nurēn̄
See also: nǚrén
Olrat
Etymology
From *na uraŋi, from Proto-Torres-Banks *ura[ŋi], itself from Proto-Oceanic *quraŋ. Cognate with Koro (Vanuatu) rän̄, Lakon urän̄, Vurës ōr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nurɪŋ/
Noun
nurēn̄
- crayfish, spiny lobster (Panulirus spp.)
References
- See p.198 of: François, Alexandre (2011). Social ecology and language history in the northern Vanuatu linkage: A tale of divergence and convergence. Journal of Historical Linguistics 1 (2): 175–246. →DOI.