Problem No. 3 Drehu / Cemuhi
The Islands of New Caledonia
Drehu
i-wahnawa, i-drai, i-jun, jun drai-hmitrötr, gaa-hmitrötr, uma-hmitrötr, ngöne-uma
What do these objects have in common?
Multitude multitude of bananas multitude of days multitude of bones
HOLY (in Christian religion) church = holy house Sunday = holy day sanctuary = holy place (or part) wall = house X?
Multitude i-wahnawa i-drai i-jun
i-wahnawa = bunch of bananas i-drai = calendar jun = bone i-jun = skeleton drai-hmitrötr = Sunday uma-hmitrötz = church ngöne-uma = wall gaa-hmitrötr = sanctuary
ngöne-gejë (Drehu)= ba-jié (Cemuhi) = coast = water border ngöne-uma = wall = house border nyine-thin = awl
Cemuhi
nyine (Drehu) = bé (Cemuhi) thin (Drehu) = wöli (Cemuhi) nyine-thin (Drehu) = awl bé-wöli, bé-wöli-wöta, wöta
What do these objects have in common?
They are sharp, pointed objects
wöli = nyine (Drehu) = to poke nyine-thin (Drehu) bé-wöli bé-wöli-wöta wöta
What else can we eat with the fork?
A spur is a tool to urge a horse
ba = border ba-jié = coast = sea border ba-bwén = twilight =night border
tii = to write bé-tii = pencil
What do these objects have in common? nyine-thin (Drehu) bé-wöli bé-wöli-wöta bé-tii
All these objects are tools nyine-thin (Drehu) bé-wöli bé-wöli-wöta bé-tii
What does bé-ôdu mean? OR
gaa (Drehu) = a (Cemuhi) = place a-pulut = place for something
bé-ôdu a-pulut
NB The modifier follows its head in both languages i-wahnawa (multitude of bananas) drai-hmitrötr (holy day) bé-tii (tool to write) ba-jié (water border) etc.
Assignment 1. Drehu jun = bone i-jun = skeleton (multitude of bones) i-wahnawa = bunch of bananas (multitude of bananas) i-drai = calendar (multitude of days) drai-hmitrötr = Sunday (holy day) gaa-hmitrötr = sanctuary (holy place) uma-hmitrötr = church (holy house) ngöne-uma = wall (house border) ngöne-gejë = coast (water border) nyine-thin = awl (tool to poke)
Assignment 1. Cemuhi tii = to write bé-tii = pencil (tool to write) bé-wöli = fork (tool to poke) wöta = animal bé-wöli-wöta = spur (tool to poke animal) bé-ôdu = cup (tool to drink) ba-jié = coast (water border) ba-bwén = twilight (night border) a-pulut = bed (place to sleep)
Assignment 2. wahnawa = banana drai = day wöli = to poke pulut = to sleep
Assignment 3. uma-hmitrötr = holy house = church drai-hmitrötr = holy day = Sunday gaa-hmitrötr = holy place = sanctuary tusi-hmitrötr = holy book (in Christian religion) = the Bible.
Assignment 3. i-wahnawa i-drai i-jun i-bii
i-bii = swarm of bees