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A Marshallese star name for γ Oph.
A Marshallese star name for γ Oph. Pronounced "bakey-yew".


==Etymology and History==
==Etymology and History==
This Marshallese star name was originally recorded as ''Bage-eo'' by the Catholic missionary August Erdland, who lived in the Jaluit Atoll from 1904 to 1914 (Erdland 1914: 79 #15).
spondylus mussel in whose disk Debwāāl-eo ("the drill") (67, 68 and 70 Oph) is used to drill holes to make "puka shell" necklaces

[!!!] spondylus mussel in whose disk Debwāāl-eo ("the drill") (67, 68 and 70 Oph) is used to drill holes to make "puka shell" necklaces


==Mythology==
==Mythology==
Seen as a Spondylus mussel (''bake''), nearby ''Debwāāl-eo'' (stars in Hydra or Ophiuchus) being a drill used to drill holes in the mussel to make necklaces [Erdland 1914: 83; Abo ''et al''. 2019, under ''Debwāāl-eo''].

==IAU Name Discussion==
==IAU Name Discussion==



Revision as of 13:36, 7 June 2024

A Marshallese star name for γ Oph. Pronounced "bakey-yew".

Etymology and History

This Marshallese star name was originally recorded as Bage-eo by the Catholic missionary August Erdland, who lived in the Jaluit Atoll from 1904 to 1914 (Erdland 1914: 79 #15).

[!!!] spondylus mussel in whose disk Debwāāl-eo ("the drill") (67, 68 and 70 Oph) is used to drill holes to make "puka shell" necklaces

Mythology

Seen as a Spondylus mussel (bake), nearby Debwāāl-eo (stars in Hydra or Ophiuchus) being a drill used to drill holes in the mussel to make necklaces [Erdland 1914: 83; Abo et al. 2019, under Debwāāl-eo].

IAU Name Discussion

References

Abo, Takaji, Byron W. Bender, Alfred Capelle, and Tony DeBrum (2019). Marshallese-English Online Dictionary. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press. https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/html/10524/19441/index.htm.