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Senri Ethnological Reports (SER)

No.146 Satawalese Cultural Dictionary

March 16, 2018 Publication

Compiled by Sabino Sauchomal, Akimichi Tomoya, Ishimori Shuzo, Sudo Ken’ichi, Sugita Hiroshi, Kikusawa Ritsuko
Edited by Lawrence A. Reid

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Maps
Preface
Introduction
Orthography
Grammatical Notes
Supplement to Grammatical Notes
Abbreviations Used in This Dictionary
 Listed by Functions
 Index to Abbreviations
PART I: CULTURAL NOTES
Cultural Notes
 Cultural Note A. The World and Society
  §A1. Satawalese Cosmology: The Heavens, the Land and the Ocean
  §A2. Supernatural-beings and Human-beings
  §A3. Number Divination
  §A4. Human-beings in the World of Creatures, and Their Attributes
  §A5. Social Systems, Avoidance, and Gift Giving
  §A6. Land Use and Land Tenure
 Cultural Note B. Navigational Knowledge
  §B1. Division of the Ocean Space
  §B2. The Star Compass and Directional Orientations
  §B3. Island Directions
  §B4. Navigational Clues
  §B5. Schematic Mapping of Islands in the Ocean
  §B6. Route Maps
  §B7. Estimating Location During Navigation between Islands
 Cultural Note C. Stars, Winds, and the Calendar
 Cultural Note D. Food Resource Management and Fish-eating Regulations
  §D1. Food Resource Management
  §D2. Categories of Fish and Fish Taboos
 Cultural Note E. Canoe Parts and Words Related to Canoe Building
  §E1. Canoe Types
  §E2. Canoe Parts
  §E3. Canoe Building
 Cultural Note F. House Parts
 Index of Scientific Names for Plant, Fish and Other Creatures
Bibliography/References
PART II: SATAWALESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY
PART III: ENGLISH-SATAWALESE FINDERLIST
 

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