Alphabetical list of all CEs

Nebuchadnezzar is humbled

Edited Nov. 20, 2023, 2:52 p.m. by Steve

Steve told the story in Daniel where Nebuchadnezzar is humbled and has to be like an animal. Silas gave the story back after hearing the tok pisin....

3-28 Behavior Modifications

New year celebration

Edited Jan. 3, 2024, 9:44 a.m. by Steve

Asking people about the New year celebration as we did it...

3-17 Celebrations; Rites & Initiations

New year's day meal

Edited Jan. 4, 2023, 1:04 p.m. by Steve

We were invited to eat at a new years day celebration...

3-17 Celebrations; Rites & Initiations

Ningalam's out of wedlock birth

Edited June 20, 2023, 11:23 a.m. by Rhett

We were getting Kavaluku's family tree and the issue of Ningalam's birth and Adoption as Kavaluku's sister came up. They gave us the story, first from Nambi but then Kavaluku gave the story as well since Nambi didn't give enough detail (also the first part is them discussing w...

3-3 Marriage & Family 3-14 Sex & Reproduction 3-15 Social Problems & Issues

Ningeram got sick with Malaria

Edited Dec. 31, 2021, 1:18 a.m. by Natalie

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3-8 Health & Sickness 5-9 Avoidance & Taboo

Nobogut honn

Edited Dec. 6, 2022, 1:48 p.m. by Steve

During Food interviews second round the term Nobogut honn for hungry time came up. These are some texts on that....

1-7 Food & Drink

noomul matam game

Edited Nov. 16, 2023, 3:35 p.m. by Steve

On the trail we noticed the kids foraging for all kinds of plants. One was the namul matam shoot. They gathered a bunch and played a game with them. Two kids each hold one of a shoot, they lock the curly ends together and pull. The winner is the one that doesn't break, with the losing shoot being he...

4-2 Games & Hobbies 3-19 Infant Care & Childhood

Not allowing a kid who steals to stay at school

Edited June 26, 2023, 9:18 a.m. by Steve

While interviewing Ulumo about hevis kids experience at schools (Hevis at school interviews) he answers Q1 by talking about how kids who stay at school may learn to steal. If they do that their father will not allow them to stay at school...

3-20 Instilling of Norms and Customs

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

Numbering children

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

Children are numbered and referred to this way...

2-1 Terminology & Relationships

Obeying silly prophetic dreams

Edited Nov. 9, 2023, 11:46 a.m. by Steve

I asked different people some hypotheticals like "if someone had a dream that you guys cut all your buai and then money came, and he wakes up and says let's cut all our buai", would you listen to him?...

5-4 Dreams & Visions culture-summary

Onguma munum game

Edited Nov. 8, 2023, 3 p.m. by Steve

Steve saw Samuel playing a game with a kid and snapped a picture. Later he asked Silas about it...

4-2 Games & Hobbies

Origin of Kundu Drum

Edited Dec. 31, 2021, 1:18 a.m. by Philip

Sitting in Soso's house around a fire telling stories. We were talking about the big singsing they want to do for us later this year and they don't have enough kundu durms. Nambi told the story, but his wife and Tapulang knew all the details and corrected him quite a bit. This is a women's story....

4-1 Music & Musical Instruments 1-9 Hunting & Fishing 3-4 Interpersonal & Social Relationships 1-13 Tools & Instruments 4-7 Decorative Art & Crafts

Origin of language

Edited Jan. 31, 2024, 2:19 p.m. by Steve

Just before we announced which dialect we'd work in Kavaluku and Kasi told me a story that they seemed to think had great significance. They told me about a boy who had been born who was the first to speak in language. The first sounds he uttered were [ɑ] and [i] (these are the same syllables seen i...

5-2 Cosmology & Mythology 3-7 Words & Language

Outsiders stealing vanilla beans

Edited July 3, 2023, 8:32 a.m. by Steve

Sitting in the hauswin talking about some visitors wandering through the area, some of their actions didn't make sense. Then it brought up this story of theft 3 years ago....

6-1 Offenses & Crimes 3-15 Social Problems & Issues 3-16 Heroes & Villains steve-DA Philip-DA

Overnight in Womune

Edited March 28, 2024, 10:59 a.m. by Steve

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3-8 Health & Sickness 1-11 Clothing & Adornment 5-9 Avoidance & Taboo

pain relief after child birth

Edited Feb. 17, 2023, 5:07 p.m. by Gerdine

I was going with Amon through the photobook I made of the birth we witnessed in Kos (Kati gave birth to her 3rd son). She then explained to me what leeaves they use for painrelief after the birth....

1-14 Plants & Animals 3-8 Health & Sickness

Parent living with youngest son

Edited Dec. 31, 2021, 1:18 a.m. by Gerdine

Was told me that Jagil's (her husband's) mother (who is a widow) lives with her youngest born son; Dramat. Jagil is Dramat's older brother. I checked if it works in other families too. They told me that Angondi, who lives across the road from Was, is also a widow, she lives with her only son. The re...

2-2 Family & Clan

Peepal and malas aleg

Edited Nov. 24, 2022, 11:52 a.m. by Steve

Follow up on Sewan and Lingi roads. The Sewan road has a alternative route to Emal, which is the Peepal road. There's also a road further south to Malas...

1-3 Roads & Traffic

pennam vs sangeleng

Edited May 2, 2024, 2:19 p.m. by Steve

What is the difference between a penngam and sangeleng?...

3-3 Marriage & Family

People belonging to Denominations

Edited Dec. 11, 2023, 11:11 a.m. by Steve

# Lutheran - Sibil - Samuel - Semik # Apostolic - Raymond, Klemens and his family - Nambi...

5-14 Denominations & Sects

pib henee

Edited Nov. 17, 2023, 10:41 a.m. by Steve

On a trip to Hogomama we saw a game of pib henee in progress and asked some questions. Not included was the discussion afterwards that explained that "nomol yagand yam" means to beat someone....

4-2 Games & Hobbies culture-summary

Picking a name that stops a child crying

Edited Jan. 30, 2024, 9:30 a.m. by Steve

In interviews about names I heard that some parents pick the name the quiets a crying infant, I asked Max about this....

3-2 Identity & Pride

Picking sweet potato branches for planting

Edited Dec. 31, 2021, 1:18 a.m. by Gerdine

Amon took Natalie and me to one of her gardens. Cinthia and Daik came along as well. We waited for the rain to stop first. When we left it wasn't raining anymore. The purpose of the trip was to pick branches of sweet potato plants for replanting in a new garden (the next day). It started raining pre...

1-8 Gardening & Gathering

pigs and their purposes

Edited March 28, 2024, 10:53 a.m. by Steve

Recording from the Hansens about pigs...

1-4 Structures & Buildings 1-14 Plants & Animals 3-8 Health & Sickness 3-3 Marriage & Family 1-7 Food & Drink 3-21 Social Stratification & Status 3-4 Interpersonal & Social Relationships 3-19 Infant Care & Childhood 3-9 Birth & Dying 3-15 Social Problems & Issues 5-9 Avoidance & Taboo 7-15 Saving & Investing