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Mizo (Lushai)

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Spoken in the Lushai Hills (now Mizoram), the Lushai Hills, Assam (now Mizoram).

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The sky in Mizo (Lushai)

NameObjectMeaningRegister
arsi'Star' as a word—tribal
arsi êk'Star' as a word'star-dung'
Lorrain's entry for êk (p. 122) glosses it 'excrement, dung, manure' and cross-refers to arsi êk among its compounds, so the literal sense is his and not the compiler's.
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Khiangte Zâwng-zîmAldebaran
Khiangte is the name of a Lushai clan, given at the immediately preceding headword.
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Si-kawi-kâpAquila—tribal
Dingdi-puan-tahAuriga'Dingdi's cloth-stretching', puan being a cloth
The figure is a scene indoors: a named girl at her loom, with the cloth pinned to the wall at two points that are themselves stars.
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Vân-pui Sai-hruaCastor and Polluxsai-hrua, an elephant-rope
Lorrain names the stars: Castor and Pollux in Gemini, Procyon in Canis Minor, Sirius, and a few others. The first element vân-pui is the great vault overhead.
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si-mei-khuCometssi 'star', mei 'fire', khu 'smoke'tribal
Si-hnawk-khurDelphinus—tribal
ĀwkEclipses
The verb is impersonal and takes the creature as subject: 'the Āwk eclipses the sun'.
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Hrângkhupa sedâr parh, Hrângkhupa sedâr pharhFigures with no secure modern identification—tribal
Hrângkhupa sedâr tlawrhFigures with no secure modern identification—tribal
Si-archangFigures with no secure modern identificationarchang is a cock's tail-feathertribal
Si-chak-ai, Si-aiaFigures with no secure modern identification—tribal
Si-kâwl-hruiFigures with no secure modern identification—tribal
Si-kâwl-hrûtFigures with no secure modern identification—tribal
Si-raw-kuaiFigures with no secure modern identification—tribal
Si-vawk-bâwmFigures with no secure modern identification—tribal
Sikeisen zîmtuFigures with no secure modern identification—tribal
Vawkte Hlâng-zâwnFigures with no secure modern identification—tribal
Pukula ThangGrus'Pukula's deer-trap'
A deer-trap set by a mythical character called Pukula.
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Hrâng-chhuanaJupiter
Lorrain's indî, 'to be in conjunction, especially as the planets Jupiter and Venus' (p. 198), shows the two were watched together.
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Si-kei-sen, Si-sakeiMarssen is 'red'
Lorrain gives two senses at one headword: the planet Mars, and Betelgeuse. One name for the two conspicuous red objects in the sky, planet and star alike.
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suk-chenMeasuring the sky'a pestle's length'
Lorrain's example sentence is a traveller judging whether the village is reachable before dark.
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ChawifaMeteors and shooting stars—tribal
arsi thlâwkMeteors and shooting stars—tribal
Nufa Thembu InchuhMonoceros—tribal
Chho-hrei-vûngOrion—tribal
Si-mei-talhOrion—tribal
Si-va-hlukOrion—tribal
thlasik kawngThe Milky Way'the winter road'
thlasik is the cold season; kawng is a road. The neighbouring headwords are thlasik ni kîr 'the winter solstice' and thlasik tui hnawt chhuaktu, the rain that warms the rivers at the end of the cold season.
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Si-rukThe Pleiades—tribal
Siruk laThe Pleiades
The rule is agricultural: sow the rice before the Siruk la.
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Hmar Arsi SenThe pole star—tribal
Zâng-khua, zâng-khawUrsa Major (the Big Dipper)—tribal
Zângkhua bung-bu, Zângkhua bung-butUrsa Major (the Big Dipper)
A verb, not a noun, and in ordinary speech a proverb about reversal of fortune.
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khawi-dângUrsa Major (the Big Dipper)—tribal
Chawng-mawiiVenus as evening star—tribal
Vâr-parhVenus as morning starvâr is 'dawn, to be light'; parh is 'to blossom, to spread'tribal

Sources

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