Kewa is an Engan language complex of the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea . A dictionary of the western dialect of Kewa has been compiled by Franklin & Franklin (1978) .
5-544: Erave may refer to: Erave language The Erave dialect of the Kewa language Erave, a settlement in Kagua-Erave District , Papua New Guinea Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Erave . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
10-414: The body as pandanus leaves hang from the tree. Palaa, 'limb,' (either thigh or branch) is used for any reference to trees, including root, firewood, and fire. (Even in normal Kewa, repena means both 'tree' and 'fire'.) Maeye or 'crazy' refers to any non-human animal except dogs. It contrasts with the rational world of humans. Many words are coined from Kewa morphology but have idiosyncratic meanings in
15-430: The forest during the karuka harvest, has been extensively documented. The grammar is regularized and the vocabulary is restricted, with about a thousand words that differ from normal language. This was first described by Karl J. Franklin in 1972. Pandanus-register words have a broader semantic scope. For example, yoyo , a reduplication of yo 'leaf', refers to hair, ear, breast, and scrotum, all things which hang from
20-469: The forest. Aayagopa , from aa 'man', yago 'fellow', and pa 'to do, to make', refers to man, knee, skin, and neck. Many idiosyncratic phrases are then built on this word. For example, ni madi aayagopa-si (I carry man- DIM ) means "my father". The grammar has also been simplified. Clause-linking morphology is lost and replaced by simple juxtaposition of the clauses. In standard Kewa, there are two sets of verbal endings, one indicating actions done for
25-400: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erave&oldid=930314034 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Erave language Kewa's elaborate pandanus avoidance register , which is used only in
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