what's left after the fruits or seeds have dropped off. The broom plant resembles corn.
  • Léxica:
    Also trusiin, turusiin.

turturu

No hay definicion(es)

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    This s a biting insect smaller than the regular sandfly (sarsari)
  • Gramatical:
    Variant of 'tartara'.

Turturu Kaanu

I. PN

1. land,toponomy Sandfly Place

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    A place in Corn River up from aabang Kat, with sand flies.
  • Gramatical:
    A variant form is "trutru'

turula

No hay definicion(es)

tusku

I. N

1. animal dog, puppy

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Old Rama word for dog; tausung more commonly used now.
  • Léxica:
    Rama Cay English routinely uses "shuku" for dog, a term which is not recognized by other varieties of Kriols on the Coast.

tut

I. N

2. animal,bird oropendula

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Oropendula that build hanging nests in colonies in tall trees. Do not live in the swamps but more in the woodland areas.
  • Gramatical:
    Minimal pair with 'tuut' (fig).
  • Léxica:
    Sometimes translated as warbler, but that is ngwiis.

tutung

I. N

1. family,human young brother

tuu

I. N

1. food,plant tobacco

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    They may have grown it in the past but not anymore. Beaten and used as a poultice on a wound or to cure something.

tuuk

No hay definicion(es)

tuu kaa

I. N

1. plant tobacco leaf

Composicion:

Compounds

tuu kaat

I. N

1. artef.,food pipe

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    The stem of the pipe is made out of the bird pepper leaf stem ('alkiini') and the bowl is made of siliku seed ('suulup').

tuukan

No hay definicion(es)

tuu kat

I. N

1. artef. pipe
Pictures/Imagenes:

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Not commonly used anymore; formally used by women as well as men before cigarettes came in. Made from a siliku seed for the bowl and a bird pepper leaf stem for the pipe stem.

tuula

I. N

1. dom.,plant Rawa palm

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    There are different kinds of rawa palms used for different things. Tuula is used to make a stretcher. The trunk and bark pieces are cut to make bed slats, table tops, etc.
  • Gramatical:
    Has many names : bungka, rawa, tuularaba, makengue. (Sp.)

tuula uuk

I. N

1. dom.,plant part of one species of rawa-type palm

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
tuula uuk
Rawa palm bark

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    This is the base of the frond of one kind of one kind of rawa-type palm. Used for bauls (bowls) to carry water, iibu, anything. Cut off the "bowl," and tie the ends with kongkiiva whit
  • Léxica:
    kongkiib/va

tuulin

I. N

1. animal,bird sunbittern

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    A large fan-tailed wading bird found in the more open areas upstream (i.e., not in the swamps). Head like a heron, body more like a duck. Beautiful sunburst colors on the wings when spread. Never common, but virtually gone as of 2008.
  • Léxica:
    Identified by some as the same as tulintulin.

tuulis

I. N

1. bread,food dried ripe banana
Ejemplo de Frase-Phrase example:
  • Samuu pranti tuktiinma ngang uruk su nsut kai sut aliskiingi abung uruk su yatkutka tuulis yaak nsut aungi.
    Ripe banana or plantain we put on the tapesco. We dry it on the fire. When it is done we call it 'tuulis'.

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    The closest they used to have to flour, used to make traditional pop with it.
  • Léxica:
    Borrowing from Miskitu 'tuulis' which refers to a different banana preparation.
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