LSNG14-CR55 - CR55 Manae

Coconut site: In Manae and Zerus' yard. Questions in Idi, Answers in Nen. Very shy, but carefully enunciated. (Goi: of situation where women are interviewing women and recoroding, dmabs närenzt ‘women are recording themselves/each other’) GPS location of coconut tree: 8 62768 S, 142 05202 E. Interviewer: Srgo. This is a short interview made by the Seregu subcommittee of the Nen language committee, under Nick Evans' supervision. People present: Goi Dibod, Mary Dibod, Zerus Kaeko, Amto, Srgo, Angae, Jimmy Nébni (MB absent). In addition to various standard interviews, two opportunistic recordings were made: some basic words and phrases in Bituri (filed in separate folder 'Bituri'), from Sibia Penak from Upiara - enough to show its related ness to Marind, cf, anema 'man', anuma 'woman', anima 'people'; masiga anema 'good man', masigu anuma 'good woman', masimsi anima 'good people', also agreement on verb: naraterena 'he is speaking', nara turena 'she is speaking', nara tiremana 'they are speaking'. Plus a sound recording from Goi about the plant wawr and its use in making spinning tops. . Language as given: Nen