DKH01-019_kiakay_kunda - Kiakay kunda ‘Wild pandanus roots’

With its tangled aerial prop roots resembling tangled strings, the pandanus tree is closely associated with string figures in general, to the point that some Awiakay suggest that string figures are played when people eat pandanus fruit (others, however, deny that; see Hoenigman, forthcom.) This string figure represents the roots of a wild pandanus. When it is finished, it can continue into another design representing yai tokopa ‘pig’s anus’. Images: 02: Darja Munbaŋgoapik showing ‘wild pandanus roots’, the final design 03: roots of wild pandanus Hoenigman, Darja. Forthcoming. Talking about strings: The language of string figure-making in a Sepik society, Papua New Guinea. Language Documentation & Conservation Journal. . Language as given: Awiakay

露兜树（Pandanus）的气生根纠缠如绳，整体而言与绳编造型（string figures）有着紧密关联，部分阿维亚凯人（Awiakay）甚至提出，人们在食用露兜果时会开展绳编造型游戏；不过也有其他人对此予以否认，详见霍尼格曼（Hoenigman）即将出版的研究成果。该绳编造型还原的是野生露兜树的根系。完成该造型后，可接续创作另一款造型，用以表现yai tokopa（意为"猪的肛门"）。图示：02：达尔佳·蒙巴恩戈阿皮克（Darja Munbaŋgoapik）展示"野生露兜树根"这一最终造型；03：野生露兜树根（出自霍尼格曼，达尔佳。即将出版：《绳语漫谈：巴布亚新几内亚塞皮克族群绳编造型制作的语言》，《语言文献与保护期刊》（Language Documentation & Conservation Journal)）。所用语言：阿维亚凯语（Awiakay）