Ao Naga
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Spoken in the Ao country, Naga Hills (now Nagaland).
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See the Ao Naga sky on the chart →
The sky in Ao Naga
| Name | Object | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| petinu (C); peli (M) | 'Star' as a word | — | tribal |
| Longja pehnu (C); Longcha peli (M) | Figures with no secure modern identification | Seen close beside the lunar disc, and said to be the soul of a mythical hero called Chungpichanglangba, who according to the Aos became a star after his death. | tribal |
| chunglam mesü sitangba (C); tsungtam mezü tithangba (M) | The Milky Way | 'cold-weather rains-divider' As it moves from north to south across the sky the earth comes under the cold half of the firmament, and as it moves back comes under the warm half again. | tribal |
| Atu nü isüt (C); Atümi isüt (M) | Venus as morning star | 'Atu taro-roasting' A man called Atu used to get up and cook taro for his breakfast when this star rose. | tribal |
Sources
- J.P. Mills, The Ao Nagas (London: Macmillan, 1926), p. 302 link