vesengele

Teanu

Alternative forms

• visingele

Etymology

From vese (“seed”) + Proto-Oceanic *ŋujuq (“mouth, snout”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋusuq, from Proto-Austronesian *ŋusuq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feseŋele/

Noun

vesengele

1. nose, snout

References

• François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry vesengele.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry vesengele.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.