Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

tripod for washing manioc

Semantic Field
subsistence tool
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish
trípode
Meaning Portuguese
tripé

Languages

Language Orthographic Form Phonemicized Form Gloss as in Source Etymology Code Proto-Form Proto-Language Loan Source Wanderwort Status Etyma Set Etymology Notes Word Structure Word Structure Notes General Notes Source
Kakua kâjaʔ kâjaʔ unknown Derived probably lexicalized from 'kâg-at' put.on.top.of-nmlz agriculture See Language page
Nheengatu çuaçu suasu Calque East Tukanoan? Same form for 'tripod' and 'deer', as found throughout the Vaupes region Simplex agriculture See Language page
Kotiria ñama ñama Calque, direction unknown North Arawak deer=tripod occurs in all regional ET and where attested in Arawak lgs Simplex agriculture See Language page
Cubeo ñamacaðava ɲamakaðava Calque, direction unknown Arawak? deer=tripod occurs in all regional ET and where attested in Arawak lgs deer + Classifier -kaðava agriculture See Language page
Tukano yamâ ['deer'] jamâ ['deer'] Calque, direction unknown North Arawak deer=tripod occurs in all regional ET and where attested in Arawak lgs Simplex agriculture See Language page
Desano ñama ñama Calque, direction unknown Arawak? deer=tripod occurs in all regional ET and where attested in Arawak lgs Simplex agriculture See Language page
Hup mɔhɔ̌y mɔhɔ̌j Semantic shift East Tukanoan lit. 'deer' (loan translation: same semantic overlap as in Tukano) Simplex agriculture See Language page
Dâw çôò [=deer] cô [=deer] missing agriculture See Language page
Sikuani iwa (2) (table to wash), meniapaeto (2)(un lavadero) missing agriculture See Language page
Pemon apok yeksek (glossed as 'three logs on which pot is placed for cooking') (E1980) apɔk yɛʔsɛk (E1980) Missing agriculture See Language page
Akawaio anok eesek (glossed as 'three logs on which pot is placed for cooking') abɔk esɛk missing agriculture See Language page
Eñepa a'kapa, Var. a'kapae (MM) aʔkapa, Var. aʔkapae (MM) missing agriculture See Language page
Yukuna kawayá (= 'deer') kawajá (= 'deer') doubtful loan, semantic shift Kakua Both the Yucuna and Kakua terms also mean “deer” Simplex agriculture See Language page
Tariana néɾi i-wádo (néri 'deer', wádo '?') néɾi i-wádo Calque Compound néri 'deer', wádo? agriculture See Language page
Tikuna tá-amá táʔamá agriculture See Language page
Carapana ñama ɲãmã agriculture See Language page
Makuna ñama ñama agriculture See Language page
Siriano ñamá (= deer) ɲamá (= deer) agriculture See Language page
Tanimuca dyã'bã 'ka ʎã'bã 'ka agriculture See Language page