Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

Puinave

Family: Isolate (SAM)
Region: South America
ISO 639-3: pui
Location: 3.93°, -67.69°
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Features: Basic Vocabulary
Flora Fauna Vocabulary
Cultural Vocabulary
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Data Sources: Girón Higuita, Jesus Mario. 2008. Una gramática del wãnsöjöt (Puinave). LOT, Utrecht. Huber, R. and Reed, R. 1992. Comparative vocabulary: selected words in indigenous languages of Colombia. ILV, Bogotá. Richardson, Larry. 2007. Puinave. In Mary R. Key, Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Rodriguez, José Vicente, compiler, and others. 1995. Mamíferos colombianos: sus nombres comunes e indígenas. Bogotá: Conservation International, Fundación Mario Santo Domingo.

Basic Vocabulary (191)

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English	Spanish	Portuguese	Semantic Field	Part of Speech	Orthographic Form	Phonemicized Form	Gloss as in Source	Etymology Code	Proto-Form	Proto-Language	Loan Source	Wanderwort Status	Etyma Set	Etymology Notes	General Notes	Source

English	Spanish	Portuguese	Semantic Field	Orthographic Form	Phonemicized Form	Etymology Code	Loan Source	General Notes	Source
1pl.excl	nosotros (exclusivo)	nós (exclusivo)	grammar			missing			See Language page
1pl.incl	nosotros (inclusivo)	nós (inclusivo)	grammar	bitu	bitu	unique		no inclusive/exclusive distinction unless noted	See Language page
1sg	yo	eu	grammar	am	am	unique		For pronouns: include bound/cliticized pronominal forms where significantly different from the free forms	See Language page
2pl	ustedes	vocês	grammar	yam	jam	unique			See Language page
2sg	xx	xx	grammar	mam	mam	unique			See Language page
3pl	ellos/ellas	eles/elas	grammar	ot	ot	unique			See Language page
3sg	el/ella	ele/ela	grammar	na'a; o'o	naʔa; oʔo	unique			See Language page
above	encima, arriba	acima	location	sənə-	sənə-	unique			See Language page
again	de nuevo, otra vez	de novo	grammar	sɨi	sɨi	unique			See Language page
all	todo	todos	other	-to-hani; wəi-hin	-to-hani; wəi-hin	unique			See Language page
and	y	e	grammar						See Language page
ankle	tobillo	tornozelo	body	[-tat-hamadak] (lit. "base of foot")	tat-hamadak	unique			See Language page
armpit	axila, sobaco	axila	body			missing			See Language page
ash	ceniza(s)	cinzas	environment	də-pɨp	də-pɨp (pl.)	unique			See Language page
at	en, a	em, a	location						See Language page
back	espalda	costas	body	[-tum]	tum	unique			See Language page
bad	mal	mal	quality	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
bark	corteza	casca	environment	pun-pik; pun-ta	pun-pik; pun-ta	unique			See Language page
belly	barriga	barriga	body	stomach: -pup-yau; -nam-de	stomach: -pup-jau; -nam-de				See Language page
below	abajo, debajo	abaixo	location	[-nom]	nom	unique			See Language page
big	grande	grande	quality	#NAME?	#NAME?	doubtful loan	Nadahup		See Language page
bite	morder	morder	body	[-sak]	sak	unknown	see Kakua-Nukak		See Language page
black	negro	preto	colour	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
blood	sangre	sangue	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
blow	soplar	soprar	body	[-pɨk]	pɨk	unique			See Language page
boil/pimple	espinilla, granos	espinha, borbulha	body	ot	ot	unique			See Language page
bone	hueso	osso	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
breast	pecho, seno	peito	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
breathe	respirar	respirar	body	[-hĩ-yək]	hĩ-jək	unique			See Language page
burn	quemar	queimar	environment	[-tai] (tr.); [-i-yək; -bɨt] (intr.)	tai; i-jək; -bɨt	unique			See Language page
chew	masticar, mascar	mastigar	body	[-hɨi + uk]	hɨi + uk	unique			See Language page
child	niño, niña	criança	human	tɨi-wãi	tɨi-wãi	unique			See Language page
climb	subir	subir	motion	[-hõn]	hõn	unique			See Language page
cloud	nube	nuvem	environment	yõpawan	yõpawan	unique			See Language page
cold	frío	frio	quality	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
come	venir	vir	motion	[-yuk]	juk	unique			See Language page
cook	cocinar	cozinhar	impact	[-kak]	kak	unique			See Language page
correct/true	verdad, de veras	verdade	quality	oi-bɨ-tep	oi-bɨ-tep	unique			See Language page
count	contar	contar	mental	[-kak] (same as "cook"; has high tone)	kak	unique			See Language page
cry	llorar	chorar	mental	[-kik]	kik	unique			See Language page
cut/hack	cortar	cortar	impact	[-pan] (general term); [-ei] (~ down)	pan; ei	unique			See Language page
day	día	dia	time	wə-yu	wə-ju	unique			See Language page
die/be dead	morir	morrer	state	-ɨi	-ɨi	unique			See Language page
dig	cavar	cavar	impact	[-wat]	wat	unique			See Language page
dingo/wolf			fauna						See Language page
dirty	sucio	sujo	quality	[-'ha-pi + bak]	ha-pi + bak	unique			See Language page
dream	soñar	sonhar	mental	[-yək-ɨi dik]	jək-ɨi dik	unique			See Language page
drink	beber, tomar	beber	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
dry	seco	seco	quality	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
dull/blunt	sin filo, mocho, desafilado, embotado, romo	maçante, desamolado, não afiado	quality	[-de + ɨi]	de + ɨi				See Language page
dust	polvo	poeira	environment	də-pɨp (also "ash")	də-pɨp				See Language page
ear	oreja	orelha	body	-but; -butuk	-but; -butuk	unique			See Language page
earth/soil	tierra	terra	environment	niti u	niti u	unique			See Language page
eat	comer	comer	body	-ye + wãi; -wõk	je + wãi; -wõk	unique			See Language page
egg	huevo	ovo	fauna	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
eye	ojo	olho	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
faeces	heces, mierda, excremento, estiércol	fezes	body	[-yek] (vb., to defecate)	yek	unique			See Language page
fall	caer	cair	motion	[-dək]	dək	unique			See Language page
far	lejos	longe	quality	[-yau]	jau	unique			See Language page
fat/grease	grasa	gordura	body	-ye; -i + yek	je; -i + jek	unknown	possible cognate or loan Kakua-Nukak		See Language page
father	padre, papá	pai	kinship	i	i	unique			See Language page
fear	miedo	medo	mental	mo-õm-yu	mo-õm-ju	unique			See Language page
feather	pluma	pena	fauna	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
fingernail	uña	unha	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
fire	fuego	fogo	environment	də	də	unique			See Language page
flow	fluir	fluir	motion	[-tau]	tau	unique			See Language page
flower	flor	flor	environment	suksu	suksu	unique	cf. Pume		See Language page
fly	volar	voar	motion	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
fog	niebla, neblina	nevoeira, bruma, neblina	environment	ebu-ai	ebu-ai				See Language page
foot	pie	pé	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
fruit	fruta	fruta	flora	[-kam]	kam	doubtful loan, direction unknown	Maku ku:mu		See Language page
good	bueno	bom	quality	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
green	verde	verde	quality	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
grow	crecer	crescer	state	[-min]	min	unique			See Language page
hair (of head)	cabello	cabelo	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
hand	mano	mão	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	doubtful loan	Hup		See Language page
head	cabeza	cabeça	body	#NAME?	hujak	unique			See Language page
hear	oír	ouvir	mental	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
heart	corazón	coração	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
heavy	pesado	pesado	quality	[-mə̃m]	mə̃m	unique			See Language page
hide	esconder	esconder	motion	hãn	hãn	unique			See Language page
hit	golpear, pegar	bater	impact	[-pãi]	pãi	unique			See Language page
hold	correr, asegurar, sostener	segurar	other	[-wau]	wau	unique			See Language page
hot	caliente	quente	quality	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
how?	como	como	grammar	bə-he	bə-he	unique			See Language page
if	si	se	grammar	[-u] (used as a suffix w/ verbs)	u				See Language page
in/inside	dentro, adentro	dentro	location	[-te]	te	unique			See Language page
intestines	intestinos	intestinos	body	[-win-yo-ot]	win-jo-ot	unique			See Language page
itch	hormiguear, sentir comezón	coçar	body	[-'ha-koi-yu]	ha-koi-ju				See Language page
kill	matar	matar	impact	-ɨi-ək	-ɨi-ək	unique			See Language page
know/be knowledgeable	saber, conecer	saber, conhecer	mental	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
lake	lago	lago	environment	wək suwai	wək suwai	unique			See Language page
laugh	reír	rir	mental	[-yoi]	joi	unique			See Language page
leaf	hoja	folha	environment	-wan; soyõn	wan; sojõn	unique			See Language page
left/left hand	izquierdo	esquerdo	location/body	[-sã]	sã	unique			See Language page
leg/foot	pierna	perna	body	[-pep]	pep	unique			See Language page
lie down	acostarse, echarse	deitar	motion	[-yek-sok]	jek-sok	unique			See Language page
lightning	rayo, relámpago	relampago	environment	wadi-yu	wadi-ju	unique			See Language page
live/be alive	vivir	viver, morar	body	[-huk]	huk	unique			See Language page
liver	hígado	figado	body	-nam-'ot	namʔot	unique			See Language page
long	largo	comprido, longo	quality	[-pat]	pat	unique			See Language page
louse	piollo, piojo	piolho	fauna	tɨ	tɨ	unique		order Phtiraptera	See Language page
lung	pulmón	pulmão	body	[-sabak-ot] (pl.)	sabak-ot	unique			See Language page
man/male	hombre	homem	human	bon	bon	unique			See Language page
meat/flesh	carne	carne	fauna	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
moon	luna	lua	environment	həbət	həbət	unique			See Language page
mother	madre, mamá	mãe	kinship	in	in	loan, direction unknown	Nadahup, Kakua-Nukak		See Language page
mountain/hill	montaña, colina, loma, cerro	morro, serra	environment	wen	wen	unique			See Language page
mouth	boca	boca	body	-ye; -ko-de	je; -ko-de	unique			See Language page
name	nombre	nome	human	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
nape	base del cuello, nuca	nuca	body	[-yə-tat]	jə-tat				See Language page
near/close	cerca de	perto	quality	[-nak]	nak	unique			See Language page
neck	cuello	pescoço	body	[-yə]	jə	unique			See Language page
new	nuevo	novo	quality	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
night	noche	noite	time	sai	sai	unique			See Language page
no/not	no	não	grammar	bəi-dut (nothing)	bəi-dut	unique			See Language page
nose	nariz	nariz	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
old	viejo	velho	quality	kepa; bən-win	kepa; bən-win	unique			See Language page
one	uno	um	number	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
open/uncover	abrir	abrir	other	[-hui + yik]	hui + yik	unique			See Language page
other	otro	outro	grammar			missing			See Language page
pain/painful/sick	dolor, doloroso, enfermo	dor, doloroso, doente	body	[-ep]	ep	unique			See Language page
person/human being	persona	pessoa	human	epin	epin	unique			See Language page
pound/beat	machacar, golpear	bater	impact	[-pou] (strike); [-tãu] (~ with fist	pou; tãu				See Language page
rain	lluvia	chuva	environment	wau	wau	unique			See Language page
red	rojo	vermelho	colour	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
right/right hand	derecha	direita	location/body	[-wide]	wide	unique			See Language page
road/path	camino	caminho	manufacture	dɨk; -hɨi-dɨ	dɨk; -hɨi-dɨ	unique			See Language page
root	raíz	raiz	flora	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
rotten	podrido	podre	quality	[-kai] (high tone)	kai	unique			See Language page
sand	arena	areia	environment	mãi	mãi	unique			See Language page
say	decir	dizer	mental			missing			See Language page
scratch	rascar	rasgar	impact	[-het] (scrape)	het	unique			See Language page
see	ver	ver	mental	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
sharp	afilado, filudo, filoso	afiado	quality	[-de + yak]	de + jak	unique			See Language page
shoot	tirar, disparar, balear	atirar	impact	[-pãi-ək]	pãi-ək	unique			See Language page
short	corto	curto	quality	[-pom]	pom	unique			See Language page
shoulder	hombro	ombro	body	[-pèm]	pèm	unique			See Language page
shy/ashamed	tímido, vergonzoso	timido, com vergonha	mental	-u + yik (n.)	-u + yik (n.)	unique			See Language page
sit	sentar(se)	sentar	state	[-tek]	tek	unique			See Language page
skin	piel	pele	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
sky	cielo	céu	environment	sənə	sənə	unique			See Language page
sleep	dormir	dormir	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
small	pequeño	pequeno	quality	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
smoke	humo	fumaça	environment	ai; də-ai	ai; də-ai	unique			See Language page
sniff/smell	olfatear, oler	cheirar	body	[-'ha-si + hik]	ha-si + hik	unique		primarily transitive	See Language page
spit	escupir	cuspir	body	[-ko-pok-sɨ-tuk]	ko-pok-sɨ-tuk	unique			See Language page
split	partir, dividir	rachar, dividir, partir	impact	[-yau-nok] (int.); [-yau-dei] (tr.)	jau-nok; -jau-dei	unique			See Language page
squeeze	estrujar, exprimir	espremer	impact	[-piu]	piu	unique			See Language page
stab/pierce	apuñalar, acuchillar	apunhalar	impact	[-ok]	ok	unique			See Language page
stand	estar de pié	ficar em pé	state	[-sok]	sok	unique			See Language page
star	estrella	estrela	environment	kət	kət	unique			See Language page
steal	robar	roubar	other	[-sek]	sek	doubtful loan	Nadahup		See Language page
stick/wood	palo	pau, vara	flora	[-pun]	pun	unique			See Language page
stone	piedra	pedra	environment	ha	ha	unique			See Language page
suck	chupar	chupar	body	[-sɨk]	sɨk	unique			See Language page
sun	sol	sol	time	yãmat	jãmat	unique			See Language page
sweat	sudar	suor, suar	body			missing			See Language page
swell	hincharse	inchar	body	[-tɨ-yu]	tɨ-ju	unique			See Language page
swim	nadar	nadar	motion	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
tail	cola, rabo	rabo	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
that	ese/esa	esse	grammar	jede	iete	unique			See Language page
thick	grueso, gordo, espeso	grosso	quality	[-dɨn]	dɨn	unique			See Language page
thin	delgado	fino	quality	[-sə̃m]	sə̃m	unique			See Language page
think	pensar	pensar	mental	[-bik + sãk] (be of the opinion of); [-i + sãk] (reflect)	bik + sãk; i + sãk	unique			See Language page
this	este/esta	este	grammar	náa		unique			See Language page
three	tres	tres	number	pəi	pəi	unique			See Language page
throat	garganta	garganta	body	[-yə-duk]	jə-duk	unique			See Language page
throw	tirar, lanzar	atirar, jogar	impact	[-nam]	nam	unique			See Language page
thunder	truenos	trovão	environment	kudu-kudu i-mo-yu	kudu-kudu i-mo-ju	unique			See Language page
tie up/fasten	atar, amarrar	amarrar	impact	-hip	-hip	unique			See Language page
tongue	lengua	lingua	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
tooth	diente	dente	body	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
turn	girar, volter, torcer	virar	other	[-he-wuk] (~ around)	he-wuk	unique		may be transitive or intransitive	See Language page
two	dos	dois	number	kau	kau	unique			See Language page
vomit	vomitar	vomitar	body	[-pak]	pak	unique			See Language page
walk	caminar, andar	andar	motion	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
water	agua	agua	environment	ɨt	ɨt	unique			See Language page
wet	mojado	molhado	quality	-tɨu	-tɨu	unique			See Language page
what?	que, qué	que	grammar	bə-i-dik	bə-i-dik	unique			See Language page
when?	cuando	quando	grammar	bəi-dik bat	bəi-dik bat	unique			See Language page
where?	donde	onde	grammar	bən	bən	unique			See Language page
white	blanco	branco	colour	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page
who?	quien, quién	quem	grammar	bəə	bəə	unique			See Language page
wife	esposa	esposa	kinship	u	u	unique			See Language page
wind	viento	vento	environment	hi̡m	hi̡m	unique			See Language page
wing	ala	asa	body	[-hõ]	hõ	unique			See Language page
woman/female	mujer	mulher	human	den	den	unique			See Language page
work	trabajar	trabalhar	other	[-bep]	bep	doubtful loan, direction unknown	Pumé		See Language page
yawn	bostezar	bocejar	body	[-sai-bik-hak]	sai-bik-hak	unique			See Language page
yellow	amarillo	amarelo	colour	#NAME?	#NAME?	unique			See Language page


1pl.excl
1pl.incl
1sg
2pl
2sg
3pl
3sg
above
again
all
and
ankle
armpit
ash
at
back
bad
bark
belly
below
big
bite
black
blood
blow
boil/pimple
bone
breast
breathe
burn
chew
child
climb
cloud
cold
come
cook
correct/true
count
cry
cut/hack
day
die/be dead
dig
dingo/wolf
dirty
dream
drink
dry
dull/blunt
dust
ear
earth/soil
eat
egg
eye
faeces
fall
far
fat/grease
father
fear
feather
fingernail
fire
flow
flower
fly
fog
foot
fruit
good
green
grow
hair (of head)
hand
head
hear
heart
heavy
hide
hit
hold
hot
how?
if
in/inside
intestines
itch
kill
know/be knowledgeable
lake
laugh
leaf
left/left hand
leg/foot
lie down
lightning
live/be alive
liver
long
louse
lung
man/male
meat/flesh
moon
mother
mountain/hill
mouth
name
nape
near/close
neck
new
night
no/not
nose
old
one
open/uncover
other
pain/painful/sick
person/human being
pound/beat
rain
red
right/right hand
road/path
root
rotten
sand
say
scratch
see
sharp
shoot
short
shoulder
shy/ashamed
sit
skin
sky
sleep
small
smoke
sniff/smell
spit
split
squeeze
stab/pierce
stand
star
steal
stick/wood
stone
suck
sun
sweat
swell
swim
tail
that
thick
thin
think
this
three
throat
throw
thunder
tie up/fasten
tongue
tooth
turn
two
vomit
walk
water
wet
what?
when?
where?
white
who?
wife
wind
wing
woman/female
work
yawn
yellow

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Flora Fauna Vocabulary (133)

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English	Spanish	Portuguese	Semantic Field	Linnean Name	Orthographic Form	Phonemicized Form	Gloss as in Source	Etymology Code	Loan Source	Source	Distribution	General Notes
achiote, anatto	achiote	urucum	flora-fauna	Bixa orellana	suamka	swamka		doubtful loan	unusual form	See Language page	secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	shrub
agouti (black agouti, black-rumped agouti)	Guatusa Negra, Añuje, Agutí (black-rumped), picure, jochi colorado	cutia	flora-fauna	Dasyprocta spp.	bo´; bop (R95)	poʔ		unique		See Language page
alligator, black caiman	babilla; cachirre	jacaré	flora-fauna	Melanosuchus niger, Caiman schlerops; Paleosuchus sp.	hamna; wou	hamna; wou		doubtful loan/inheritance?	loan/inheritance Kakua-Nukak	See Language page	Throughout Amazonia	Port term reportedly borrowed from Tupi
Amazon dolphin	bufeo, delfín, tonina (del Orinoco)	boto cor-de-rosa	flora-fauna	Inia geoffrensis	moya	moja		loan	Arawak: Piapoco/Achagua múja	See Language page	Downstream of major rapids and waterfalls
Amazon tree-grape	uva de monte, uvilla (Peru), puruma, caime, caimarona (and variants; Col.)	cucura	flora-fauna	Pourouma cecropiifolia				missing		See Language page	grows wild in Western Amazon basin; cultivated in Colombia since pre-Colombian times	a tree; not a true grape
anaconda	anaconda, boa, boa acuática grande	sucuri	flora-fauna	genus Eunectes		pĩn (H&R)				See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
angleworm	lombriz	minhoca	flora-fauna	order Opisthopora	sõm	sõm		unique		See Language page
ant (generic)	hormiga	formiga	flora-fauna	Formicidae	generic ant: hui	generic ant: hui				See Language page
anteater	oso hormiguero; tapia pelejo or pelejo chico for Cyclopes didactylus	tamanduá	flora-fauna	Myrmecophaga tridactyla (giant anteater); Cyclopes didactylus (silky anteater)		jãn (H&R)		unique		See Language page	Widespread Amazonian lowlands
armadillo	armadillo, carachupa (Peru), yangunturi (Peru for Giant armadillo)	tatu	flora-fauna	family Dasypodidae; e.g. Priodontes maximus (Giant armadillo), Dasypus novemcinctus, Dasypus kappleri	tuʔ; yuu (R95)	tuʔ		unique	cf. TG tatu, Kakua ju	See Language page	Widespread in Amazonia
arrow cane, wildcane	caña flecha, caña brava, caña isana	cana para flechas, frecheira, Cana-do-rio	flora-fauna	Gynerium sagittatum						See Language page	tropical regions, especially river banks	plant
avocado	palta, aguacate	abacate	flora-fauna	Persea americana	ioikam	ɟoikam				See Language page	secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	tree
açai palm	huasí (Peru), asahi, manaca (Ven), asaí, palmiche (Colombia)	açaí	flora-fauna	Euterpe sp.				missing		See Language page	floodplains, swamp; esp. northern Amazonia
banana, plantain	banano, banana, cambur, bellaco, variedad de plátano	banana	flora-fauna	Musa sp.	tree: tə	tree: tə, tə pat (H&R)		unknown		See Language page		Names for banana/plantain may be derived from bastard plantain by semantic shift.
bat	murciélago	morcego	flora-fauna	Chiroptera spp.	tin	tin		unique	cf. Aymara tʃiɲi	See Language page
beans	frijoles, frejol, caraotas (negras, rojas, blancas)	feijão	flora-fauna	Phaseolus spp.	kumana	kumana		loan - WW	%kumana	See Language page		plant
bird	pajaro, ave	passaro	flora-fauna		wip	wip		unique		See Language page
bitterwood	tortuga caspi, pretina (Peru for tree and tumpline); carahuasca (Peru)	envira	flora-fauna	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala						See Language page	secondary forests, native to Brazil	tree
black palm	bacaba, mapora, pusui, patabá	bacaba	flora-fauna	Oenocarpus bacaba						See Language page	Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
blowfly/housefly	mosca	mosca	flora-fauna	Diptera	tõn	tõn		unique		See Language page
boa	boa; mantona (red-tailed boa); boa de altura	jiboia	flora-fauna	family Boidae, subf. Boinae				missing		See Language page
bottle-gourd (vine) or calabash (tree)	calabazo, calabaza; auyama (Dominican Republic and Venezuela), ayote (parts of Central America), zapallo (parts of South America), tutumo/totumo/totuma (Cresc tree), huingo (Peru for Crescentia cujete), tapara	cabaça	flora-fauna	Crescentia cujete (round variety - tree); (Cucurbita) Lagenaria siceraria (bottle variety - vine)	kõmya	kõmja; pǝk ju ('gourd', H&R)				See Language page	indigenous gardens	plant; tree
brazil nut	castaña	castanha do para (B. excelsa); castanha de cutia (C. edulis)	flora-fauna	Bertholletia excelsa [cf. Couepia edulis 'castanha do cutia']						See Language page	1) Couepia: restricted area within Brazil, Rio Purus basin and middle Solimões. 2) Bertholletia: elev: consistently about 200m; mature forests. Widely distributed from Peru, E. Colombia, Brazil to Nicaragua.	tree
brown woolly monkey	Mono Lanudo Común, Choro, Churucu, mono choro (Peru), mono lanudo cafe, barrigudo de Humboldt	macaco barrigudo	flora-fauna	Lagothrix lagothricha	soikak; kap (R95)	soikak; kap (R95)		unique; loan - WW	%kaparu; North Arawak	See Language page
bullet ant, lesser giant hunter ant	conga, hormiga yanabe (Colombia), isula (Peru), Hormiga Veinticuatro	tocandira	flora-fauna	Paraponera clavata				missing		See Language page
butterfly, moth	mariposa	borboleta	flora-fauna	order Lepidoptera	habi	habi		unique		See Language page
capybara	Capibara, Carpincho, Ronsoco	capivara	flora-fauna	Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris	itoé, utdé, yi-dé (R95)	ɨt de (H&R)		unique		See Language page
cará tuber, purple or white	camote, sachapapa	cará roxo, branco	flora-fauna	Dioscorea sp.				missing		See Language page	secondary scrub vegetation; forest clearings	plant
cashew	anarcado, castaña de cajú, nuez de la India, marañon, cajú, merey (Venezuela)	caju	flora-fauna	Anacardium occidentale / giganteum				missing		See Language page	secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	tree; most sources will not distinguish between occidentale and other varieties
centipede	ciempiés	centopéia	flora-fauna	class Chilopoda						See Language page
cicada	cigarra, chicharra	cigarra	flora-fauna	super fam. Cicadoidea				missing		See Language page
cipó vine	tamishi, bejuco, yare	cipó	flora-fauna	Heteropsis spp.						See Language page	secondary forest, floodplain	vine
coca	coca	coca	flora-fauna	Erythroxylum coca	hipa (Giron: loan ipatu Arawak)			loan - WW	%patu	See Language page	secondary scrub vegetation. lower alt. of eastern Andes	plant
cockroach	cucaracha	barata-do-mato	flora-fauna	order Blattaria	yutadak	jutadak		unique		See Language page
collared peccary	sajino, pecarí de collar, jabalf, Javelina, Saíno, Pecarí de Collar	caititu, caetitu	flora-fauna	Pecari tajacu, Tayassu tajacu	tsom (R95)	de pi (H&R)		unique		See Language page
cotamundi, coatimundi	Coatí, Tejón, Achuni, zorro guache	quati	flora-fauna	genus Nasua	shi (R95)			doubtful loan	TG/Carib kwaʃi	See Language page
cotton	algodón	algodão	flora-fauna	Gossypium (barbadense: long fibers; hirsutum: short fibers)	sauãn	sawan (H&R)		loan	Arawak: Piapoco sáawali	See Language page	secondary scrub vegetation	plant; some sources may confound with kapok Ceiba pentandra (esp. if a single gloss for 'cotton' is given')
crab	cangrejo	caranguejo	flora-fauna	infraorder Brachyura				missing		See Language page
cricket	saltón, grillo	grilo	flora-fauna	family Gryllidae	hiu	hiu		unknown	cf. Achagua hiidu	See Language page
curassow	mitu, montete (Peru), paujil/panjuil (Peru), paujil de Salvin (Peru for Mitu salvini)	mutum	flora-fauna	Crax sp., Nothocrax sp.	tƜ	hompi (H&R)		unique		See Language page	Amazonia
deer	venado	veado, cariacu	flora-fauna	family Cervidae, esp. Odocoileus virginianus	som	som		unique		See Language page
dog (camp, domestic)	perro	cachorro	flora-fauna	Canis famililaris	yot	jot		semantic shift	from jaguar (markedness shift?)	See Language page	Not native; widespread
dog (wild; bush dog)	sachaperro, Perro de Monte, Zorro Vinagre, Guanfando; Zorro Ojizarco, Zorro Negro, Perro de Orejas Corta	cachorro-do-mato	flora-fauna	Speothos venaticus; Atelocynus microtis	iot pik (iot=perro; pik=black); shúku (R95)	iot pík				See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
dove	paloma	pomba	flora-fauna	family Columbidae	iti	iti		unique		See Language page
duck	pato	pato, marreco	flora-fauna	Anatidae family	patu	patu		loan	Spanish	See Language page
edible palm-dwelling larva (palm weevil)	suri, mojojoy	larva, broca-do-coqueiro, aramandaiá	flora-fauna	Rhynchophorus sp.				missing		See Language page
electric eel	anguila eléctrica	poraquê	flora-fauna	Electrophorus electricus				missing		See Language page
firefly, lightning bug	lampírido, luciérnaga (Peru), añañahui (Peru), cocuyo (attributed Taino origin)	vagalume	flora-fauna	fam: Elateridae, Fengodidae, Lampyridae	kŭi	kŭi		loan - WW	%kukuj	See Language page
fish (generic)	pez	peixe	flora-fauna		yəi	jəi		unique		See Language page
fish poison, barbasco	barbasco, matapez (Colombia)	timbó	flora-fauna	Lonchocarpus spp.				missing		See Language page	secondary forests and secondary srcrub vegetation	shrub/tree
flea	pulga	pulga	flora-fauna	order Siphonaptera	dɨk	dɨk		unique		See Language page
genipap	jagua, majagua - Colombia, caruto, xagua - Venezuela, bigrande - Bolivia, huito, yaguayagua - Peru, ygualti - Nicaragua, maluco - Mexico	genipapo, jenipapo	flora-fauna	Genipapa americana				missing		See Language page	widespread lowland SA	shrub
giant otter	Lobo Grande de Río, nutria gigante, lutria	ariranha	flora-fauna	Pteronura brasiliensis	yéu, yeó (R95)					See Language page
grass	hierba, pasto	capim, grama	flora-fauna	(generic)	ye	je, bib (H&R)		unique		See Language page
gray-winged trumpeter	Grulla, Trompetero Ala Gris	jacamim	flora-fauna	Psophia crepitans				missing		See Language page	Northern Amazonia (N of Solimões), not in northern Colombia; Dark-winged trumpeter is found south of Solimões
great egret	Garza Blanca, Guyratî	Garça-Branca-Grande	flora-fauna	Ardea alba				missing		See Language page	Widespread South America
green acouchi	Guatín, Punchana, curi, picurito rabudo, picurito rabilargo	cutiara	flora-fauna	Myoprocta pratti	nái (R95)					See Language page
guan	pava, pucacunga (Peru), pava de Spix (Peru)	jacu	flora-fauna	Penelope sp.				missing		See Language page	Different types have different localized ranges
hallucinogenic snuff	vilca, cebil, yopo	paricá, yopo	flora-fauna	Anadenanthera sp. or virola						See Language page
hallucinogenic vine, banisterium, ayahuasca	ayahuasca, yage	ayahuasca, caapi	flora-fauna	Banisteriopsis caapi				missing		See Language page	semi-domesticated, native to Amazonian basin, esp. NW	vine
hawk	halcón, gavilán	gavião	flora-fauna	family Accipitridae	hu	hu		unique	cf. Kakua haw	See Language page
honeybee	abeja	abelha	flora-fauna	Apis mellifera; Tetragonisca angustula; Trigona amazonensis	am	am, dəm (H&R)		unique		See Language page
horse	caballo	cavalho	flora-fauna	Equus caballus	[kawayu]	[kawayu]				See Language page
hot pepper	ají, pimentón/pimiento rojo, pucunucho (Peru), charapilla (Peru)	pimenta	flora-fauna	Capsicum sp., principally chinensis and frutescens	kok	kok		unique		See Language page	secondary scrub vegetation, indigenous garden	plant
howler monkey (red-handed)	mono aullador, mono coto (Peru)	guariba	flora-fauna	Alouatta belzebul [or other Alouatta sp.]	caa, tzoigar (R95)			unique		See Language page
hummingbird	colibrí, picaflor (Peru)	beija-flor	flora-fauna	family Trochilidae	pƜi	puj (H&G)		unique		See Language page	Widespread
iguana	iguana, garipiares (Colombia)	camaleão	flora-fauna	Iguana sp.	namãnã	damana (H&R)		loan - WW	%tʃamana, from Arawak	See Language page		iguana' is reportedly from Arawak iwana
inga	guaba, guamo, guama, shimbillo (Peru)	inga	flora-fauna	Inga spp.				missing		See Language page	Secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens. North and South America (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Suriname, Colombia)
insect (generic)	insecto	insecto	flora-fauna	generic						See Language page
jaguar	yaguar, yaguareté, jaguar, otorongo (Peru), tigre (Peru)	onca	flora-fauna	Panthera onca	iotnan; yana, yót dan (R95)	jot dãn (H&R)		unique		See Language page
japurá	oreja de murcielago	japurá	flora-fauna	Erisma japura						See Language page		large tree
kapok	ceiba, huimba, lupuna (Peru for Ceiba sp.)	sumaumeira	flora-fauna	Ceiba pentandra						See Language page	northern South America and central America; common in disturbed areas	tree
kingfisher	martín pescador, catalan (Peru)	martim-pescador	flora-fauna	family Alcedinidae	ian	ian		unique		See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
leaf-cutter ant	Colombia: zampopo, hormiga arriera; Venezuela: bachaco; Peru: curuhuinse	saúva	flora-fauna	Atta sp.				missing		See Language page
macaw	ara, guacamaya	Arara	flora-fauna	family Psittacidae; Ara sp.				missing		See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
maize, corn	mazorca, maiz	milho	flora-fauna	Zea mays	kãn	kãn		loan	North Arawak	See Language page	widespread, esp. in river floodplains	plant
manatee	vaca marina, manatí	peixe-boi	flora-fauna	Trichechus sp.						See Language page
mandi catfish	maparate (used in Peru for some types of catfish, including Auchenipterus sp.), cunchi (used in Peru for some types of catfish), bagre (catfish)	mandi	flora-fauna	Auchenipterus sp.						See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
manioc (bitter or generic)	yuca brava	mandioca	flora-fauna	Manihot esculenta	generic manioc: tim; wõk-də	generic manioc: tim; wõk-də		unique		See Language page	not generally cultivated in western (subAndean) Amazon. Arroyo-Kalin (2010) argues for a correlation with distribution of dark earths, mostly formed after 1AD, and the modeled-incised pottery tradition.	Provides more starch and is more pest-resistant than the sweet variety, but requires much processing. Arroyo-Kalin (2010) proposes that bitter type was developed from sweet through post-ceremic agricultural intensification (motivated by high starch yield
manioc (sweet)	yuca, caribe	macaxeira	flora-fauna	Manihot esculenta	uõk-nɤʔ	uõgnɤʔ		unknown	cf. TG	See Language page	Primary staple in western/subAndean Amazonia, less important elsewhere	No processing required, but lower starch yield and pest resistance than bitter variety
miriti palm	moriche (Col, Ven), aguaje (Col, Peru), achual, miriti	buriti	flora-fauna	Mauritia flexuosa	tui	tui		loan	North Arawak, e.g. Yavitero téwi	See Language page	Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela; in and near swamps	trunks contain sago-like starch
mosquito	mosquito, zancudo	mosquito, carapana	flora-fauna	Anopheles sp.	yum	jum		unique		See Language page
moth	mariposa nocturna, polilla	mariposa	flora-fauna	order Lepidoptera						See Language page
mouse, rat	ratón	camundongo, rata	flora-fauna	Mus musculus	mat	mat tɨj (H&R)		unique		See Language page
mushroom	champiñón, hongo	cogumelo	flora-fauna	(any edible generic)				missing		See Language page		prioritize generic term that includes any edible species
neotropical otter (small)	Nutria, Lobo de Agua, lobito de rio, perro de agua (Colombia)	lontra	flora-fauna	Lontra longicaudis	yeu	ieu		loan	Arawak jé:wi	See Language page
opossum	zarigüeya, rabipelado, zorro, zorrillo	mucura	flora-fauna	family Didelphidae	wan-si-han	wan-si-han		unique		See Language page
owl (large)	búho, lechuza	corujão	flora-fauna	order Strigiformes	wu	wu		unique		See Language page	Widespread
paca (lowland)	Guanta, Paca, Majaz, majás (Peru), labba (Guyana)	paca	flora-fauna	Cuniculus paca (Agouti paca is sometimes used as well although cuniculus is the correct term.)	deet (R95)			unique		See Language page
pacu fish	palometa, garopita, garopa, curhuara (Peru)	pacu	flora-fauna	Mylossoma sp.						See Language page
palm for roof thatch	pui, irapay, hoja de irapay, caraná	caraná	flora-fauna	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana						See Language page	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	palm
parrot	loro real, loro (Sp. form is a loan from Carib)	papagaio	flora-fauna	Amazona amazonica	səm	səm		unique		See Language page	Widespread
paxiuba palm	pona, huacrapona, cashapona, macanilla, pachiuba	paxiuba	flora-fauna	Iriartea exorrhiza OR Iriartea deltoidea				missing		See Language page	Widespread Amazonia	palm
peach palm, pejibaye palm	chontaduro (Col, Ecuador); pipire (Col); pijuayo (Peru), pijiguao (Ven); tembe (Bol)	pupunha	flora-fauna	Bactris gasipaes	mõ̂n	mõ̂n	chontaduro			Girón 2008: 54
peanut	maní (may be loan from Taino Arawak), cacahuete	amendoim	flora-fauna	Arachis hypogaea						See Language page		plant
pineapple	piña	abacaxi	flora-fauna	Ananas comosus	ioi	ioi		doubtful loan	Nadahup joj	See Language page		plant
pirana	piraña, caribe	piranha	flora-fauna	subfamily Serrasalmidae		sarapata, i (H&R)		loan	maybe Arawak; cf. Paumari sinapati	See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
porcupine	puerco espín, erizo (Peru), casha cushillo (Peru)	cuandu, porco-espinho	flora-fauna	family Erethizontidae				missing		See Language page
potato	papa	batata	flora-fauna	Solanum tuberosum	iám	iám				See Language page	secondary scrub vegetation	compare entries for sweet potato
potato, sweet potato	camote, batata dulce, batata, cumara	batata-doce	flora-fauna	Ipomoea batatas	iám	iám		doubtful loan	E. Tukanoan jãbõ [ŋamo] 'taioba'	See Language page		plant
praying mantis, stick insects	mantis religiosa	louva-a-deus	flora-fauna	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	nõieʔ	nõieʔ				See Language page
rubber tree (sorva)	caucho, siringa, shiringa	seringa, borracha	flora-fauna	Hevea sp.						See Language page	Widespread Amazonia	tree
scorpion	escorpión; alacran	escorpião	flora-fauna	order Scorpiones	sək (=snail)	sək (=snail)		unique		See Language page
seje palm	ungurahui (Peru), palma de seje, milpesos, patabá	patoá, patuá	flora-fauna	Jessenia bataua, aka Oenocarpus bataua				missing		See Language page	mostly north of Equator; common in Amazonia	may be confused with O. bacaba - compare entries
sloth	pereza, pelejo (Peru), perezoso (Peru)	macaco preguica	flora-fauna	Choloepus sp., Bradypus sp.	iãn	ɲãn				See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
small lizard	lagartija	calango	flora-fauna	order Squamata	generic lizard: wisan	generic lizard: wisan		unique		See Language page
snail	caracol, churo (Peru)	caracol	flora-fauna	class Gastropoda	sək (=scorpion)	sək (=scorpion)		unique		See Language page
snake (generic)	culebra, serpiente	cobra	flora-fauna		generic snake: sə̃p	generic snake: sə̃p		unique		See Language page
snake (poisonous generic) or rattlesnake	víbora (Peru), jergón (Peru), yarara	jararaca	flora-fauna	Bothrops jararaca/atrox	generic snake: sə̃p	generic snake: sə̃p				See Language page	Widespread South America
speckled catfish	surubí, pintadillo	surubim, sorubim	flora-fauna	Pseudoplatystoma sp.						See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
spider	araña	aranha	flora-fauna	Arachnidae, Araneae	yun; watduk	jun; watduk		unique		See Language page
squash	calabaza, calabacines, auyamas, zapallos, huingo (Peru)	abóbora	flora-fauna	Cucurbita sp.	uyamá (Sp. loan)	ujamá		loan	Spanish (origin Carib)	See Language page		plant
squirrel	ardilla, danta (Ven)	serelepe, quatipuru, esquilo	flora-fauna	family Sciuridae	tzscho, bicu (R95)			unique		See Language page
stingray (generic)	rayas látigo, raya	arraia	flora-fauna	Potamotrygon sp.	iwin	iwin		doubtful loan	Panoan *iwi	See Language page
tannia, yautia	huitina (Peru), ñame	taioba branca	flora-fauna	Xanthosoma spp.	generic yam: yãmi	generic yam: jãmi				See Language page
tapir	sachavaca, danta	anta	flora-fauna	Tapirus terrestris	iap	jap (H&R)		unique		See Language page
termites, white-ants	comején (Peru), termitas	cupim	flora-fauna	order Isoptera	ton	jɨ:m (H&R)		unique		See Language page
tick	garrapata	carrapato	flora-fauna	superfam Ixodoidea				missing		See Language page
tigerfish	taraira, guabina, huasaco (Peru)	traíra	flora-fauna	Hoplias sp.						See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
tinamou	tinamu, perdiz, gallineta	inambu, inhambu	flora-fauna	family Tinamidae				missing		See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
toad	sapo	sapo	flora-fauna	order Anura	frog: kim	frog: kim				See Language page
tobacco	tabaco	tabaco	flora-fauna	Nicotiana tabacum	həp-yõn	həp-jõn		doubtful loan	Kakua-Nukak hu/ʉp	See Language page		plant
tortoise (red foot, yellow foot/giant)	tortuga, morrocoy, motelo	jabutí, tartaruga	flora-fauna	Yellow-footed: Geochelone denticulata; Red-footed: Geochelone carbonaria	turtle: yuk	turtle: juk		unknown	cf. Nukak ɲãkoʔ4	See Language page	Widespread
toucan	tucán, pinsha (Peru)	tucano	flora-fauna	Ramphastos sp.		wãn (H&R)		unique		See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
tree	árbol	arvore	flora-fauna		pun	pun		unique		See Language page
tufted capuchin monkey	mono negro (Peru), Machín Negro, Maicero Cachón, mono maicero	macaco prego	flora-fauna	Cebus apella	generic monkey: bu	generic monkey: bu		missing		See Language page
ucuqui	yugo, caimitillo del monte (Peru)	ucuqui	flora-fauna	Pouteria ucuqui						See Language page	native to NW Amazonia, found primarily in Vaupes and Caqueta regions	other species of Pouteria exist and have much-used edible fruit; these can be subsituted where relevant
vulture	buitre, gallinazo, rinahui (Peru)	urubu	flora-fauna	family Cathartidae	winik	winik		unique		See Language page	Widespread South America
wasp	avispa; specific type: ronzapa/ronsapa	caba	flora-fauna	order Hymenoptera, sub: Apocrita	dəm	dəm		unique		See Language page
white-fronted capuchin	Machín Blanco, mono blanco, Maicero Cariblanco, mono blanco (Peru)	Caiarara	flora-fauna	Cebus albifrons	suʔ	suʔ		unique		See Language page
white-fronted spider monkey	Machin Blanco, Mono Araña de Vientre Amarillo, maquisapa (Peru), braceadora (Colombia)	macaco aranha, coatá, quatá	flora-fauna	Ateles belzebuth/paniscus	uatnuk; chaira (R95)	uatnuk		unique		See Language page
white-lipped peccary	Chancho de Monte, Cariblanco, Huangana	queixada	flora-fauna	Tayassu pecari	de, múa, deepi (R95)	de hut (H&R)		unique		See Language page
woodpecker	pájaro carpintero, carpintero	pica-pau	flora-fauna	family Picidae	iãp	ɲãp		unique		See Language page	Widespread Amazonia

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English	Spanish	Portuguese	Semantic Field	Orthographic Form	Phonemicized Form	Etymology Code	Loan Source	General Notes	Source
afterworld, land of dead, Heaven	tierra do los muertos	terra dos mortos	culture-mythology						See Language page
arrow	flecha	flecha	subsistence tool	bop	bop	unique		hunting, warfare	See Language page
axe/stone axe	hacha (de piedra)	machado (de pedra)	subsistence tool	hɨ	hɨ	unique		especially for clearing fields	See Language page
bait for fishing	cebo, carnada para pescar, empate (Peru)	isca	subsistence tool	-hɨn	-hɨn			can refer to worms; more generic	See Language page
basin/bowl	tazón, plato hondo, taza	tijela	culture-material	tasa, suwai	tasa, suwai	loan; unknown	Spanish		See Language page
basket (general)	canasta, canasto, cesta	cesto	culture-material	generic basket: kam	generic basket: kam	loan	Arawak, e.g. Baniwa kaáme		See Language page
basket, small	canasta, canasto, cesta	cesto pequeno, tampado	culture-material	generic basket: kam	generic basket: kam				See Language page
bead	abalorio, mostacilla, cuenta, gota, puca; necklace=collar	miçanga	culture-material	yĩk-ot	yĩk-ot	unique			See Language page
bed	cama	cama	culture-material	haa mo-ou; hepe	haa mo-ou; hepe	unique			See Language page
bench, seat	banco, silla, asiento	banco	culture-material	-tek-ot	-tek-ot	unique			See Language page
blowgun	cerbatana, pucuna (Peru)	zarabatana	subsistence tool	jun	iun	unique		currently limited to certain groups (favoring h-g orientation, e.g. Nadahup) within RN region	See Language page
boomerang/throwing stick (generic)			subsistence tool						See Language page
bottle	botella	garrafa	acculturation						See Language page
bottom grinding stone			manufacture					if different word from top grinding stone	See Language page
bow	arco	arco	subsistence tool	hə́k	hə́k	unique		arco	See Language page
broom	escoba	vassoura	culture-material	kɨ-yu-ot	kɨ-yu-ot	unique			See Language page
canoe	canoa	canoa	transport	ha-pidik	ha-pidik	unique			See Language page
cat	gato	gato	acculturation	[misi]	[misi]	loan - WW	%miʃi		See Language page
chicken	gallina	galinha	acculturation	kawa	kawa	doubtful loan	Arawak, e.g. Achagua kawáamai		See Language page
chief/leader	jefe, cacique	chefe	culture-mythology	-hɨi-wãi-dɨk	-hɨi-wãi-dɨk	unique			See Language page
clothing	ropa	roupa	culture-mythology	yui-ot	yui-ot	unique			See Language page
club	garrote, cachiporra	clava, porrete	subsistence tool	pon	pon				See Language page
Curupira (spirit type)	Curupira, Madremonte	Curupira	culture-mythology					malignant forest spirit, covered with long hair, feet turned backward; in Upper Rio Negro region	See Language page
dart (blowgun)	dardo, birote (Peru), bala (Peru)	dardo, seta	subsistence tool					hunting and warfare	See Language page
deity/powerful spirit/culture figure	dios(es), deidad	divinidade, figura mítica	culture-mythology	dio	dio	loan	Spanish	In RN region, frequently translates as 'Bone-Son', 'One on the bone', etc.	See Language page
digging stick			subsistence tool	iuk	ɟuk				See Language page
dream	sueño, soñar	sonho, sonhar	culture-mythology	-yək; -yək-ɨi dik	-yək; -yək-ɨi dik				See Language page
drum	tambor	tambor	culture-mythology			missing			See Language page
drum (large signal)	tambor, manguaré, maguaré (Colombia)	tambor	culture			missing		Used to be used by Tukanoan peoples (and others?), sound carried for long distances	See Language page
fan	abanico	abanador, abano	subsistence tool	pam	pam	unknown	cf. Carib pepe- forms	esp. for fanning a cooking fire	See Language page
feather headdress	plumaje, corona de plumas	enfeite/capacete de penas	culture-mythology						See Language page
fence, palisade	cerco	cerca	other	wai	wai	unique		may be related to defense/warfare?	See Language page
fermented drink	masato, chicha	caxiri, chicha	culture	fermented drink: pai	fermented drink: pai	loan - WW	%pajaru, Giron: loan Kurripako pairrauda	prioritizes manioc beer where distinction is made	See Language page
fetish, charm	fetiche, encanto, filtro de amor, pusanga	feitiço, puçanga	culture-mythology						See Language page
fireplace	hogar	lareira	other						See Language page
firewood	leña	lenha	other	du	du	unique	cf. Nadahup		See Language page
fish (with fish-poison)	pescar con barbasco, barbasquear	pescar com timbó; tinguijar	food			missing			See Language page
fish (with line)	anzuelear, pescar con linea	pescar (com linha)	food			missing			See Language page
fishing line	cordel/cuerda p/ pescar, sedal, tanze	linha de pesca	subsistence tool	dɨt-ot	dɨt-ot				See Language page
fishtrap	trampa de peces, trampa	matapi, cacuri	subsistence tool	wabak; mĩm	wabak; mĩm				See Language page
flat bread, cassava bread	pan de yuca, casabe/cazabe	beiju	food	ʔãn	ʔãn	unknown		usually manioc; agriculture, but also can be made from certain wild seeds/fruits	See Language page
flour/meal from manioc	fariña, mañoco (Venezuela); harina	farinha	food	masuká	masuká	loan - WW	%matsuka	agriculture	See Language page
flute	flauta, quena (Peru)	flauta	culture-mythology			missing		multiple types? japurutu, deer-bone, etc.	See Language page
game animal	caza, animal de caza	caça, animal de caça	food			missing		Interesting correlation to 'fish' in Tukanoan languages	See Language page
ghost (of dead person)/evil spirit	espíritu malo, espíritu maligno, fantasma, demonio	espirito	culture-mythology	mo-wei-hin	mo-wei-hin	unknown			See Language page
gourd (dipper/bowl)	cucharón, pate (Peru), totomo, totuma, totumo	cuia	subsistence tool	kõmya	kõmja; pǝk ju ('gourd', H&R)	doubtful loan - WW	%kuja		See Language page
grater	rallador, rallo	ralador, ralo	subsistence tool			missing		esp. for grating manioc, but can be used for other things as well	See Language page
grave	tumba, sepultura, sepulcro	sepultura, sepulcro, cova	culture-mythology	wat-yek	wat-yek				See Language page
grid of sticks for smoking meat or placing objects (shelf)	barbacoa	jirau	subsistence tool			missing			See Language page
griddle for cooking flatbread	tiesto (Colombia), budare (Venezuela), tortera (Peru)	forno para beiju	subsistence tool			missing		agriculture?	See Language page
gun	arma, escopeta	espingarda, fusil	acculturation	tãt	tãt	unique			See Language page
hammock	hamaca, chinchorro	rede	culture-material	kãn	kãn	unique			See Language page
hat	sombero	chapéu	dress	-hui-pe; -hui-wop	-hui-pe; -hui-wop	unique			See Language page
healer	curandero	benzador, curandeiro, kumu (Tukano)	culture-mythology					Refers to a lower-level healer; in RN region, most older men in a village have this capacity, and command a repertoire of healing spells. Power is primarily for good, whereas the true shaman is capable of malignant acts as well.	See Language page
hollow log/trough for beer-making	canoa para chicha	cocho de caxiri	narcotics						See Language page
honey	miel	mel	food	am-pok	am-pok	unique		only gathered in wild throughout Amazonia?	See Language page
house			other	mõ; -'ot	mõ; -ʔot	doubtful loan, direction unknown	Kakua-Nukak		See Language page
hunt	cazar	caçar	food	-bo-dɨk	-bo-dɨk				See Language page
knife	cuchillo	faca	culture-material	wiu-yu-tɨi	wiu-yu-tɨi	unique			See Language page
loincloth	taparrabos, guayuco, pampanilla	tanga, tapa-sexo	dress						See Language page
machete	machete	facão	culture-material			missing			See Language page
mortar	mortero	pilão	subsistence tool	tou	tou	doubtful loan	cf. Tukanoan, Pume, Hoti		See Language page
paddle/oar	remo	remo	transport	hãwãt	hãwãt	unique			See Language page
paint body, body paint	pintura corporal	pintura corporal	culture-mythology						See Language page
panpipe	carrizo, zampoñas, flautas de pan, rondadora	caniço, flauta de pã	culture-mythology						See Language page
paper	papel	papel	acculturation	[papeda]	[papeda]	loan	Span/Port 'papel'		See Language page
pestle	pilón, mano de mortero, mazo, moledor	mão de pilão	subsistence tool	tou-yu	tou-ju				See Language page
pipe for tobacco	pipa	cachimbo	other	tee mo-həp	tee mo-həp				See Language page
plate	plato	prato	culture-material	[palatu]	[palatu]	loan	Spanish		See Language page
policeman	polícia	policía	acculturation						See Language page
pot	olla, pote	panela, vasilha	subsistence tool	wãm	wãm	doubtful loan, direction unknown	Kakua/Nukak waam		See Language page
rattle	matraca, maraca	marico, chocalho	culture-mythology			missing			See Language page
resin	resina, brea, copal	resina, brea, breu	subsistence tool	pun-um (tree sap)	pun-um	unique			See Language page
ritual song cycle (kapiwaya)	kapiwaya	capiwaya	culture-mythology						See Language page
rope/string	mecate, cuerda, soga	corda	culture	dɨt-ot	dɨt-ot	unique			See Language page
salt	sal	sal	food	sa-yu	sa-yu	loan	Span/Port		See Language page
school	escuela	escola	acculturation	mo-hui-dipən	mo-hui-dipən				See Language page
shaman, healer	chamán, brujo	xaman, pajé, feiticeiro	culture-mythology	physician: -hei-kon-o; -wɨn-ɨ	physician: -hei-kon-o; -wɨn-ɨ	unknown		In RN region, there is typically one person per village (if that) who is a full-fledged 'shaman'. He is very much a specialist and has considerable power to cure, as well as power to curse. He is respected and feared. Shamans are thought to turn themselv	See Language page
shoes	zapatos	sapatos	dress	-sim-yak; [sapatu]	-sim-yak; [sapatu]				See Language page
skirt	falda, saya, fustan, pollera	saia	culture-material			missing			See Language page
soldier	soldado	soldado	acculturation	[sotdawa]	[sotdawa]	loan - WW	%surara		See Language page
song (generic)	canción, canto	canção	culture-mythology	-au (vb.)	-au (vb.)	unique			See Language page
spear	lanza	lança	subsistence tool	yukon	jukon	doubtful loan	Saliva dokono 'arrow'		See Language page
spearthrower			subsistence tool						See Language page
starch (tapioca, other)	almidón	goma de tapioca	food			missing			See Language page
stone for lighting fires	piedra para hacer fuego	pedra para acender fogo	culture-material						See Language page
sugarcane/sugar	azúcar, caña de azúcar	açucar (de cana)	acculturation	[asuka], susim 'sugar cane'	[asuka], susim 'sugar cane'				See Language page
tapioca drink, mingau	cahuana, caguana	mingau	food	anpɤnkak (an-=casabe; pɤn-=resultative; -kak=to cook	anpɤnkak	unique		agriculture	See Language page
tattoo	tatuaje, tatu	tatuagem	culture-mythology						See Language page
thatch/roof	crisneja	palha, caraná	culture-material	soyõn	sojõn	unique			See Language page
tipiti (manioc squeezer)	tipiti, matafrio, sebucán, exprimador, prensa para yuca	tipiti	food			missing		word of Tupi origin; agriculture: specifically for squeezing poison out of manioc	See Language page
top grinding stone	metate, mano; piedra de moler	metate, mano	manufacture	ha	ha			use word for top grinding stone if different from bottom stone	See Language page
tripod for washing manioc	trípode	tripé	subsistence tool					agriculture	See Language page
venom for darts, poison	veneno	curare	subsistence tool			missing		hunting, currently is falling out of use in Vaupés region, associated primarily with h-g groups (but this may be recent?)	See Language page
wax	cera	cera	other	am yak-ot (am=bee)	am yak-ot (am=bee)	unique			See Language page
woven strainer/sieve	colador tejido, cedazo (Peru), cernedor (Peru)	peneira, cumatá	subsistence tool	#NAME?	#NAME?	doubtful loan	N. Arawak *tsiiru-li	agriculture? commonly used for sifting dry manioc flour	See Language page
yurupari, jurupari (or any flutes forbidden to women)	yurupari	jurupari	culture-mythology	bon	bon			a ritual complex in various parts of Amazonia involving sacred flutes/trumpets, forbidden to women.	See Language page

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Category	Grammatical Feature	Grammatical Feature: Notes	Feature Status	Grammatical Notes	Source
Morphology - Compounding, auxiliaries, light verbs	Productive NN compounding	Noun compounds created from two noun phrases are common and systematically produced	yes		Giron 2008: p180-181
Morphology - Compounding, auxiliaries, light verbs	Productive VV serialization (without compounding)	Verb roots can be combined in a single predicate without markers of subordination (distinct from subordinating construction) or distinct inflection	yes		Giron 2008: p220
Morphology - Compounding, auxiliaries, light verbs	Productive VV compounding	Serial verb constructions involve chaining of roots together in one morphophonological word	yes	"It´s possible but it´s not clear if it´s productive" Dvalle	Giron 2008: p220
Morphology - Compounding, auxiliaries, light verbs	Verb-adjunct (aka light verb) constructions	There is a set of semantically weak verbs used in complex verbal constructions, e.g. 'take a nap'	no info
Morphology - Compounding, auxiliaries, light verbs	Auxiliary verb(s)	There are verbs that accompany main verbs of clauses and take grammatical marking not expressed by main verbs	no info
Morphology - General	Verbal fusion (2+ categories marked by portmanteau morphemes on verb)	Verb combines two or more categories (tense, aspect, mood, person, number, etc.) in portmanteau morphemes{ [ignore proclitics unless they are fused with values other than person/number]	no		Giron 2008: p276-292
Morphology - General	Inflection manifested by replacement of segmental or suprasegmental phonemes	Stem change, tone	no		Giron 2008: p276-292
Morphology - General	Verbal synthesis (1+ inflectional categories marked by verbal affixes)	Morphological complexity in verbs - multiple inflectional affixes in a single verb word	yes		Giron 2008: p218
Morphology - General	Prefixing/suffixing inflectional morph: strongly prefixing	There are many more prefixes than suffixes	yes		Giron 2008: p442
Morphology - General	Prefixing/suffixing inflectional morph: strongly suffixing	There are many more suffixes than prefixes	yes		Giron 2008: p442
Morphology - General	Prefixing/suffixing inflectional morph: roughly equal or one weakly preferred	The numbers of suffixes and prefixes are not notably different	no		Giron 2008: p442
Morphology - General	Reduplication: full	The full morpheme is reduplicated	no info
Morphology - General	Reduplication: partial	Only part of the morpheme is reduplicated	no info
Morphology - Incorporation	Incorporation of nouns into verbs is a productive intransitivizing process	Verb contains nominal segment	yes		Giron 2008: p244
Morphology - Incorporation	Productive incorporation of other elements (adjectives, locatives, etc.) into verbs	Like noun incorporation, but incorporated elements are not nouns	no info	"However, there seems to be a possible incorporation but it has a ridig structure and seems to be the product of grammaticalization."	Giron 2008: p221 (Table 23; ex. 417a-f)
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Adpositions mark core NPs	Prepositions or postpositions mark subjects, objects, beneficiaries/recipients	no		Giron 2008: p194-208
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: number of cases	Note the number of grammatical relations that may be morphologically marked on the noun	12	N-case	Giron 2008:p194
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: only non-core arguments morphologically marked	Subjects, objects, beneficiaries/recipients NOT marked, but other grammatical relations are	no	"agent in transitive (ERG) [is marked]"	Giron 2008: p195
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: symmetrical	All NPs marked if in appropriate syntactic relation; no distinction in marking based on semantics (type of entity)	yes		Giron 2008: p194-208
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: asymmetrical	Semantically defined subset of NPs marked for case, e.g. animates	no		Giron 2008: p194-208
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: suffix or postpositional clitic		yes	N-case; up to two can be combined and affixed to a stem	Giron 2008: p194
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: prefix or prepositional clitic		no		Giron 2008: p194
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: infix or inpositional clitic		no		Giron 2008: p194
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: stem change		no		Giron 2008: p194
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: tone		no		Giron 2008: p194-208
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: comitative = instrumental	Same marking for 'with a person' and 'with an instrument'	yes	-jet	Giron 2008: p203
Nominal Categories - Definiteness and clusivity	Definite or specific articles	Definite = particular referent known to both speaker and addressee; specific = particular referent known to speaker only	no		Giron 2008: p161-177
Nominal Categories - Definiteness and clusivity	Marker of definiteness distinct from demonstratives	Focus on articles/markers whose primary function is to mark definiteness	no		Giron 2008: p174
Nominal Categories - Definiteness and clusivity	Indefinite or non-specific article	or marker	no info
Nominal Categories - Definiteness and clusivity	Inclusive/exclusive: in free pronominals	Inclusive =us + you, exclusive = us but not you	no		Giron 2008: p170
Nominal Categories - Definiteness and clusivity	Inclusive/exclusive: in verbal inflection (bound)		no info
Nominal Categories - Definiteness and clusivity	Distance contrasts in demonstratives (number)	Note the number of distances in the demonstrative system	2	Table 12; Table 13	Giron 2008: p175
Nominal Categories - Definiteness and clusivity	Other contrasts in demonstratives (visibility, elevation, etc.)		yes	distance contrast also includes visibility	Giron 2008: p175
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Noun classes/genders	Nouns are organized into sets with distinct morphological treatment; usually affects all nouns and involves agreement within the NP	yes		Giron 2008: p185
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Number of noun classes/genders	Note the (approximate) total number of noun classes/genders	no info
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Noun classifiers (distinct from noun classes/genders)	Nouns are organized into sets, but only a limited set of nouns may be implicated, with no or limited agreement marking. If only numeral classifiers exist, indicate yes but explain.	yes	These are mainly related mass things, liquid state, recipient, ect.There are 8 nouns classifiers	Giron 2008: p183
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Sex is a relevant category in noun class(ification) system for animates	Masculine, feminine, neuter	yes	author states that this is restricted to human/human-like beings, however, the examples contradict this. (broadens to other animates as well)	Giron 2008: p185
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Sex is a relevant category in noun class(ification) system for inanimates		no		Giron 2008: p185
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Animacy (w/o reference to sex) is a relevant category in the noun class(ification) system	Animate/inanimate, human/non-human	no		Giron 2008: p186
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Sex/gender distinction only in 3rd person pronouns	add in notes section whether gender is present in other PNs or not in any PNs; consider with reference to pronouns and person marking only	no		Giron 2008: p185
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Shape is a relevant category in the noun class(ification) system for animates		no info	size is a relevant category for in/animates	size is a relevant category for in/animates
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Shape is a relevant category in the noun class(ification) system for inanimates		no info
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	"Repeater" classifiers	Where no distinct classifier exists, a copy of the noun itself may function in the morphosyntactic classifier "slot"	no info
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Numeral classifiers (specific to numerals)	Special classifier forms that occur only with numerals	no info
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Classifiers used as derivational suffixes to derive nouns	Verb + classifier = 'thing for doing V, thing that does V, etc.'	no		Giron 2008: p183, 245
Nominal Categories - Number	Singular number may be marked on the noun	Often occurs in a small subset of nouns if a single entity is referred to, e.g. insects that normally occur in groups	yes	singular only marked on agent (-m) [plural marker for agent (-t)]	Giron 2008: p191
Nominal Categories - Number	Plural affix on noun		yes	-at, -it, -ut' irregular markers used to achieve vowel harmony with vowel in root, however the stem may undergo an addition to the syllable in order to avoid double Vs	Giron 2008: p191
Nominal Categories - Number	Plural marked by stem change or tone on noun		no		Giron 2008: p192
Nominal Categories - Number	Plural marked by reduplication of noun		no		Giron 2008: p191
Nominal Categories - Number	Plural word/clitic		no		Giron 2008: p191
Nominal Categories - Number	Plural marked on human or animate nouns only		no		Giron 2008: p191
Nominal Categories - Number	Pronominal plural: stem + nominal plural affix	Pronouns use a nominal plural affix not specific to pronouns	no		Giron 2008: p170, 191
Nominal Categories - Number	Unique associative plural marker	e.g. 'John and his associates', 'John and them'	no info
Nominal Categories - Numerals	Base-2	At least some part of the system involves base-2	no info
Nominal Categories - Numerals	Base-5	At least some part of the system involves base-5	no info
Nominal Categories - Numerals	Base-10	At least some part of the system involves base-10	no info
Nominal Categories - Numerals	Other base (specify)	4, 20, etc.	no info
Nominal Categories - Numerals	Etymological transparency in any numerals under 5	e.g. two = 'eye-quantity'	no info
Nominal Categories - Numerals	Numerals do not go above 5	'Many' or some other non-exact term used	no info
Nominal Categories - Numerals	Numerals do not go above 10	'Many' or some other non-exact term used	no info
Nominal Categories - Other nominal	Tense or aspect inflection on non-verbal predicates	i.e. nominal or adjectival	no	However, "The word formed by a noun plus a case may at the same time take marker of tense and modality."	Giron 2008: p196
Nominal Categories - Other nominal	Person inflection on non-verbal predicates	i.e. nominal or adjectival	no		Giron 2008: p177-216
Nominal Categories - Pronominal categories	Gender in 3sg pronouns		no		Giron 2008: p186
Nominal Categories - Pronominal categories	Gender in 3pl pronouns		no		Giron 2008: p186
Nominal Categories - Pronominal categories	Gender in 1st and/or 2nd person pronouns		no		Giron 2008: p186
Nominal Categories - Pronominal categories	Formal/informal distinction in pronouns	Polite pronominal variants or differential avoidance of pronouns	no info
Nominal Categories - Pronominal categories	Reflexive pronouns	e.g. English 'himself', Spanish 'se'; distinct form(s) from basic (non-reflexive) pronominals; distinct from reflexive verbal affix	no	double person marker preceding the definite verb	Giron 2008: p231
Nominal Syntax - Adjectives	Underived adjectives	There are underived adjectives which do not have counterparts in other word classes	no		Giron 2008: p296
Nominal Syntax - Adjectives	Gender inflection on adjectives within the NP	There is gender agreement/concord (animate/inanimate or masc/fem, etc.) within the NP, e.g. la casa blanca, el perro blanco	no	However, the "qualificative" word agrees in number with the NP head	Giron 2008: p296-303
Nominal Syntax - Derivation	Productive nominalizing morphology: action/state (arrive/arrival)	There is a morpheme which derives an event from a verb	yes		Giron 2008: p246
Nominal Syntax - Derivation	Productive nominalizing morphology: agentive (sing/singer)	There is a morpheme which derives an agent or subject from a verb	yes		Giron 2008: p245-6
Nominal Syntax - Derivation	Productive nominalizing morphology: object (sing/song)	There is a morpheme which derives a patient or object from a verb	yes		Giron 2008: p245-6
Nominal Syntax - Derivation	Productive verbalizing morphology	There is a morpheme which derives a verb from a noun or adjective	no	The author states that "there is no morphology to produce verbs out of names"	Giron 2008: p186
Nominal Syntax - Other	NP coordination and comitative phrases marked differently	'John and Mary went to market' is marked differently from 'John went to market with Mary'	no info
Nominal Syntax - Possession	Pronominal possessive affixes: prefix on N	alienable/inalienable?	yes		Giron 2008: p236
Nominal Syntax - Possession	Pronominal possessive affixes: suffix on N	alienable/inalienable?	no		Giron 2008: p236
Nominal Syntax - Possession	Head/dependent marking in possessive NP: dependent	e.g. 'the boy-'s dog'	no		Giron 2008: p236
Nominal Syntax - Possession	Head/dependent marking in possessive NP: head	e.g. 'the boy his-dog'	yes		Giron 2008: p236
Nominal Syntax - Possession	Possessive classifiers	There are special classifiers that occur with possessed entities	no		Giron 2008: 182-185
Nominal Syntax - Possession - Alienability	Morphological marking of inalienable possession	Where inalienable possession differs from alienable, the former takes a morphological marker (may include an associated free particle/pronoun)	no	Marking of alienable/inalienable nouns is marked with the samse set of prefixes	Giron 2008: 206
Nominal Syntax - Possession - Alienability	Morphological marking of alienable possession	Where inalienable possession differs from alienable, the latter takes a morphological marker (may include an associated free particle/pronoun)	no		Giron 2008: 206
Nominal Syntax - Possession - Alienability	Default marker for inalienably possessed nouns if unpossessed	An inalienable noun that is in an unpossessed state must have a derivational affix or associated form	no info
Nominal Syntax - Possession - Alienability	Inalienable possession of kin terms	'my-father' but *father	yes		Giron 2008: p176
Nominal Syntax - Possession - Alienability	Inalienable possession of body parts (human/animal)	'my-leg' but *leg	yes		Giron 2008: p176
Nominal Syntax - Possession - Alienability	Generic human nouns are obligatorily bound/possessed	Human nouns must co-occur with another noun (e.g. Hup-man, NonIndian-woman, but *man)	no info
Phonology - Segmental	Pre-/post-nasalized stops	Analysis posits that the stop is the most relevant underlying phoneme. Comment in notes on whether the nasal contour is understood as a phonetic (allophonic) effect, or is phonologically contrastive.	yes		Girón Higuita 2008: 44
Phonology - Segmental	Glottalized/ejective consonants	Phonemic contrast [NOT counting glottal stop/fricative]	no		Giron 2008: p22
Phonology - Segmental	Palatalized stops	Phonemic contrast	no		Giron 2008: p22
Phonology - Segmental	Phonemic vowel length	Does the language have long and short vowels?	no		Giron 2008: p23
Phonology - Segmental	Phonemic glottalization/laryngealization of vowels		no		Giron 2008: p23
Phonology - Segmental	Complex onsets	Onset consists of more than one consonant phoneme	yes	CCV - first C must be [-voice]; second C must be an approximant /j,w/; vowel following complex onset must be [-high]	Giron 2008: p35
Phonology - Segmental	No codas	*(C)VC [no also equals highly constrained]	no		Giron 2008: p20
Phonology - Segmental	Word-final coda required	Do all syllables end in a consonant?	no		Giron 2008: p20
Phonology - Suprasegmental	Contrastive tones	Note how many contrastive tones	yes	(4 types: low, high, ascendent and descendent)	Giron 2008: p104
Phonology - Suprasegmental	Contrastive stress	Does stress occur on different syllables with meaning difference?	no info
Phonology - Suprasegmental	Nasalization property of morpheme or syllable	In contrast to nasalization as a property of segments	no	nasalization is contrastive	Giron 2008: p76
Phonology - Suprasegmental	Nasal spreading across some morpheme boundaries	Do some affixes or other morphemes take the nasal/oral properties of the root they attach to?	no		Giron 2008: p104
Phonology - Suprasegmental	Vowel harmony		no		Giron 2008: p104
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking in full NPs: nominative-accusative w/ marked accusative	Objects of transitive clauses ('P') have a unique marker, while subjects of transitive ('A') and intransitive ('S') clauses are unmarked or share a different marker from that occurring on objects	yes		Giron 2008: p356
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking in full NPs: nominative-accusative w/ marked nominative	Subjects of transitive and intransitive clauses share a marker, while objects of transitives are unmarked	yes		Giron 2008: p356
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking in full NPs: ergative-absolutive	Subjects of intransitive clauses and objects of transitives share a unique marker, while subjects of transitive clauses are unmarked or have a different marker	yes	There is a split system based on wheter the intransitive verb is active/stative	Giron 2008: p356
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking in full NPs: tripartite	Intransitive subjects, transitive subjects, and transitive objects all receive distinct case markers	no		Giron 2008: p356
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking in full NPs: active-inactive	Subjects of intransitive clauses are treated two different ways: like subjects of transitives if they are more agent-like (e.g. he jumped), and like objects of transitives if they are more patient-like (e.g. he fell asleep)	yes		Giron 2008: p356
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking of pronouns: marked accusative		yes		Giron 2008: p356
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking of pronouns: marked nominative		yes		Giron 2008: p356
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking of pronouns: ergative-absolutive	yes, no, mixed, other	yes		Giron 2008: p356
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking of pronouns: tripartite		no		Giron 2008: p356
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking of pronouns: active-inactive		yes		Giron 2008: p356
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of verbal person-marking: nominative-accusative	Same as above, for pronominal affixes/clitics on verbs	yes	The same prefixes appear in the verb but subject prefixes appear before the object prefixes and are obligatory while obeject prefixes are not	Giron 2008: p229
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of verbal person-marking: ergative-absolutive	yes, no, mixed, other	no		Giron 2008: p229
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of verbal person-marking: active-inactive		no info	But it seems that verbal person-marking is not active-inactive
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of verbal person-marking: hierarchical	Marking of A and P depends on their relative ranking on a hierarchy (usually 1>2>3 or 2>1>3)	no		Giron 2008: p229
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of verbal person-marking: split	More than one of the above systems is represented in person marking, depending on e.g. person (e.g. 1/2 vs. 3), tense-aspect value, main vs. subordinate clause type, etc.	no info
Simple Clauses - Desiderative expressions	Grammaticalized verbal desiderative	Indicates that the subject desires to carry out the action denoted by the verb (distinct from verb 'want', but may be grammaticalized from it)	yes		Giron 2008: p275
Simple Clauses - Interrogatives	Polar questions: interrogative particle	Yes/no questions distinguished from declaratives by interrogative particle	yes	This construction is usually for focalized information	Giron 2008: 391
Simple Clauses - Interrogatives	Polar questions: verb morphology	Yes/no questions distinguished from declaratives by interrogative verb morphology	yes	This construction is usually for asking about the verb	Giron 2008: p392
Simple Clauses - Interrogatives	Polar questions: word order	Yes/no questions distinguished from declaratives by word order (esp. subject-verb inversion)	no		Giron 2008: p335, 391-392
Simple Clauses - Interrogatives	Polar questions: intonation only	Yes/no questions distinguished from declaratives by intonation only	no		Giron 2008: p391-392
Simple Clauses - Interrogatives	Content questions: word order differs from declaratives	Content questions distinguished from declaratives by word order (esp. subject-verb inversion) as well as by presence of Q-word (who, what, etc.)	no		Giron 2008: p335, 391-392
Simple Clauses - Negation	Clausal negator is a preposed element	Clausal negator is a preposed element	yes		Giron 2008: p293
Simple Clauses - Negation	Clausal negator is a postposed element	Clausal negator is a postposed element	no		Giron 2008: p293
Simple Clauses - Negation	Negatives: affix	Negatives: affix	no		Giron 2008: p293
Simple Clauses - Negation	Negatives: particle	Negatives: particle	yes		Giron 2008: p293
Simple Clauses - Negation	Negatives: auxiliary verb	Negatives: auxiliary verb	no		Giron 2008: p293
Simple Clauses - Negation	Negatives: double	Standard (non-emphatic) negation typically requires two morphemes, e.g. French 'ne V pas'	no		Giron 2008: p293
Simple Clauses - Negation	Distinct negative form for 'NP does not exist'		no	There is a distinct negative marker for NPs	Giron 2008: p293
Simple Clauses - Negation	Distinct negative expression 'I don't know'	Lexical expression or highly idiomatic phrase	no info
Simple Clauses - Other	Clause chaining	Clauses can be grouped such that only one bears most of the verb morphology, and the others are marked as to whether they share a subject with this reference clause.	no		Giron 2008: p411-413
Simple Clauses - Other	Morphologically marked switch-reference system	There are special markers to indicate same vs. different subject when two clauses are combined	no		Giron 2008: p216-311
Simple Clauses - Other	Morphologically marked distinction between simultaneous and sequential clauses	Morphology (usually on verb) distinguishes between clauses denoting events that occur at the same time or in sequence	no		Giron 2008: p411-413
Simple Clauses - Predication	Predicate adjectives: verbal	Adjectives act like verbs in predicative position	no info
Simple Clauses - Predication	Predicate adjectives: nominal	Adjectives act like nouns in predicative position	no info
Simple Clauses - Predication	Zero copula for predicate nominals is possible	Predicate nominals may occur without a copula (i.e. grammatical in some circumstances, if not all)	yes		Giron 2008: p145-150
Simple Clauses - Predication	Headless relative clauses	Compare Eng 'the one that fell' (but in Eng 'one' could be considered a head)	no info
Simple Clauses - Predication	Headless relative clauses are the dominant or only form of relative clause	Relative clauses that form a constituent with a head noun (in a single noun phrase) are rare or nonexistent; some descriptions may refer to adjoined or correlative clauses.	no info
Simple Clauses - Predication	Relative clause may occur with a noun classifier/class marker	It may be unclear whether the classifier is the nominal head of the construction or is an agreement marker on the relative clause	no		Giron 2008: p407-9
Simple Clauses - Predication	Relativizer is a verbal affix		yes		Giron 2008: p232
Simple Clauses - Predication	Morphological relativizer is homophonous with nominalizer	The same morpheme marks a relative clause and is a nominalizer on verbs (and/or other word classes)	yes		Giron 2008: p232, 245
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	Pronominal subjects: pronouns in subject position	Pronominal subjects are free pronouns that occur in the same position as full NP subjects	yes		Giron 2008: p169
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	Pronominal subjects: prefixes on verb	Pronominal subjects are marked as verbal prefixes (free pronouns may be another option)	yes		Giron 2008: p206
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	Pronominal subjects: suffixes on verb	Pronominal subjects are marked as verbal suffixes (free pronouns may be another option)	no		Giron 2008: p206
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	Pronominal subjects: clitics on variable host	Pronominal subjects are clitics that can attach to verbs, nominal constituents, etc.	no		Giron 2008: p169, 206, 228
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	Pronominal subjects: pronouns in non-subject position	Pronominal subjects are free pronouns but do not normally occur in the position expected for full NP subjects	no		Giron 2008: p169, 206, 228
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	Person marking on intransitive verbs	Intransitive verbs take person-marking clitics/affixes	yes		Giron 2008: p206
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	Person marking (of agents) on transitive verbs	Transitive verbs take subject (A) markers	yes		Giron 2008: p169, 206, 228
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	Person-marking (of objects) on transitive verbs	Transitive verbs take object (P) markers	yes		Giron 2008: p169, 206, 228
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	3rd person zero in verbal person marking: subjects	3rd person subjects are not overtly marked within the verbal person-marking system	no		Giron 2008: p206
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	3rd person zero in verbal person marking: objects	3rd person objects are not overtly marked within the verbal person-marking system	no		Giron 2008: p206
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	Number can be marked separately from person on the verb	Verbal person marking exists, but number is (or can) be marked separately	no		Giron 2008: p206
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	Possessive affixes/clitics on nouns are same as verbal person markers	Where nouns take possessive affixes, these are the same as the person-marking affixes	yes		Giron 2008: p169, 206, 228
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	Gender distinguished in verbal person markers	For any person, verbal person markers exhibit different forms depending on the gender (masc/fem, animate/inanimate, etc.) of the referent	no		Giron 2008: p169
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice	Ditransitive constructions: indirect object	In ditransitives (e.g. 'John gives a book to Bill'), the theme (book) is treated in the same way as are objects of transitives, while the recipient/beneficiary (Bill) is treated differently	no info
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice	Ditransitive constructions: double object	In ditransitives (e.g. 'John gives Bill a book'), both the theme (book) and the recipient/beneficiary (Bill) is treated in the same way as are objects of transitives	no info
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice	Ditransitive constructions: secondary object	In ditransitives, the recipient/beneficiary is treated in the same way as are objects of transitives, while the theme (book) is treated differently	no info
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Decreasing	Reciprocal: dedicated morpheme	Verb becomes reciprocal through use of reciprocal morpheme associated with the verb (may be attached to the verb root). This morpheme is only used to mean reciprocal.	no	The reciprocal construction follows the same strategy as the reflexive but it needs to be added an directional suffix	Giron 2008: p366-367
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Decreasing	Reflexive: dedicated morpheme	Verb becomes reflexive through use of reflexive morpheme associated with the verb (may be attached to the verb root). This morpheme is used only to mean reflexive.	no	Reflexive is marked by adding an extra person agreement affix in the verb.	Giron 2008: p366
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Decreasing	Reciprocal/reflexive: same morpheme	Verb becomes reciprocal or reflexive through use of a morpheme that means either reciprocal or reflexive which attaches to the root of the verb	no		Giron 2008: p366-367
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Decreasing	Passive	Passive voice usually involves a change to the verb, while the object of the active voice verb is promoted to subject in the passive voice, and the former subject is deleted/demoted	no info
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Decreasing	Antipassive	Like passive, but deletes or demotes the object of a transitive verb; usually found in ergative languages	no info
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Decreasing	Other intransitivizing morphology	There is/are some other mechanism(s) for reducing valency	no info
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Applicative: benefactive	Applicative adds a beneficiary/maleficiary object argument to the verb	no info
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Applicative: other	Applicative adds some other object argument to the verb	no info
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Causative: prefix	Causative is morphological and is attached before the root of the verb	no		Girón:222, 360
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Causative: suffix	Causative is morphological and is attached after the root of the verb	yes		Girón:222, 360
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Causative marked by circumfix, stem change, or tone	Morphological causative other than simple prefix/suffix	no		Girón:222, 360
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Causative: serial verb or analytical construction	Causative construction that involves periphrasis or serialization	no info
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Causative: dedicated 'make do by proxy'	Indicates that the causer does not directly cause the action of the verb to be realized, but does so by inducing someone else to carry out the action, e.g. 'John had the house painted.'	no info
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Causative: dedicated sociative	Indicates that causer participates in event	no info
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Other transitivizing morphology (adds valence)	There is/are some other mechanism(s) for increasing valency	no info
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Dedicated past marker(s)	Past tense is regularly morphologically marked on the verb or elsewhere	yes		Giron 2008: p277
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Multiple past tenses, distinguishing distance from time of reference	e.g. distant vs. recent past	yes	past/recent past (respectively)	Giron 2008: p277
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Multiple future tenses, distinguishing distance from time of reference	e.g. imminent vs. distant future	no		Giron 2008: p179
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Dedicated future or non-past marker(s)		yes	-ya: after verb; si- placed before verb when the "speaker assumes that the event will occur with certain imminence even without external control of fortuitous conditions."	Giron 2008: p279
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Tense-aspect affixes: prefix		no		Giron 2008: p217
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Tense-aspect affixes: suffix		yes		Giron 2008: p217
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Tense-aspect affixes: tone or ablaut		no		Giron 2008: p277-279
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Tense-aspect suppletion		no		Giron 2008: p277-279
Verbal Categories - Directionals	Directional elements affixed to the verb	There are grammaticalized elements indicating movement away, toward, there and back, etc.	no		Giron 2008: p175
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Grammaticalized visual	Indicates information has been witnessed visually - indicate only if an overt marker	yes	expresses visual evidence with surprise; can be used as a free morpheme; can appear bound to pronouns, nouns, and verbs	Giron 2008: p281
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Grammaticalized nonvisual	Indicates information has been sensed firsthand but not visually (usually heard; also smelled, tasted, felt)	no info
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Grammaticalized inferential	Indicates information has not been experienced firsthand, but inferred from some kind of evidence - indicate only if an overt marker.	yes		Giron 2008: p286-287
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Grammaticalized reportive	Indicates speaker is not responsible for veracity of statement, merely reporting; 'allegedly'	yes	after lexical base (i.e. In Puinave after pronoun, verb, interrogative); used also as a "way of presenting the state of affairs not caused by any opinion of the speaker"; most frequently used in citation(see below)	Giron 2008: p284
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Grammaticalized quotative	Indicate presence of adjacent representation of repeated discourse	no info
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Other evidential	Any other evidential values not represented above	no		Giron 2008: p281-293
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Evidentiality: verb affix or clitic		yes		Giron 2008: p281
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Evidentiality: part of tense system	Includes portmanteau morphs	no		Giron 2008: p281
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Evidentiality: separate particle		no		Giron 2008: p281-293
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Evidentiality: modal morpheme		no		Giron 2008: p281-293
Verbal Categories - Mood	Dedicated imperative morpheme or verb form	There is a special morpheme (or morphemes, or a bare verb root where inflection is normally expected) used to signal imperative (command) mood	yes		Giron 2008: p271
Verbal Categories - Mood	Polite imperative morpheme	There is a distinct morpheme for polite imperative constructions (specify if it has other functions in the language)	yes		Giron 2008: p395
Verbal Categories - Mood	Difference between negation in imperative (prohibitive) and declarative clauses	There are different strategies for marking negation in imperative and declarative clauses	yes	"Actually, there is a negative imperative prefix" D Valle	Giron 2008: p395/273
Verbal Categories - Mood	Dedicated hortative morpheme or verb form (1pl or 3rd person imperative)	as opposed to imperative; the person in control of desired state of affairs is not the addressee; ex: 'Let's sing' / 'Let him sing'	yes	"same suffix as exhortative" D Valle	Giron 2008: p395
Verbal Categories - Mood	Situational possibility: affix on verb	Inflectional marking of capacity to do something	yes	see #118	Giron 2008: p286
Verbal Categories - Mood	Situational possibility: verbal construction		no		Giron 2008: p286
Verbal Categories - Mood	Situational possibility: other marking		yes	marked before time and aspect; expresses if potential events will occur/have occurred	Giron 2008: p276
Verbal Categories - Mood	Epistemic possibility: affix on verb	Modal expressing hypothesis	yes		Giron 2008: p287
Verbal Categories - Mood	Epistemic possibility: verbal construction		no		Giron 2008: p287
Verbal Categories - Mood	Epistemic possibility: other marking		no info
Verbal Categories - Mood	Marking of expected/unexpected action or result	There is inflectional marking of expected/unexpected	yes	speculative marker on verb	Giron 2008: p286
Verbal Categories - Mood	Verbal frustrative	Modal expressing frustration ("in vain")	yes	person marker-FRUS-Verb	Giron 2008: p271
Verbal Categories - Mood	Verbal habitual	Modal expressing habituality	yes	directly proceding verb	Giron 2008: p267
Verbal Categories - Mood	Apprehensive construction	There is a single morpheme or verb form to mean '(be careful lest) X happens'	yes	The imperative negative prefix has this function too	Giron 2008: p273
Verbal Categories - Mood	Reality status marking on verbs	There are dedicated morpheme(s) for realis/irrealis 'actualized/unactualized events'	yes		Giron 2008: p270-275
Verbal Categories - Mood	Affect markers (positive/negative)	Note whether these inflectional markers are positive or negative	yes	The author call these morphemes as: "compulsive", "seriousness" and "pathetic"	Giron 2008: p289
Verbal Categories - Other	Social interaction markers	Note the type of interaction	no info
Verbal Categories - Verbal number	Verbal number suppletion		no	Number is marked by the person agreement prefixes	Giron 2008: 228-229
Word Order	No fixed basic constituent order		yes	Word order is quite variable in the language since grammatical functions are marked on the NP and the verb	Giron 2008: p335
Word Order	VS in intransitive clauses	Verb precedes subject	yes		Giron 2008: 336
Word Order	VS in transitive clauses		yes		Giron 2008: 336
Word Order	VO in transitive clauses	Verb precedes object	yes		Giron 2008: 336
Word Order	OS in transitive clauses	Object precedes subject	yes	O A V	Giron 2008: 318
Word Order	Preposition-Noun		no		Giron 2008: 194
Word Order	Noun-Postposition or case suffix		yes		Giron 2008: 194
Word Order	Gen-Noun	Possessive phrase composed of a free possessor and its possessum has possessor first (e.g. John's book)	yes		Giron 2008: p386
Word Order	Noun-Gen	Possessive phrase composed of a free possessor and its possessum has possessum first (e.g. 'book of John')	no		Giron 2008: p386
Word Order	Adj-Noun	Adjective precedes the noun	yes		Giron 2008: p296
Word Order	Noun-Adj	Adjective follows the noun	yes		Giron 2008: p297
Word Order	Dem-Noun		yes		Giron 2008: p174
Word Order	Noun-Dem		no		Giron 2008: p174
Word Order	Num-Noun		no info
Word Order	Noun-Num		no info
Word Order	Noun-Rel	Relative clause follows noun that it modifies	yes		Giron 2008: p408
Word Order	Rel-Noun	Relative clause precedes noun that it modifies	yes		Giron 2008: p408
Word Order	Re<Noun>l (internally headed relative)	e.g. 'the dog cat chased-NMZR got away' ('the cat that the dog chased got away')	no info
Word Order	Relative clause is correlative or adjoined	e.g. 'what is running, the dog chased that cat'	no info
Word Order	Question word is clause initial	'what', 'who', etc. come first in interrogative clause	yes		Giron 2008: p394

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