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kiinik

I. N

1. time day

kiinik kitkiibing

I. N

1. time middle of the day

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
kiinik kitkiibing
day middle

kiit pronunciación

I. N

1. body,plant buttress

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    These are the large outcroppings of a tree trunk above ground on large trees such as the "puulik," or "iibo," in order to anchor them in the soil. If a tree is going to be cut, traditionally the logger has to build a platform above the buttresses in order to cut the trunk from where it starts to go straight up.
  • Léxica:
    Always heard as "ikiit," Lit. "its kiit"

kiit tupkika pronunciación

I. N

1. plant root

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    This is the root of a plant or tree under the ground, to be differentiated from just "kiit," or "ikiit," which are root-like structures above the ground, as for example, the buttresses on big trees.
  • Léxica:
    Always heard as "ikiit," Lit. "its root."

ki ka

I. PSP

1. space from inside

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
ki ka
in from

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Complex postposition.

kimakas

I. N

1. animal,reptile oyster shell snake

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Lives high up in trees ; the body is speckled pale black. It bites and is poisonous.
  • Gramatical:
    other variants: 'kimkas' in Rama and 'king makas' for Rama Cay variant.

kimkas

No hay definicion(es)

king

No hay definicion(es)

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Type of helping verb used in compounding. See other helping verbs 'ting' and 'uung'

king

No hay definicion(es)

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Normally with a long vowel (kiing 'head'), but we can find it with short vowel, mostly in compound words.

kinga

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kingalaa

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kingkaas

I. N

1. body brain

kingkaas kaalba

I. ADJ

1. body,cogn wise

Composicion:

expression

kingkaas tahma

I. ADJ

1. stupid

kingkabut

I. N

1. plant cutting grass

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    This is a sharp-edged grass near creek and riversides which looks innocent, but which can cut your skin. Not tall.

kingkas

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kingkingba

I. ADV

1. calm

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Reduplication. Has a variant 'kingkingma' where the final derivational marker '-ba' get nasalised because of precedent nasal 'ng'.

kingkingma

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kin-ting

I. V

1. stretch

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Intransitive. The corresponding transitive verb is 'kin-uung'.

kin-uung

I. V

1. break,mov stretch

1. body,health be pregnant

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Transitive for the meaning 'to stretch'. The corresponding intransitive verb is 'kin-ting'. In the meaning 'be pregnant', the verb used is always 'kin-uung'.

kirki

I. N

1. animal,mammal armadillo

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Also called jacket man in Kriol. Its oil (from cooked fat armadillo) is used to treat asthma.

kisangkisang

I. N

1. animal,reptile small lizard

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    This is a small lizard that changes color from brown to green.

kiskark

I. N

1. animal,bird kingfisher

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    There are different kinds. They live along creeks and rivers.

kiskis pronunciación

I. N

1. dom.,palm,plant,tree kiskis tree
Pictures/Imagenes:

2. artef.,cooking tongs

Ejemplo de Frase-Phrase example:
  • Krais sulkup kiskis kuaakar.
    The crab has pinchers.
    El cangrejo tiene tenazas.

Pictures/Imagenes:

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    We use the kiskis tree to make tongs. This is a necessity for cooking, used for stirring the pot, lifting up pieces of food, e.g., bananas, cassava, fish, meat, while cooking or serving. You will burn your hand if you don't have a a kiskis to to pick up and turn your banana or fish while roasting it, for example. If you don't have one, you will have to go cut one before you can cook. (For people who live in the bush, there is probably no one convenient to borrow one from.) Most people have several, different lengths and widths for different uses. Said to be two varieties, the "real" one, i.e., the thin one, and the mountain cow one, ngarbing aing kiskis.
  • Gramatical:
    Reduplication.

Kiskis Point

I. PN

1. land,toponomy Kiskis Point

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Point out into BLuefields Lagoon north of Rama Cay (where Miss Herminia used to live). Old people of Rama Cay used to call is 'Taik Taara'.
    If the word 'kiskis' was borrowed by the Kriols, it could be a proof of the Ramas being there first!
  • Léxica:
    Mixture of Rama word (kiskis) and English/Kriol word (point).

kiskurk

I. N

1. type of fish

kiskurung

I. N

1. animal,bird woodpecker

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Two local variations for this word : 'kiskurung' and 'kuskurung'.

kiskut pronunciación

I. ?

1. animal,fish,food a cichlid species

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    The smallest fish classified as a kind of tuba. A lagoon, river and creek fish caught and usually cooked in rundown.

kiskut pronunciación

I. N

1. animal,fish,food Cichlid spp

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    There are several classes of "tuba," generally and traditionally the most preferred food fish of the Rama. This is identified as the “speckled one.”
    Hay varias clases de “tuba.” Generalmente y tradicionalmente es el pez preferido por el pueblo Rama para comer. Este tipo de “tuba” se reconoce por sus manchitas.
  • Léxica:
    See "tuaa."
    Ver "tuaa".

kismurk

I. N

1. animal,bird small black bird uidentified

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Oriole-sized black bird in the bush near creeks and streams
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