Kui
names 3objects 3ISO 639-3 kxu
Spoken in the Kondh hills of Odisha.
tribal 3
See the Kui sky on the chart →
The sky in Kui
| Name | Object | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| suka (pl. sukanga) | 'Star' as a word | — | tribal |
| suka piu (pl. suka pinga) | Meteors and shooting stars | — | tribal |
| duru suka | Venus as evening star | 'the distant star' (duru, distance; distant, far) | tribal |
Sources
- W.W. Winfield, A Vocabulary of the Kui Language, Bibliotheca Indica (Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1929), s.v. suka, p. 116 link
- W.W. Winfield, A Vocabulary of the Kui Language, Bibliotheca Indica (Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1929), s.v. suka piu, p. 116 link
- W.W. Winfield, A Vocabulary of the Kui Language, Bibliotheca Indica (Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1929), s.v. duru suka, p. 34 link