Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

praying mantis, stick insects

Semantic Field
flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish
mantis religiosa
Meaning Portuguese
louva-a-deus

Languages

Language Linnean Name Orthographic Form Phonemicized Form Gloss as in Source Etymology Code Proto-Form Proto-Language Loan Source Etymology Notes Wanderwort Status Etyma Set Range of Term Word Structure Word Structure Notes Classifier Classifier Notes Hypernym Source Association with Social Categories Ritual/Mythologically Significant Ritual Notes Food Source Food Notes Medicinal Medicinal Notes How Collected Who Collects How Prepared Psychotropic Psychotropic Notes Traded Trade Notes Distribution Habitat Dangerous Ethnobiology Notes Species Notes General Notes
Akawaio order Mantodea, family Mantidae parandarai parandaraɪ inheritance Akawaio, Pemon See Language page 0 0 0 0 0 no
Baniwa order Mantodea, family Mantidae philíphili, páale phiɺíphiɺi, páaɺe unique Also páaɺe uncoded See Language page 0 0 0 0 0 no
Cubeo order Mantodea, family Mantidae ábijoco ábihoko unique uncoded See Language page 0 0 0 0 0 no
Dâw order Mantodea, family Mantidae kaj doóy’ kaɟ dǒj’ missing missing See Language page 0 0 0 0 0 no
Desano order Mantodea, family Mantidae soari soari unique uncoded See Language page 0 0 0 0 0 no
Hup order Mantodea, family Mantidae pɔnǽn pɔnǽn unique other complex form suggests multimorphemic, but components not identifiable See Language page 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kakua order Mantodea, family Mantidae ʧawɨ́Ɂ missing missing See Language page 0 0 0 0 0 no
Macaguan order Mantodea, family Mantidae akuéy amúi missing missing See Language page 0 0 0 0 0 no
Pemon order Mantodea, family Mantidae parantarai (E1980) parantaraɪ (E1980) inheritance Akawaio, Pemon See Language page 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yukuna order Mantodea, family Mantidae jumane'ené humaneʔené unique uncoded See Language page 0 0 0 0 0 no
Bardi Mantodea lirraway lirraway loan direction unknown underived? 0 0 0 0 0 no
Bunuba Mantodea widigi widigi unknown underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Burarra Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Dhangu Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Dhay’yi Mantodea missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Dhuwal Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Djinang Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gooniyandi Mantodea garlinda loan direction unknown missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gumatj Mantodea missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gupapuyngu Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gurindji Mantodea tyanytyany tyanytyany unknown underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Guugu Yimidhirr Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Jingulu Mantodea watyirrku watyirrku unknown cf, Gur watyirrki dragonfly underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Karajarri Mantodea lerwai lerwai loan direction unknown underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kija Mantodea warrernji warrernji unknown underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Koko-Bera Mantodea missing missing
Kuku-Thaypan Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kuku-Yalanji Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kurtjar Mantodea kabhatok kabhatok unique underived eeny 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kuuk Thaayorre Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Mbabaram Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ngandi Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ngarinyin Mantodea bandarrgimalan bandarrgimalan unknown proto-Worrorran uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nimanburru Mantodea gologoloman gologoloman inheritance reduplicated 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nyangumarta Mantodea yinyjiyinyji yinyjiyinyji loan direction unknown reduplicated 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nyikina Mantodea jingarrki jingarrki unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nyulnyul Mantodea gologoloman gologoloman inheritance reduplicated 0 0 0 0 0 no
Pakanh Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Rembarrnga Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ritharrngu Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Tjaapukay Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Uw-Olkol Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Uw-Oykangand Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Warlpiri Mantodea iltywiltywe yuljulju loan Arandic Arrernte ilywiltye, iltywiltywe underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Wik Ngathan Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yan-nhangu Mantodea missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yawuru Mantodea yinydyiyinydyi yinydyiyinydyi loan direction unknown reduplicated 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yidiny Mantodea yirri:lam (T; <yirrilam>) yirri:lam (T; <yirrilam>) unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yir-Yoront Mantodea minh-kothorr; lorr- lorr-minh-kothorr unique compound The specific term minh-kothorr 'saltwater crocodile' is itself a genus-species compound. 0 0 0 0 0 no
Paresi order Mantodea, family Mantidae 'enore kawa'lone 'enore kawa'lone See Language page
Bora order Mantodea, family Mantidae tóménɨ́hjowan(T98) tʰóménɨ́ʔxokwan See Language page
Muinane order Mantodea, family Mantidae dúúmójo, éjeecuga (W97) dúúmóxo, éxeekuga See Language page
Apalai order Mantodea, family Mantidae itupary ituparɨ See Language page
Wayana order Mantodea, family Mantidae këipala kǝipala See Language page
Cofán order Mantodea, family Mantidae fiju ɸihu See Language page phonemic transcriptions are ESTIMATIONS
Puinave order Mantodea, family Mantidae nõieʔ nõieʔ See Language page
Aguaruna order Mantodea, family Mantidae tukágmanchis tukángmantʃis See Language page
Matses order Mantodea, family Mantidae dada chuiquid dada tʃuikid See Language page
Sáliva order Mantodea, family Mantidae llamuhlucu dʒamuʔluku See Language page
Carapana order Mantodea, family Mantidae yucʉ ñama jukɨ ɲãmã See Language page
Makuna order Mantodea, family Mantidae yase yasɛ See Language page
Wayampi order Mantodea, family Mantidae saʔinɛkɔnɛkɔ (G89) saʔinɛkɔnɛkɔ (G89) See Language page
Sirionó order Mantodea, family Mantidae mbaeasicha (P85) mbaeasitʃa See Language page
Iquito order Mantodea, family Mantidae sicuanája paniáana (Lit: 'buscador de piojo') sikuanáha paniáana (Lit: 'buscador de piojo') See Language page
Wari order Mantodea, family Mantidae ʔira-ʔira-ʔiwʔ (Sousa2009) ʔira-ʔira-ʔiwʔ (Sousa2009) See Language page
Kaingang order Mantodea, family Mantidae jòka, jòkaka yɔka, yɔkaka See Language page
Djeoromitxi order Mantodea, family Mantidae tärärä tǝrǝrǝ See Language page