verbs of carrying

[John Lynch]

Sorry. Should have added that Blust and Trussel alsorecostruct PAn *zuŋzuŋ,
which may be closer formally to your *sungi.*


On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:01 AM, John Lynch <johnlynch123 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Debbie
>
> Ross Clark, in **Leo tuai: a comparative lexical study of North and
> Central Vanuatu languages*, 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:
>   Namakir *hi?in* 'wear', *hin-ek* 'carry on head'
>   Nguna *suu=suu* 'get dressed', *suu-ni* 'carry on head; put on, wear
> (on upper body)'
>
> In my *The linguistic history of Southern Vanuatu* I reconstructed
> Proto-Southern Vanuatu *(a)-se(n,ŋ)a-i
> 'cover, wear on head', with reflexes like Kwamera *seŋi* 'cover, put
> over, shelter under, wear a hat' and Anejom *aθŋa-ñ* 'put on head as
> protection'.
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> Blust and Trussel in the *Auistronesian comparative dictionary* (
> http://www.trussel2.com/acd/acd-s_s1.htm#su) 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.
>
> It seems likely that Longgu *sungi* derives from this: possible tjhe
> adjacency of the glottal stop and the *n* may have given rise to the
> velar nasal.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> John
>
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> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Deborah.Hill <
> Deborah.Hill at canberra.edu.au> wrote:
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>>  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).
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>> The two things that I’m most interested in are:
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>> 1.       Is there a verb for ‘carry on the head’ (and if so, what is it)?
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>> 2.       Are there modes of carrying that are (semantically)
>> gender-based?  (i.e. women carry things in one way, men in another).
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>> The verb for ‘carry something on the head’ in Longgu is SUNGI.
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>> Thanks for your help!
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>> Debbie
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John Lynch, FAHA
Emeritus Professor of Pacific Languages, and Editor "Oceanic Linguistics"
University of the South Pacific
PMB 9072
Port Vila.  VANUATU
Phone: (+678) 25036    Mobile: (+678) 5920220    Fax: (+678) 22633
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