Numbering children

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

2-1 Terminology & Relationships

Participants

Date Team participants National participants
None Philip one parent from each family in the village

Description

Children are numbered and referred to this way

Interpretation

Kovol people find it important to number their children. The order of birth determines the identifier; so if a girl is born first (limɔŋ) and a boy 2nd the boy will be egam, not kem. If a child dies young their spot isn't replaced, the next child takes the next identifier

Texts

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Mele - Birth order, m+f
last edited Dec. 15, 2022, 7:28 p.m. by Steve

Orthographic text

male

  1. heem
  2. yagam
  3. aleng
  4. nann
  5. tomb
  6. tataga
  7. amand
  8. ulas
  9. ninee
  10. sennelee

female

  1. limonn
  2. ambam
  3. helee
  4. nannand
  5. sut
  6. pagil
  7. sut
  8. ninog
  9. sennelee

Checked words in lexicon: 37%

Sharon, Birth order f
last edited Dec. 15, 2022, 7:28 p.m. by Steve

Orthographic text

  1. limonn
  2. embam
  3. kelee
  4. nannand
  5. pagil
  6. sut
  7. magalam
  8. ninnog
  9. sangala
  10. menidigam
  11. kot
  12. sennelee

Checked words in lexicon: 25%

Komoni - Borth order m+f
last edited Dec. 15, 2022, 7:28 p.m. by Steve

Orthographic text

male:

  1. kem
  2. eegam
  3. kaleng
  4. nann
  5. tomb
  6. emans
  7. ulas
  8. tataga
  9. embuumuu
  10. senguule

female:

  1. limonn
  2. embam
  3. kele
  4. nannand
  5. pagil
  6. magalam
  7. mandzigam
  8. soot
  9. simam

Checked words in lexicon: 24%

Lasmeri - birth order
last edited Dec. 15, 2022, 7:28 p.m. by Steve

    Speaker: Lasmeri

Orthographic text

male:

  1. heem
  2. yagam
  3. aleng
  4. nann
  5. tomb
  6. totaga
  7. aman
  8. ninee
  9. magal
  10. muni ulas

female:

  1. limonn
  2. embam
  3. helee
  4. nannand
  5. pagil
  6. toot
  7. magalam
  8. ninog
  9. sangala
  10. mendigam
  11. hot

Checked words in lexicon: 42%

Yagil - birth orders
last edited Dec. 15, 2022, 7:28 p.m. by Steve

Orthographic text

male:

  1. heem
  2. yagam
  3. haleng
  4. nann
  5. tomb
  6. tataga
  7. amand
  8. ninee
  9. magal
  10. ulas
  11. muni
  12. sennelee

female:

  1. limonn
  2. ambam
  3. helee
  4. nannand
  5. pagil
  6. soot
  7. ninog
  8. sangala

Checked words in lexicon: 36%