François 2013
François, Alexandre. 2013. Shadows of bygone lives: the histories of spiritual words in northern Vanuatu. In Mailhammer, Robert (ed.), Lexical and structural etymology: Beyond word histories, 185–243. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
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Sections
- 5.2 People: gender, age cohorts and marital status
- 5.9 Body part metaphors
- 6.6 Recreation: Music, song, dance, games
- 6.7 The spirit world
- 6.9 Mana
- 6.14 Counting: Numerals and numeral classifiers
- 6.16 Linear measurement
Words
- POc: qata
person
person
soul, spirit; shadow, reflection
- PNCV: qata
individual, person, human being
- Lehali: n-at
person
- Löyöp: n-at
person
- Volow: n-at
person
- Mwotlap: n-ɛt
person
- PNCV: (qa)ta-dunu
individual, person
- Hiw: təŋʷen
male, man, husband
- Lehali: atŋʷan
male, man, husband
- Volow: n-taŋmʷan
male, man, husband
- Mwotlap: na-tŋmʷan
male, man, husband
- Vurës: atŋmʷɪn
male, man, husband
- Mwesen: atŋmʷɪn
male, man, husband
- PNCV: ta-maraɣai
old man
- Lehali: n-ɛta-n
soul (of s.o.)
- Lakon: tau
conch shell, Charonia tritonis
- PNCV: mako
boys’ dance
- Proto Torres-Banks: mana
supernatural power held by a person or thing; magic force
- Mota: manə
supernatural power held by a person or thing; magic force