Nicobarese
names 4objects 3
Spoken in Car Nicobar, Central Nicobars (Nancowry group).
A cover term in the sources; the database also carries Central Nicobarese, Chaura and Teressa as languages in their own right.
tribal 4
See the Nicobarese sky on the chart →
The sky in Nicobarese
| Name | Object | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| dāk-oal-kalahoiya; oal-kalahoiya | The Milky Way | river in the sky | tribal |
| tā-yan | The Pleiades | — | tribal |
| mi-sa-ha | Venus as morning star | — | tribal |
| mu-shāha | Venus as morning star | — | tribal |
Sources
- Man, A Dictionary of the Central Nicobarese Language (1889), s.v. kalahoiya, p. 155; s.v. oal-kalahoiya, p. 125 link
- Man, A Dictionary of the Central Nicobarese Language (1889), Nicobarese-English p. 207 s.v. tā-yan; English-Nicobarese p. 71 s.v. Pleiades link
- Whitehead, Dictionary of the Car-Nicobarese Language (1925), s.v. mi-sa-ha link
- Man, A Dictionary of the Central Nicobarese Language (1889), English-Nicobarese p. 60 s.v. Morning-star; also p. 90 s.v. Star link