Chaura (Chowra)
names 10objects 8ISO 639-3 crv
Spoken in Chowra (Chaura) island, Nicobars.
tribal 10
See the Chaura (Chowra) sky on the chart →
The sky in Chaura (Chowra)
| Name | Object | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kolitpicho | 'Star' as a word | — | tribal |
| Somom Chitri | Comets | Given for Teressa as Somom Vhitri. | tribal |
| Bamohngo | Meteors and shooting stars | 'a star thrown into a dustbin' Given for Teressa as Tamohngo liat. | tribal |
| Kenseu | Orion's Belt | 'an old man's walking stick' Given for Teressa as Konseu. | tribal |
| Man Iyena | The Moon | — | tribal |
| Kavio / Koini / Tajainy | The Pleiades | kavio 'king'; tajainy 'an old person' Used as a clock. | tribal |
| Hing | The Sun | — | tribal |
| Haloko | Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) | 'a ladder', by which the hen-basket is reached Given for Teressa as well, where the quadrilateral is a coffin. | tribal |
| Honrulohatoom | Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) | — | tribal |
| Lonob | Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) | 'a basket to keep hens in' With Haloko, a ladder to climb to the basket, as the three trailing stars. | 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