Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

brolga

Semantic Field
flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish
Meaning Portuguese

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
Bardi Grus rubicunda goodarrowin kudarrowin inheritance underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Bunuba Grus rubicunda gurranda kurranta loan into protolanguage kurrantal Bunaban Jarragan WW %kurrantal underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Burarra Grus rubicunda manikurdorrk manikurdorrk unknown 1 0 0 0 0 no
Dhangu Grus rubicunda guḏurrku(') guḏurrku(') inheritance simplex 1 0 0 0 0 no
Dhay’yi Grus rubicunda missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 no
Dhuwal Grus rubicunda ḏaŋgultji(') ḏaŋgultyi(') inheritance Central Yolngu simplex 1 0 0 0 0 no
Djapu Grus rubicunda rdaŋgultyi(7) inheritance 1 0 0 0 0
Djinang Grus rubicunda guḏurrki rdaŋgurltyar inheritance simplex 1 0 0 0 0 no
Gajirrabeng Grus rubicunda goorrandalng goorrandalng inheritance kurrantal Jarragan WW; also goorroodeng WW %kurrantal underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Gooniyandi Grus rubicunda gooddalga gooddalga loan into protolanguage kurrantal Bunuban Jarragan underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Gumatj Grus rubicunda guḏurrku(') ḏaŋgultyi(') inheritance Central Yolngu; also gurdurrku underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Gupapuyngu Grus rubicunda guḏurrku(') banami loan direction unknown Ngandi/Rembarrnga WW %kurdurrku simplex 1 0 0 0 0 no
Gurindji Grus rubicunda kurrarntal tort loan Jarragan WW %kurrantal underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Guugu Yimidhirr Grus rubicunda gurrbal gurrbal native companion inheritance To KYal and Flinders Island; poss. wider distribution. The /kurr/ part occurrs in a widespread reduplicative pattern imitative of the call. underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Jaru Grus rubicunda kurrkali gurgali inheritance kurrkali Ngumpin-Yapa Warlpiri wurrkali uncoded 1 0 0 0 0 no
Jingulu Grus rubicunda yalkurrungkuti yalkurrungkuti unknown underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Karajarri Grus rubicunda kurturr kurturr inheritance underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Kija Grus rubicunda kurrantal kurrantal inheritance kurrantal Jarragan WW %kurrantal underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Koko-Bera Grus rubicunda pankéw(, mim-) (mim-)pankéw brolga unique simplex
Kuku-Thaypan Grus rubicunda anggeba ~ anggewa (; anhye-) (anhye-) anggeba ~ anggewa unique underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Kuku-Yalanji Grus rubicunda kurrbal kurrbal inheritance *kurrpal Local To GYim and Flinders Island; poss. wider distribution. The /kurr/ part occurrs in a widespread reduplicative pattern imitative if the call. underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Kurtjar Grus rubicunda ngkaabh ~ korkorr ngka:bh, korkorr unique korkorr is sound-symbolic and widespread in the region underived korkorr is redupl. 1 0 0 0 0 no
Kuuk Thaayorre Grus rubicunda puntil; minh- minh-puntil unique Poss. containing punt 'elbow' < pPaman *punti. underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Mangala Grus rubicunda kurarak (McK) kurarak (McK) unique underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Mbabaram Grus rubicunda kooloora kooloora unique underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Miriwung Grus rubicunda gurandal gurandal inheritance kurrantal Jarragan WW %kurrantal underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Ngandi Grus rubicunda banami banami loan direction unknown Ngandi/Ritharrngu simplex 1 0 0 0 0 no
Ngarinyin Grus rubicunda guranda guranda doubtful loan *gurrVC proto-Worrorran Worrorran? [cf. kurrantal WW, loan from Worrorran?] WW %kurrantal uncoded 1 0 0 0 0 no
Ngarluma Grus rubicunda ya:rnkarra inheritance 1 0 0 0 0
Ngumbarl Grus rubicunda koordoorwain koordoorwain inheritance underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Nimanburru Grus rubicunda kurdukurany kurdukurany inheritance derived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Nyangumarta Grus rubicunda kurturr kurturr inheritance underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Nyikina Grus rubicunda koorrarka koorrarka unique underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Nyulnyul Grus rubicunda kUdUlwa:ny [kudulwany] kUdUlwa:ny [kudulwany] inheritance underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Pakanh Grus rubicunda thuulka; minha minh thuulka; minha-nhumma-kopea unknown underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Rembarrnga Grus rubicunda kordorrkko barnami loan direction unknown Ngandi/Rembarrnga WW %kurdurrku simplex 1 0 0 0 0 no
Ritharrngu Grus rubicunda baṉami barnami loan direction unknown Ngandi/Ritharrngu simplex 1 0 0 0 0 no
Tjaapukay Grus rubicunda missing missing missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 no
Uw-Olkol Grus rubicunda oykonp; inh- inh-oykonp brolga unique underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Uw-Oykangand Grus rubicunda oykonp; inh- inh-oykonp brolga unique underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Walmajarri Grus rubicunda kurrartu kuraka loan Kija underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Wardaman Grus rubicunda bornorron bornorron loan loan into Ngumpin etc as kalpun uncoded 1 0 0 0 0 no
Warlpiri Grus rubicunda wurkali inheritance cf. Jaru kurrkali underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Warrwa Grus rubicunda kargura unique 1 0 0 0 0
Wik Ngathan Grus rubicunda korr' ~ thuuk korr' ~ thuuk brolga unique /thuuk/ is cognate with Pakanh /thuulka/. /korr'/ < imitation of call (kurrr, kurrr); a reduplicated form of this (kurrkurr, kurr'urrl) is attested as the ordinary word for 'brolga' across a number of languages of this region underived minh 1 0 0 0 0 no
Worrorra Grus rubicunda gurronggalinya gurrang'garlinya (FM) inheritance *gurrVC proto-Worrorran WW %kurrantal gender suffix -nya uncoded 1 0 0 0 0 no
Wubuy Grus rubicunda parnami parnami loan direction unknown 1 0 0 0 0
Wunambal Grus rubicunda guraŋguli inheritance proto-Worrorran 1 0 0 0 0 no
Yan-nhangu Grus rubicunda guḏurrku guḏurrku inheritance simplex 1 0 0 0 0 no
Yawuru Grus rubicunda gurdurlwarany kurdurlwarany inheritance underived 1 0 0 0 0 no
Yidiny Grus rubicunda missing missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 no
Yir-Yoront Grus rubicunda kurrqurr(l); minh- minh-kurr7urrl unknown < imitation of call (kurrr, kurrr); a form of this (kurrkurr, korr) is attested as the ordinary word for 'brolga' across a number of languages of this region reduplicated 1 0 0 speared; all seasons, peaking in post-Wet men bush-oven 0 0 no