The ‘Sea Lexicon’ is a collaborative endeavour that aims at the co-creation of a lexicon based on words related to the sea. It is an invitation for a transregional thinking through the perspective of the sea. We focus on words that animate the lives of coastal communities in various languages across the Indian Ocean.
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Chaakara
പുത്തൻ വലക്കാരേ പുന്നപ്പറക്കാറേ Puthan valakkaare, punnapparakkaareപുറക്കാട്ട് കടപ്പുറത്ത്. ...
Chaakara
The Bounty
Kammath
‘Kammath’ is a term used to describe the water that accidentally enters inside the sea vessels. It was common in the olden days for ‘kammath’ ...
Kammath
Water
Choorafaski
Lakshadweep, with its rich coral ecosystem, renowned for its marine biodiversity, is also exceptional for the various species of migratory and ...
Choorafaski
Tern
Sraanku
On a Friday afternoon, Yusuf, my primary field collaborator at Perumathura, a coastal village in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, took me ...
Sraanku
Boatswain
Appal
I was quite surprised to learn that octopus is caught and consumed in Lakshadweep. I then came to realize that Appal, as octopus is called in ...
Appal
Octopus
Shaal
Shaal: ഷാൽ
Shaal in Lakshadweep, is a channel created naturally or by the islanders that embodies a fluid artery in the waterscape. It is a ...
Shaal
Channel
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The Sea Lexicon project is an ongoing attempt to document the words from the indian ocean region. You can help build the database of words and expand the lexicon