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

1. 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.