If a scrub turkey crosses your path from west to east, it is enough to stop briefly and then continue. But if it goes from east to west, you have to have a cigarette. Well, you have to inhale some smoke.
I'm a linguist living in Melbourne. If I wasn't spending so much time changing nappies, perhaps I'd be documenting endangered Indonesian languages.
Nakku (properly Daeng Nakku') is my Makassarese nickname, it means roughly Mr Yearning, which I always thought sounded like Mr Homesick, a bit sissy (NTTAWWT), but it was explained to me that it means that other people are yearning for me.
My real identity is kept secret to protect me from teh crazy of the interwebs. Only those with extraordinary detective skills will be able to find it out.
Contact me: nakkukku@gmail.com
This is one of my favourite Makassarese idioms: tena tau tampaui “no-one doesn’t say it” (ie. everyone says it). They are big fans of the double negatives.
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