field
→
year
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ruc | |
Lexeme | ɽ˚ɔŋ4 | |
Meaning 1 | field | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | year | Kɔn1 pukuɲ3 ho1 pa1 ɽ˚ɔŋ4 my son is three years old |
Reference | MRVLE 4: 9, 193, 401 | |
Comment |
The Ruc people use a primitive agriculture technique. A plot in the forest is burned and holes are made in the soil with pointed sticks, where the seeds are placed. Such a field is used only once, and the next year the tribe mooves somewhere else and burns a new plot.