<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Debbie<br><br></div>Ross Clark, in <i>*Leo tuai: a comparative lexical study of North and Central Vanuatu languages</i>, reconstructs Proto-North-Central Vanuatu *su?u-ni (? = glottal stop) with the meaning 'carry or wear in the head'. Quite a few reflexes refer to wearing a hat/putting some sort of covering on the head, or as nouns meaning 'umbrella', but two are a bit closer to the 'carry on the head' meaning you refer to:<br>
</div> Namakir <i>hi?in</i> 'wear', <i>hin-ek</i> 'carry on head'<br></div> Nguna <i>suu=suu</i> 'get dressed', <i>suu-ni</i> 'carry on head; put on, wear (on upper body)' <br><br>In my <i>The linguistic history of Southern Vanuatu</i> I reconstructed Proto-Southern Vanuatu *(a)-se(n,ŋ)a-i<span style> </span><i style><span style> </span></i></div>
'cover, wear on head', with reflexes like Kwamera <span style></span><i style>seŋi<span style></span></i> 'cover, put over, shelter under, wear a hat' and Anejom <i><i style>aθŋa-ñ</i></i><span style> 'put on head as protection'.<br>
</span><i><i style><br></i></i></div><span style>Blust and</span><i><i style> </i></i><span style>Trussel in the <i>Auistronesian comparative dictionary</i></span><i><i style> </i></i><span style>(<a href="http://www.trussel2.com/acd/acd-s_s1.htm#su">http://www.trussel2.com/acd/acd-s_s1.htm#su</a>) have reconstructed Proto-Austronesian *suquN 'carry on the head', with quite a few reflexes in Western Malayo-Polynesian, though none are given (yet) from Oceanic.<br>
<br></span></div><span style>It seems likely that Longgu <i>sungi</i> derives from this: possible tjhe adjacency of the glottal stop and the <i>n</i> may have given rise to the velar nasal.<br><br></span></div><span style>Hope this helps,<br>
<br></span></div><span style>John<br></span><div><span style><br><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Deborah.Hill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Deborah.Hill@canberra.edu.au" target="_blank">Deborah.Hill@canberra.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m working on verbs of carrying in Longgu (Oceanic) and I wondered if anyone had any data on ‘carry’ verbs in other Austronesian languages (and especially Western Austronesian languages).<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The two things that I’m most interested in are:<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span><u></u>Is there a verb for ‘carry on the head’ (and if so, what is it)?<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span><u></u>Are there modes of carrying that are (semantically) gender-based? (i.e. women carry things in one way, men in another).<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The verb for ‘carry something on the head’ in Longgu is SUNGI.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your help!<u></u><u></u></p>
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