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Latitude

-8.7755

Longitude

142.2045

Start Date

2014-10-06

End Date

2014-10-06

Coconut site: Palm tree (Biru) on edge of Yayam's yard. Nen, then Nmbo. Tree called Biru, very nice interview. Two photos taken of Goi with wawr vine (one of the plants mentioned in his smell interviews) during Yayam's interview. GPS location of coconut tree: 8 62663 S, 142 05159 E. Interviewer: Jimmy Nébni. Video recordist: Mary. This is a short interview made by the Seregu subcommittee of the Nen language committee, under Nick Evans' supervision. People present: Goi Dibod, Mary Dibod, Zerus Kaeko, Amto, Srgo, Angae, Jimmy Nébni (MB absent). In addition to various standard interviews, two opportunistic recordings were made: some basic words and phrases in Bituri (filed in separate folder 'Bituri'), from Sibia Penak from Upiara - enough to show its related ness to Marind, cf, anema 'man', anuma 'woman', anima 'people'; masiga anema 'good man', masigu anuma 'good woman', masimsi anima 'good people', also agreement on verb: naraterena 'he is speaking', nara turena 'she is speaking', nara tiremana 'they are speaking'. Plus a sound recording from Goi about the plant wawr and its use in making spinning tops. LSNG14-CRP1-01.mp4: Nen. LSNG14-CRP1-02.mp4: Nmbo.

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