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ngalang sinup

I. N

1. plant monkey apple

Ngalang Taasup

I. N

. toponomy Curassow Hill

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Nombre del mojón 007 sur, Curassow Hill

ngalbi

I. V

1. mov,space run

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Very often used with relational preverb 'ka-' (from).

ngaliis

I. N

1. animal,reptile caiman
Ejemplo de Frase-Phrase example:
  • Ngaliis tangkit tkuptkupwa.
    The alligator back is bumpy bumpy.
    La espalda del lagarto es gruesa y rugosa.

Pictures/Imagenes:

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    It figures a lot in the Adam stories. A sort of boogey man traditionally: Based on a traditional story, the saying that if old people sleep too much, the alligator will come down (and eat you). Belief that alligator gall is used to poison people.
    They still hunt it to sell the hides. They don't eat the meat, and there is no market for it.
    Aparece bastante en las historias de Adam. Una especie de "boogey man" tradicional. Basado en un cuento tradicional, se dice que si los ancionos duermen mucho los lagartos van a bajar (y comerte). Se cree quela bilis del lagarto sirve como veneno. Todavía los cazan para vender el cuero. No lo comen, y la carne no tiene mercado.

ngaliis aing kat

I. N

1. plant alligator wood tree
Ejemplo de Frase-Phrase example:
  • Ngaliis aing kat nsut paukka, uut nsukaini, an taat.
    When we fall the alligator tree, we make dory, and lumber.

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
ngaliis aing kat
caiman of tree

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    The trunk of the tree is bumpy like the alligator's back.

Ngaliis aing Lakuun

I. PN

1. toponomy,water Alligator Lagoon

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
ngaliis aing lakuun
caiman of lagoon

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    This is near the beach of Wiring Cay.
  • Gramatical:
    Could also be called with the shorter form 'ngaliis lakuun' without the genitive marker.

Ngaliis aing Sikwiik

I. PN

1. toponomy,water Alligator Creek

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
ngaliis aing siikwiik
caiman of creek

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Creek south of Cane Creek.

ngaliis kwiiksa

I. N

1. animal,health,reptile turnip-tailed gecko
Ejemplo de Frase-Phrase example:
  • Ngaliis kwiiksa kuyak nguu ki kalka nangka ki yaakri. Ikwiik ngaliis isii aakar.
    The alligator lizard lives high in the house in the thatch. His hand like an alligator.

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
ngaliis kwiik saa
caiman hand palm

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    A large gecko believed to be poisonous, found in the house and in the bush. Bigger than the other house lizards (kaskas). If it bites you the cure is: "Look into the sun and don't blink and drink lots of water". Also said that when it bites you, it looks for water, but if you reach water before he does, nothing will happen to you. Some say that the tail is steel, and that if it drops its tail straight down, it can stick in the floor boards.
  • Léxica:
    To be differentiated from 'kaskas' for slightly smaller and harmless house lizards. Some call this "gelliwaaz" in Kriol; others use "gelliwaaz" as the Rama name of a different lizard, which is "galliwasp" in English.

ngaling

I. N

1. geo rock

1. land stone

ngaling kaala

I. N

1. geo rapids

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
ngaling kaala
rock rapids

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Rapid running fast around rocks. There are several in Wiring Cay.

ngaling kaalup

I. N

1. body kidney

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Old Rama. Today the word 'kalngup' is used.

ngaling kaat

I. N

1. artef.,cooking grinding stone foot
Pictures/Imagenes:

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
ngaling kaat
rock foot

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    You have to dream it, and then it will come up through the ground for you to find it while you are walking in the bush. If you walk past it without picking it up and holding it, it will think you don't want it and will go back down into the ground. Sometimes you just find the bottom, sometimes just the top, ngalingkaat uup. If you are lucky, you find both parts.

    Debés soñarlo y entonces él saldra de la tierra para que vos lo encontrés mientras caminás por los arbustos. Si caminás cerca de él y no lo recogés ni lo sostenés, él pensará que no los querés y regresará a lo profundo de la tierra. Algunas veces sólo encontrás la parte de abajo, algunas veces sólo la parte de arriba, ngalingkaat uup. Si tenés suerte, encontrás las dos partes.
  • Léxica:
    Kriol, at least RCC, is "rubbin(g) rock."

    Kriol, al menos RCC, es "rubbin(g) rock."

ngalingkat

I. N

1. artef.,cooking rubbing rock

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
ngaling kat
rock handle

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Myth around it: is supposed to be dreamt of by the future owner before it comes up to the surface of the earth to be found.
    Used to grind coco beans, and ibo bunya.

ngalingkat maikmaik

I. N

1. animal,insect praying mantis , [ESP] Mantis religiosa

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
ngalingkat maikmaik
rubbing rock cricket

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    'maikmaik' alone means 'grasshopper'.

ngalingkat uup

I. N

1. artef.,cooking,dom. handle for grinding stone

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Possibly a variety of 'thunder stone', which includes stone axe heads, and other round stone objects believe to fall from the thundering sky.
    Re thunderstones: old people used to boil one in water and drink that water as a cure for fluttering hearts.
    Used with grinding stone (rubbing rock) 'ngalingkat'.
  • Gramatical:
    Expression with two class markers: 'kat' for long objects and 'uup' for roundish ones.

ngaling kung

I. V

1. get hard

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
ngaling kung
rock make

ngaling kungima

I. ADJ

1. health coagulated

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
ngaling kung ima
rock make participle

ngaling ngurii

I. N

1. geo cave

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
ngaling ngurii
rock hole

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Spirit owners of animals such as wari and various other beings in the Rama stories and cosmology are often said to inhabit "rock holes" far in the bush.
  • Léxica:
    rock hole is Kriol.

Ngaling Taara

I. PN

1. land,toponomy Big Rock

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
ngaling taara
rock big

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Place in Cane Creek.

Ngaling Taik

I. PN

1. land,toponomy Rocky Point

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
ngaling taik
rock end

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    To the south of Punta de Aguila.

ngalingup

I. N

1. geo,land stone

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Should be smaller than 'ngaling' (rock). Note the '-up' class marker for roundish shape.

ngalinguupup

I. N

1. artef.,geo rock handle

ngalma

I. ADJ

1. measuring strong

1. percep. hard

2. measuring difficult

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Used to qualify wood, dory, shell, bag, cough, wind, hard boil, food taste, ... Metaphorically it is used with 'kukaa' (ear) to mean 'stubborn'. In the abstract sens 'difficult' it means an action hard to achieve.

nganaak

I. V

1. air,mov fly

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Today, people tend to reduced the velar nasal 'ng' to 'n'.

nganaak traat

I. V

1. air,mov fly

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
nganaak traal-
fly go

Notas:

  • Gramatical:
    Very common to use 'traat' (to walk, to go) with other movement verbs. The first verb takes the preverbal person marker, while the second, 'traat' or 'traal', takes the suffixed subordinator or tense marker.

ngang

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nganguk

No hay definicion(es)

ngar

No hay definicion(es)

ngaraak

I. N

1. animal,bird macaw
Pictures/Imagenes:

Notas:

  • Etnográfica:
    Another important animal in the Adam cycle (with the jaguar, the alligator, the white lipped peccary (wary), coati mundi (cuash)). A partner of the alligator snapping turtle ('sbiiru) because they have the same head and bill.

    Very big beautiful parrot. They are all endangered.
  • Gramatical:
    Makes a minimal pair with 'ngarak' (plenty).

ngaraak ngarngaringba

I. N

1. animal,bird green macaw

Composicion:

expression
Morfemas
ngaraak ngarngaringma
macaw

Notas:

  • Léxica:
    See kunik.
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