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Questions about yam houses 1. honn mena peleg ogoo mean wondob, megite ab ogoo mena pigeb igwonn ig? (where do you put yams you harvest?) 2. mena singelingo tol ab ogoo igisinn? (does mena stay in the yam house for long?) 3. 4 mun, 5 mun, mena wondob obob igwonn, megite honn ogoo mena nyo wi hann? ...

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Interviews about building houses

Edited Dec. 21, 2022, 7:24 p.m. by Steve

1. megite tugub gemee tol ab lomotob igwonn ig? (how do you build a ground house?) 2. megite tugub asam tol ab lomoteb igwonn ig? (how do you build a raised house?) 3. megite me obob i tol ab lomotob igwonn ig? (what do you get to build a house?) 4. megite tol ab tumbig pigeb igwonn ig? (what rooms ...

1-4 Structures & Buildings

What's a good place to build a house?

Edited Dec. 21, 2022, 6:36 p.m. by Steve

Single question on what a good place to build a house is: ab megite ogoo nom endet nom ilu eb tol ab lometenim eb amb igwonn ig?...

1-2 Settlements & Communities

Listing the Kovol villages

Edited Dec. 21, 2022, 6:16 p.m. by Steve

1. hobol ab, wog unim amee (list the names of the Kovol villages) 2. Kokoma ab hebingondo, wog unim amee (list the small places of Kokoma) 3. hobol wees, wog unim amee (list the names of different languages)...

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Bringing marita juice home

Edited Dec. 21, 2022, 1:24 p.m. by Steve

We saw Samuel carrying home a pot of esee juice...

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Questions about wet and dry season

Edited Dec. 20, 2022, 6:58 p.m. by Steve

1. megite ebinnam goo sib honn igu? (what months are rainy season?) 2. sib honn ogoo megite mehamonn neleb igwonn ig? (what work do you do in rainy season?) 3. megite ebinnam ogoo hwaninn honn igu? (what months are dry season?) 4. hwaninn honn ogoo megite mehamonn neleb igwonn ig? (what work do you ...

3-22 Daily & Cyclic Routines 1-1 Geography & Weather

Interviews about bush houses

Edited Dec. 19, 2022, 8:53 p.m. by Steve

Basic questions on bush houses: 1. mohis mogom nonn tol ab imeb igugund? (who sleeps in your house?) 2. megite ab ogoo otooloo tol ab lomoteb igwonn ig? (where do you build bush houses?) 3. nonn tol ab otooloo megitet igwonn ig? (how many bush houses do you have?) 4. megite minda otoloo tol ab pige...

1-4 Structures & Buildings

Not calling inlaw's names

Edited Dec. 19, 2022, 8:18 p.m. by Steve

There's a tambu on saying names of inlaws. Some questions on that....

2-1 Terminology & Relationships

Using Tok Pisin for inlaws

Edited Dec. 19, 2022, 8:13 p.m. by Steve

People talking about the fact that the current generation doesn't know the Kovol words for inlaws, so they use tok pisin instead....

2-1 Terminology & Relationships

Naming relatives

Edited Dec. 19, 2022, 8:10 p.m. by Steve

Asking people to give the name of the relation after calling their name...

2-1 Terminology & Relationships

Planting a marita garden

Edited Dec. 19, 2022, 1:12 p.m. by Steve

Soso planted a new marita garden next to the road. I asked Glen about it....

1-8 Gardening & Gathering

Sleeping in brother's bush house

Edited Dec. 18, 2022, 7:47 p.m. by Steve

A conversation we were having about where they would build bush houses....

1-4 Structures & Buildings

Numbering children

Edited Dec. 15, 2022, 7:28 p.m. by Steve

Children are numbered and referred to this way...

2-1 Terminology & Relationships

Moving house interviews

Edited Dec. 15, 2022, 1:20 p.m. by Steve

Interviews attempting to get at ideas of when to move house and what work is needed. Questions didn't really land. 1. honn tol ab sogwa lomotoo ogoo, to ab sogwa to ab isig lolomboo lomoteb igwonn ig o ab sogwa lomoteb igwonn ig? (when it's time to build a new house do you build the new house next ...

1-2 Settlements & Communities 3-29 Travel & Relocation

Referring to kids by birth order

Edited Dec. 15, 2022, 12:51 p.m. by Steve

Short stories showing the birth identifier being used in place of names...

2-1 Terminology & Relationships

Fish and tobacco interviews

Edited Dec. 14, 2022, 12:05 p.m. by Steve

Questions on: 1. hambolta nemb igwonn ig o wig? (do you eat fish or not?) 2. megite ab ogoo hambolta obob igwonn ig? (where do you get fish?) 3. hambolta honn honn nemb igwonn ig o honn hutam hutam nemb igwonn ig? (how often do you eat fish?) 4. hambolta obob tol ab ogoo libigonn megite ala tugub n...

1-7 Food & Drink

Putting amangut sog on roof

Edited Dec. 12, 2022, 3:31 p.m. by Steve

Kelly puts amangut sog on his roof...

1-4 Structures & Buildings

Interviews about buai

Edited Dec. 12, 2022, 1:41 p.m. by Steve

Basic questions on buai: 1. megite tugub mogog nemb igwonn ig? (how do you eat buai?) 2. megite me obob onn onnong mogog nemb igwonn ig? (what do you eat with buai?) 3. megite henee ogoo mogog nemb igwonn ig? (why do you chew buai?) 4. mohis mogog nemb igu, onn honom bili igu o yot aga? (if you...

1-7 Food & Drink

Bananas fell down

Edited Dec. 12, 2022, 9:37 a.m. by Steve

Banana by Philips house fell down in the wind. The bananas weren't ready...

1-8 Gardening & Gathering

Meat interviews

Edited Dec. 9, 2022, 3:29 p.m. by Steve

Questions about eating meat: 1. megite sinnol igu? wog unim hebingondo amee (call the names of meat) 2. megite tugub sinnol obob igwonn ig? (how do you get meat?) 3. megite tugub sinnol ala tugub nemb igwonn ig? (how do you prepare meat to eat?) 4. megite honn ogoo hogot wondob nemb igwonn ig? (w...

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