Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

sawfish

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 Pristis pectinata jabiyang jabiyang unique underived 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Burarra Pristis pectinata ana-jalagurarr ana-dyalagurarr unknown 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Dhangu Pristis pectinata missing missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Dhay’yi Pristis pectinata missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Dhuwal Pristis pectinata missing missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Djinang Pristis pectinata ngurrbarrka ŋurrbarrka unique cf “barrka,” Ritharrngu, Gupapuyngu, and Dhuwal Green Sawfish (Longcomb Sawfish), Pristis zijsron; “ŋurr” Djinang nose compound 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Gooniyandi Pristis pectinata galwanyi unknown missing 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Gumatj Pristis pectinata missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Gupapuyngu Pristis pectinata missing missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Guugu Yimidhirr Pristis pectinata yubathi yubathi sawfish loan *yupa/uci Local Kuku-Yalanji To KYal yubuji 'sawfish' underived 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Jingulu Pristis pectinata tjapurti unique 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Karajarri Pristis pectinata piyalpiyal piyalpiyal loan WW %piyalpiyal reduplicated 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Kija Pristis pectinata payirrany payirrany unknown underived 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Koko-Bera Pristis pectinata WARRÉKAN; (KO-) (KO-) WARRÉKAN SAWFISH unique simplex
Kuku-Thaypan Pristis pectinata adhirrang adhirrang unique Resembles reflexes of *rirra (tooth) in some languages underived 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Kuku-Yalanji Pristis pectinata yubuji yubuji unique *yupa/uci Local Source of GYim yupathi 'sawfish' underived 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Kurtjar Pristis pectinata lkuaarr & konibhargh (~konabhirgh) lkuaarr & konibhargh (~konabhirgh) unique underived wanhthork ~ wooy 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Kuuk Thaayorre Pristis pectinata worklom; ngat worklom; ngat unique compound on basis of /rkl/ cluster; parts not identified 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Mbabaram Pristis pectinata missing missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Miriwung Pristis pectinata ngandjalang missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Ngandi Pristis pectinata missing missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Nyangumarta Pristis pectinata janaja janaja unique underived 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Nyikina Pristis pectinata biyal biyal biyal biyal inheritance reduplicated 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Nyulnyul Pristis pectinata djineb djineb semantic shift cf Bardi stingray sp underived 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Pakanh Pristis pectinata ka'awaya; nga'a nga'a-ka'awaya unknown compound ka'a 'nose' + waya 'bad' 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Rembarrnga Pristis pectinata missing missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Ritharrngu Pristis pectinata missing missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Tjaapukay Pristis pectinata missing missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Uw-Olkol Pristis pectinata othol; uy uy-othol swordfish, river sawfish, Pristis pristis unique underived 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Uw-Oykangand Pristis pectinata ow enongg; uy uy-ow-enongg swordfish, river sawfish, Pristis pristis unique compound ow 'nose'; enongg 'one' [in Olkol; UOykangand has enongggab] 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Walmajarri Pristis pectinata piyalpiyal piyalpiyal loan Marrngu also Nyikina, Yawuru WW %piyalpiyal reduplicated 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Wik Ngathan Pristis pectinata yaperreng ~ warp yapvrrvng ~ warp sawfish unique underived minh (also katheng?) 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Yan-nhangu Pristis pectinata missing missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Yawuru Pristis pectinata biyalbiyal XXgl mangrove biyalbiyal XXgl mangrove inheritance reduplicated 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Yidiny Pristis pectinata missing missing missing 1 0 0 0 0 yes
Yir-Yoront Pristis pectinata wurryvm; ngar- ngar-wurryvm unique underived 1 0 0 speared (usually from hand); beginning in Post-Wet & peaking in Dry & Pre-Wet 0 0 yes