Transcript of Hindi – Great Andamanese English Anvita Abbi & Mayank
Anvita Abbi & Mayank
Vanishing Voices of
the Great Andamanese, JNU/SOAS
2008
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• ou 2 Var: duw [SM] . X
paste Festival name starts with this word.
ekanr Morph: ek-an- r. . split
fony Morph: fon-y. [SM] .
tobacco pipe SD: Cultural Items.
fon + Toy = crab's leg. Legs of crabs were
used as a smoking pipe.
kora . irritation SD:
Psychological Predicates.
, ( ) karacm . a kind of big
sized bird of
prey SD: Birds. Big sized bird which eats
snakes, small birds, chickens etc.
cenarcom Morph: cenar- com.
. a big black ant SD: Insects.
• owlu Var: oulu Var: owlo . a
big red ant Oecophylla Smaragdina
owlu u bi oko ant bit me. SD:
Insects. Found on tree trunks.
• karai Var: kaai Var: karay
[SM] . black ant Paratrechina
Lazicomis SD: Insects.
• [SM] kotmaray . white ant
SD: Insects.
• kimo Var: kim . ordinary
ant Pheidologeton diversus SD: Insects.
• maro 1 Var:
mar [SM] . a kind
of ant Trigona Ventralis (Erythrogastra) SD: Insects.
• [SM] per
. a kind of ant SD: Insects. •
[SM] teip
. a kind of ant SD: Insects. • trep
. a kind of big black ant SD: Insects. X
• temo
. a kind of ant SD: Insects.
, kmray Morph: k-mray.
[SM] . white ant SD: Insects. arant
. howl • arant . howl meleni Var:
milinoi . sugar
SD: Cooking & Food. melenerkoto
Morph:
melene-rkoto. . X mix sugar bee
. kite SD: Birds.
• kll . eagle SD: Birds. • kl 2 Var: klo
. white eagle Hiliaeetus
Leucogaster kl klemo-bi-tbol the eagle
flew away
taking a roti. SD: Birds.X This
bird
is small and eats fish. Lays in the Garjan tree.
er Morph: er-. Var: r- tei
. kiss
arajul Morph: ara-jul. . slander
re . X pinch tcebaki Morph: t-ceba-ki.
. pick
up
Anvita Abbi & Mayank
Vanishing Voices of
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2008
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ko Var: ko Var: kya [SM]
. fresh water
prawn SD: Marine. X
• oka Var: oka . a salt
water prawn SD: Marine.
• [SM] ka . prawn SD: Marine. ik 2
. prawn like
creature SD: Mythology. Inedible creature
[SM]
farakmo Var: parakmo [SM] .
prawns SD: Fauna.
calo 1 Var: cal . short tailed
cricket Bachytrupes Potentosus SD:
Marine.
• ko . a kind of sea cricket
SD: Insects. This is 511cm long.
• trkimo Morph: trk- imo. . long
tailed cricket SD: Insects.
, r .
cricket of rainy season SD: Insects.
pole Var: pole . lake SD:
Natural Environment. X
[SM] tobe . bend otcultobe
bend your head.
erpa Morph: er-pa. . bend
(something)
limiu Morph: -limiu. . tingling
feeling in the limb --limiu
your feet is fast asleep. a-uno
a-ta-limiyo I felt tingling sensation
while I was sitting.
, eakp Morph: ea- kp.
. coconut cluster SD: Flora.
, kidero Morph: kider-o.
. cluster of coconuts SD: Flora.
erlayu Morph: er-layu. . wrinkles
-erlayu my wrinkles. SD: Body
Part Terms.
attaeke . lie ataieke lie everytime.
• exe Var: eke .
lie about something anu jobi
i-exe-m Anu tells lies to Jo.
• ikebiliu Morph: ike-bi-liu. .
to tell a lie
pwa
. leftover food SD: Waste Products.
akaeke Morph: aka-eke. . lier
a-kae-ke--
lao this foreigner is a lier. SD: Attributes.
X
• ukunakake Morph: ukun-akake.
. lier SD: Attributes.
[SM] ciwba . craddle SD:
Household Items.
• lele Var: lele
[SM] . cradle SD: Flora. , ceba
.
sling, used for carrying children on back by women
SD: Cultural Items. This sling
is made of the bark
of the Bol tree.