Central Nicobarese (Camorta)
names 9objects 8ISO 639-3 ncb
Spoken in Camorta, Nancowry group, Central Nicobars.
tribal 9
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The sky in Central Nicobarese (Camorta)
| Name | Object | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mian | Crux (the Southern Cross) | 'a dagger used in fishing' | tribal |
| Muk Sako | Meteors and shooting stars | — | tribal |
| Vyay Raik | The Milky Way | 'a spring of water' Also given in the paper's prose as Vuay Raik and Vuaya Raik, 'a water stream'. | tribal |
| Kahe | The Moon | — | tribal |
| Toyan | The Pleiades | The paper's prose adds that its appearance in the eastern sky just after sunset marks a season, and gives the form Tayan, with seven stars counted. | tribal |
| Heng | The Sun | — | tribal |
| Inoat | Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) | — | tribal |
| Uyas | Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) | The paper's prose gives Uyav for the four leading stars. | tribal |
| Balangaru-ayah | Venus | — | tribal |
Sources
- M.N. Vahia, Ganesh Halkare, S.A. Awaradi and Kishore Menon, 'In situ studies of astronomy of the Nicobarese tribe of Nicobar Islands', Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, 6, 1014-1039 (2018), Table 3, pp. 1026-1027 link