kailagila

Kilivila

FWOTD – 24 August 2015

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑiˈlaɡila/

Noun

kailagila

1. hearthstone; three or four stones which are placed round a fireplace in order to support cooking pots etc.

References

• Bronisław Malinowski (1916), Baloma; the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islanders, p. 207. (retrieved 23 July 2015)
• Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 243. →ISBN