[Lexicog] draining

[Chaz and Helga Mortensen]

John,

In Northern Embera an earthquake is a "house-shaking". To say "there was an
earthquake", you say "a house-shaking went". Now where it goes to and where
it comes from I don't know..........

-Chaz

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Roberts" <dr_john_roberts at sil.org>
To: <lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 1:36 PM>
> In Amele (PNG) to say 'an earthquake happened' you say *mim nen* which
means
> 'the earthquake came down (from above)'. Does anyone else have earthquakes
> coming down from the sky? The Gauls were another people that were always
> afraid of the sky falling on their heads.
>
> John Roberts




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