field
→
year
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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.