rän̄

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ran"

Koro (Vanuatu)

Etymology

From Proto-Torres-Banks *ura[ŋi], itself from Proto-Oceanic *quraŋ. Cognate with Olrat nurēn̄, Lakon urän̄, Vurës ōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛ͡aŋ/

Noun

rän̄

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.