more KORO
Ross Clark
DRC at stargate1.auckland.ac.nz
Mon Apr 26 22:02:57 UTC 1999
>>> <LINDSTROML at centum.utulsa.edu> 04/27 9:51 AM >>>
in Kwamera (SE Tanna, Vanuatu), kwankuru is 1) enclosure built of
wild cane, such as a grave site; 2) bird trap--pyramidal structure
made of cane.
Lamont Lindstrom
Yes, traps are another specific referent in north Vanuatu also:
Mota gono [-n- unexplained] "a conical basket used for taking small
fish..."
Paamese a-koro "trap for catching wild chickens"
Nguna kooro "a particular sort of fish-net or bird trap".
Ross Clark
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