Indian Antiquary Vol 51

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 290

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APPENDIX X.
TERMS INDICATING CERTAIN PERIODS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT, THE PHASES OF EACH LUNATION, VARIOUS TIDES, WINDS, CLOUDS, ETC.
THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
Though the Andamanese are naturally content with a rough method of reckoning time-diurnal as well as nocturnal-the terms in use amply serve to meet all requirements. They are as follow:
First appearance of dawn Between dawn and sunrise Sunrise ..
From sunrise to about 7 a. m. (rising sun
Forenoon
big sun
Noon
(from noon till 3 p. m.
from 3 p. m. till about 5 p. m.
Afternoon
From 5 p. m. till sunset
Sunset
Twilight
After dark till near midnight
Midnight
The waxing moon
The waning moon
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High-tide
Low-tide
High-tide at full-moon
[AUGUST, 1922
wangalaela-duga bódo-la-doatingalili-; dima
bido-la-kág (al)- nga
bodo-chânag
bôdo-chaubodo-la-löringa
Owing to their inability to count they have no means of denoting the number of lunations occurring during a solar year which, with them, consists of three main divisions, viz: papar, the cool season; yêre-bodo-, the hot season; and gamul, the rainy season. These again are sub-divided into twenty minor seasons (see App. IX), named for the most part after various trees which, flowering at successive periods, afford the necessary sources of supply to honey-bees.
The lunar periods recognised are:
Sbodo-l'ar-diyanga-; el-dr-diyanga
6gar-chauSgar-knab
bodo-la-lotingael-dka-dauyael-dr-getinga girug-chi
while the four phases of each lunation are indicated as follows:
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ôgar-la-walaganga (lit. moon-growing "). ôgar-lar-ôdowânga (lit. moon diminishing").
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New moon
First quarter
Full moon
Last quarter
That they, moreover, recognise the influence of this luminary upon the tides (bala-) is manifest from their terms denoting high and low tide at full-moon in the following list of recognised tidal phases :
ôgar-déreka-yaba (lit. "moon-baby-small").
Ôngar-chânag.
(lit. "moon-big "). (lit. "moon-body"). "moon-thin "). (lit.
kála-chânag-;
er-l'ar-to-tépare
bila-ba6gar-bila