Raga

noun sun

Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun February (“big birth”) plants get larger and flies multiply. People sense that there are enough resources available.

noun January (“small birth” or new growth): plants start to germinate, there are a lot of flies due to many leaves on the ground, food availability is smaller.

phrase leaves fall off the tree

noun Sunday (Seventh Day)

noun Saturday (Sixth Day)

adverb today

Speaker: James Ure & Presley Dovo

Friday (Day 5)

noun Tuesday (Day 2)

noun Wednesday (Day 3)

noun Thursday (Day 4)

noun April: time of planting yam.

noun 1. New moon, 2. darkness without moonlight

noun moonlight

noun May: (“leaves drying”) yam leaves are drying (but still some are green).

noun Monday (First Day)

noun Full moon: good time to go diving in dark period, sky is dark (malingo) until about 8 pm, when the full moon appears.

adverb yesterday

Speaker: James Ure & Presley Dovo

noun day

noun Erythrina plant, flower, also serves to mark August and September in the ecological calendar

Scientific name: Erythrina variegata

noun Indian coral tree, kind of tree; also serves to mark August and September in the ecological calendar

Example: Photo by jmmaes / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Erythrina variegata,
Contributor: Philemon Ala, Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun August: (“Erythrina is red”) Erythrina flowers are in full bloom.

noun July: yams are ready to harvest.

noun June: yam leaves fully dry.

noun red palolo worm, appears in the sea during the month of September ("udu rara")

noun October: Udu malalageha (“palolo worm, new life”) Worms are swimming in the water and are being caught; wind blows the smells up to the trees, which makes the plants grow well (and the water in which the worms grow is used as a fertilizer for the crops, and for the children to bathe in to make them healthy).

noun November: Udu matala (“palolo worm, goes away”) Plants don’t grow very well, when you eat, you feel hungry again very quickly.

noun September: named for the appearance of the red palolo worm "udu" which during this month is red and still in the womb, and the Erythrina flower "rara"

noun December: When you look down to the ocean, you can see the waves rolling from a long way from the coast and gently crash against the coast. All trees and the plants in the garden grows well and people feel happy about their crops.

adverb tomorrow

Speaker: James Ure & Presley Dovo

adverb tomorrow

noun moon

Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun March: (“moon is not quite full”). Resources available but will soon be gone. Waves are longer, but do not cause destruction. Trees and plants grow well but a small number of leaves fall off the tree (=“gai ram mamaririga”)

noun waxing crescent moon (moon appears)

noun waning gibbous moon (dark moon when the girls are afraid to go outside alone at night because men might grab hold of them and harass them in the dark.)

noun waxing half-moon (moon is split into half)

noun waning crescent moon (the moon remains from the morning throughout the day until evening)

noun Waning half-moon (the place is getting dark)

noun waxing gibbous moon (moon is round throughout the day)

Example: See also "mwa ngal matan bageo"

noun full moon