Time and sky questions

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1-15 Sky; Land & Water

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Questions about cosmology and timekeeping - that were super hard to ask about and probably didn't communicate well.

  1. su, hoomee, nisil, hool, lobom, tonom, golobot, nadalum (check the day order)
  2. nobug hobol "de" among. endetenn asamog yab, ulinam laba, hoomee asamag laba, nobug hobol "de" among. de, igel hobol om megite me? (what's kovol for day?)
  3. endetenn his "wik", igel hobol amee (what's week?)
  4. honn ogoo ebinnam holot ab peg igu, honn ogoo ebinnam holot wig. nom stoli amee (story about the phases of the moon)
  5. enn hobol migimom endetenn hemond. hemond isig, hemond sogwa. hemond om utee nim otoloo igu. megite henee ogoo ig "yia" hemond amb igung? (why do we use hemond tree for year?)
  6. hwaninn, om megite me? onn holot, o onn mut o megite me? (what's the sun?)
  7. ebinnam om megite me? (what's the moon?)
  8. asam hwaninn, ebinnam, tund nog igugund. minda wees igu? (what else is up in the sky?)
  9. iba yombonn igu. megite me yombonn iba igu? (what's under the mud?)
  10. hutam hutam honn ogoo ebinnam hwaninn tolob ogu. om megite me? (what is it when the mun covers the sun?)

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Interview - Samuel, time and sky
last edited Jan. 24, 2023, 8:54 a.m. by Steve

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1: 0:00:00 su hoomee nisil hool golobot nandalum (after being corrected by group, he only got to nisil) 2: 0:00:28 (he draws a blank - names Monday) 3: 0:00:44 (he can't answer) 4: 0:00:58 (sometimes it's peg, sometimes it's ulinam) 5: 0:01:44 (ancestors didn't know about years, but they knew about the hemond, Does it flower? no new leaves come. In August (start of dry season it puts new leaves. This is near to new year) 6: 0:04:10 (He talks about the weather. The sun is heat.) 7: 0:04:50 (it's cold) 8: 0:04:57 (sun, moon and stars) 9: 0:05:13 (water and stone) 10: 0:05:28 (the moon covers the sun )

Interview- Yagil, time and sky
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1: 0:00:00 (he gives the same order) 2: 0:00:16 (hwaninn, honn, hoomee honn. Doesn't seem to give a solid answer) 3: 0:01:08 (Sandee hutam, sandee ombul or obugum heem, obugum yagam ) 4: 0:02:49 (peg and ulinam, the time between a peg and ulinam is 1 month) 5: 0:04:17 (the hemond leaves come, new year comes afterwards. This happens in dry season - Aug and Sept. The old leaves dry out and the new ones come) 6: 0:07:03 (it's a light) 7: 0:07:21 (it's darkness) 8: 0:07:36 (sun, moon and stars) 9: 0:08:15 (stone) 10: 0:08:40 (he doesn't seem to know what I'm asking, talks about clouds)

Interview - Dramat, time and sky
last edited Jan. 24, 2023, 8:54 a.m. by Steve

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1: 0:00:17 su hoomee nisil lobom ongolomot nandalum 2: 0:00:28 honn 3: 0:00:57 sandee hutam, sandee ombul 4: 0:01:11 (peg and uilinam, he doesn't know why it changes) 5: 0:01:47 (my ancestors did it, I don't know) 6: 0:02:16 (a light, he doesn't know, he just calls it hwaninn) 7: 0:02:46 (a light) 8: 0:02:59 (sun, moon and stars. The sun comes along, the moon and stars come together) 9: 0:03:26 (stone) 10: 0:03:40 (clouds?)