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Koreguaje

Family: Tukanoan
Region: South America
ISO 639-3: coe
Location: 0.92°, -75.35°
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Features: Basic Vocabulary
Flora Fauna Vocabulary
Cultural Vocabulary
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Data Sources: Chacon, Thiago. 2014. A Revised Proposal of Proto-Tukanoan Consonants and Tukanoan Family Classification. International Journal of American Linguistics 80.3: 275-322. Cook, Dorothy & Linda L. Criswell 1993. El idioma koreguaje (Tucano occidental). Bogotá: ILV. Cook, Dorothy and Gralow, Frances. 2001. Diccionario bilingüe: Koreguaje - Español, Español - Koreguaje. Bogotá: Editorial Alberto Lleras Camargo. Gralow, Frances L. & Cook, Dorothy M. 1984. Hablemos Coreguaje. Lomalinda, Meta, Colombia : Editorial Townsend. Young, Carolyn M. and Cook, Dorothy and Gralow, Frances L. and Cook, Dorothy M. 1984. Fonología del coreguaje. Sistemas fonológicos de idiomas colombianos (V.G.Waterhouse, comp.), ILV/MG, Bogotá 1972 5. 59-79.

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	chʉkʉna	dʒʉkhʉna	inheritance			See Language page
1pl.incl	nosotros (inclusivo)	nós (inclusivo)	grammar	mai	mai	inheritance		no inclusive/exclusive distinction unless noted	See Language page
1sg	yo	eu	grammar	chʉ'ʉ	dʒʉʔʉ	inheritance		For pronouns: include bound/cliticized pronominal forms where significantly different from the free forms	See Language page
2pl	ustedes	vocês	grammar	mʉsanʉko	mʉsanʉko	inheritance			See Language page
2sg	xx	xx	grammar	mʉ'ʉ	mʉʔʉ	inheritance			See Language page
3pl	ellos/ellas	eles/elas	grammar	jeena	xeena	inheritance			See Language page
3sg	el/ella	ele/ela	grammar	ikʉ (male) / iko (female)	ikʉ / iko	inheritance			See Language page
above	encima, arriba	acima	location	sẽ'sevʉ	sẽʔsebʉ	inheritance?			See Language page
again	de nuevo, otra vez	de novo	grammar	checʉcho	dʒekʉdʒo	unknown			See Language page
all	todo	todos	other	peore	peore	inheritance			See Language page
and	y	e	grammar						See Language page
ankle	tobillo	tornozelo	body	cũ'apʉ	kũʔapʉ	unique			See Language page
armpit	axila, sobaco	axila	body			missing			See Language page
ash	ceniza(s)	cinzas	environment	ũhacʉta	ũhakʉta	inheritance			See Language page
at	en, a	em, a	location						See Language page
back	espalda	costas	body	sõkʉñʉ	sõkʉɲʉ	inheritance			See Language page
bad	mal	mal	quality			missing			See Language page
bark	corteza	casca	environment	ko'ña	khoʔɲa	inheritance			See Language page
belly	barriga	barriga	body			missing			See Language page
below	abajo, debajo	abaixo	location	vʉ'evʉ	bʉʔebʉ	inheritance			See Language page
big	grande	grande	quality			missing			See Language page
bite	morder	morder	body	kũ'imʉ	kũʔimʉ	inheritance			See Language page
black	negro	preto	colour	chija'che	dʒixaʔdʒe	inheritance			See Language page
blood	sangre	sangue	body	chie	dʒie	inheritance			See Language page
blow	soplar	soprar	body	juhimʉ, sumʉ, jujumʉ	xuhimʉ, sumʉ, xuxumʉ	inheritance			See Language page
boil/pimple	espinilla, granos	espinha, borbulha	body	jẽ'etõ'tova	xẽʔetõʔtova	unknown			See Language page
bone	hueso	osso	body	tarapʉ	tharapʉ	inheritance			See Language page
breast	pecho, seno	peito	body	ã'capʉ	ãʔkapʉ	unknown			See Language page
breathe	respirar	respirar	body	chʉ'emʉ	dʒʉʔemʉ	inheritance			See Language page
burn	quemar	queimar	environment	ʉomʉ	ʉomʉ	inheritance			See Language page
chew	masticar, mascar	mastigar	body	me'namʉ	meʔnamʉ	unique			See Language page
child	niño, niña	criança	human	chiiʉ (male), chĩio (female)	dʒiiʉ, dʒĩio	inheritance			See Language page
climb	subir	subir	motion	maimʉ	maimʉ	inheritance			See Language page
cloud	nube	nuvem	environment	okomala, pikho	okomala, pikho	unknown			See Language page
cold	frío	frio	quality	sʉsʉche	sʉsʉdʒe	inheritance			See Language page
come	venir	vir	motion	raimʉ, mʉtamʉ	raimʉ, mʉtamʉ	inheritance			See Language page
cook	cocinar	cozinhar	impact	kua'komʉ	kuaʔkomʉ	inheritance			See Language page
correct/true	verdad, de veras	verdade	quality	joremachʉ'oku	xoremadʒʉʔoku	unique			See Language page
count	contar	contar	mental	kuẽkuemʉ	kuẽkuemʉ	inheritance			See Language page
cry	llorar	chorar	mental	oimʉ	oimʉ	inheritance			See Language page
cut/hack	cortar	cortar	impact	chʉtomʉ	dʒʉtomʉ	unknown			See Language page
day	día	dia	time	umucuse	umukuse	inheritance			See Language page
die/be dead	morir	morrer	state	cho'osomʉ	dʒoʔosomʉ	unknown			See Language page
dig	cavar	cavar	impact	pijemʉ	pixemʉ	unique			See Language page
dingo/wolf			fauna						See Language page
dirty	sucio	sujo	quality	si'si	siʔsi	inheritance			See Language page
dream	soñar	sonhar	mental	ʉo kãni ñamʉ	ʉo kãni ɲamʉ	inheritance			See Language page
drink	beber, tomar	beber	body	ũkumʉ	ũkhumʉ	inheritance			See Language page
dry	seco	seco	quality	jãjumʉ	xãxumʉ	inheritance			See Language page
dull/blunt	sin filo, mocho, desafilado, embotado, romo	maçante, desamolado, não afiado	quality	hɨ̃hɨ̃sɨ-maʔ-	hɨ̃hɨ̃sɨ-maʔ-				See Language page
dust	polvo	poeira	environment	cha'opo	dʒaʔopo				See Language page
ear	oreja	orelha	body	cãjoro	kãxoro	inheritance			See Language page
earth/soil	tierra	terra	environment	cha'o	dʒaʔo	inheritance			See Language page
eat	comer	comer	body	ãimʉ	ãimʉ	inheritance			See Language page
egg	huevo	ovo	fauna	chiapʉ	dʒiapʉ	inheritance			See Language page
eye	ojo	olho	body	ñakoa	ɲakhoa	inheritance			See Language page
faeces	heces, mierda, excremento, estiércol	fezes	body			missing			See Language page
fall	caer	cair	motion	tãimʉ	tãimʉ	inheritance			See Language page
far	lejos	longe	quality	so'o	soʔo	inheritance			See Language page
fat/grease	grasa	gordura	body	uchape'e	udʒapeʔe	unique			See Language page
father	padre, papá	pai	kinship	ja'kʉ	xaʔkhʉ	inheritance			See Language page
fear	miedo	medo	mental	βahɨdʒɨ-	βahɨdʒɨ-	inheritance			See Language page
feather	pluma	pena	fauna	kaapʉ	khaapʉ	unique			See Language page
fingernail	uña	unha	body	koovʉ	khoobʉ	inheritance			See Language page
fire	fuego	fogo	environment	toa	thoa	inheritance			See Language page
flow	fluir	fluir	motion	jãimʉ	xãimʉ	inheritance			See Language page
flower	flor	flor	environment	korosi pa'pava	korosi paʔpaba	unique			See Language page
fly	volar	voar	motion	cãva ku'imʉ	kãba khuʔimʉ	inheritance			See Language page
fog	niebla, neblina	nevoeira, bruma, neblina	environment	oko jumupʉ	oko xumupʉ				See Language page
foot	pie	pé	body	cũ'apu	kũʔapu	inheritance			See Language page
fruit	fruta	fruta	flora	kʉisi'pʉ	kʉisiʔpʉ	inheritance			See Language page
good	bueno	bom	quality	ãja	ãxa	inheritance			See Language page
green	verde	verde	quality	vĩjañeja'ñe	bĩxaɲexaʔɲe	inheritance?			See Language page
grow	crecer	crescer	state	aineemʉ	aineemʉ	unique			See Language page
hair (of head)	cabello	cabelo	body	raña	raɲa	inheritance			See Language page
hand	mano	mão	body	jʉtʉ	xʉ̃tʉ	inheritance			See Language page
head	cabeza	cabeça	body	sĩjopʉ	sĩxopʉ	inheritance			See Language page
hear	oír	ouvir	mental	asamʉ	asamʉ	inheritance			See Language page
heart	corazón	coração	body	aʉ	aʉ	inheritance			See Language page
heavy	pesado	pesado	quality	rʉkʉmʉ	rʉkʉmʉ	inheritance			See Language page
hide	esconder	esconder	motion	chavemʉ	dʒavemʉ	inheritance			See Language page
hit	golpear, pegar	bater	impact	vaimʉ	baimʉ	unknown			See Language page
hold	correr, asegurar, sostener	segurar	other	kãhi-	kãhi-	inheritance			See Language page
hot	caliente	quente	quality			missing			See Language page
how?	como	como	grammar	ũcuaʉache	ũkuaʉakhe	inheritance			See Language page
if	si	se	grammar						See Language page
in/inside	dentro, adentro	dentro	location	sa'navʉ	saʔnavʉ	inheritance			See Language page
intestines	intestinos	intestinos	body	kɨtha-thɨo	kɨtha-thɨo	inheritance			See Language page
itch	hormiguear, sentir comezón	coçar	body	ju'jemʉ	xuʔxemʉ				See Language page
kill	matar	matar	impact	vanisomʉ	banisomʉ	inheritance			See Language page
know/be knowledgeable	saber, conecer	saber, conhecer	mental	masimʉ	masimʉ	inheritance			See Language page
lake	lago	lago	environment	chiara	dʒiara	inheritance			See Language page
laugh	reír	rir	mental	somʉ	somʉ	inheritance			See Language page
leaf	hoja	folha	environment	ja'ova	xaʔoba	inheritance			See Language page
left/left hand	izquierdo	esquerdo	location/body	khãʔkho-hɨ̃thɨ-ka	khãʔkho-hɨ̃thɨ-ka	inheritance			See Language page
leg/foot	pierna	perna	body	kũʔa-pɨ	kũʔa-pɨ	inheritance			See Language page
lie down	acostarse, echarse	deitar	motion	ũi-	ũi-	inheritance			See Language page
lightning	rayo, relámpago	relampago	environment	fe'nemʉ (verb)	feʔnemʉ	inheritance			See Language page
live/be alive	vivir	viver, morar	body	pa'imʉ, vajʉmʉ	paʔimʉ, baxʉmʉ	inheritance			See Language page
liver	hígado	figado	body	chemepʉ	dʒemepʉ	inheritance			See Language page
long	largo	comprido, longo	quality	rũhicuecho	rũhikuedʒo	unique			See Language page
louse	piollo, piojo	piolho	fauna	cʉ'ʉ	kʉ̃ʔʉ	inheritance		order Phtiraptera	See Language page
lung	pulmón	pulmão	body	kuãʔu-pɨ	kuãʔu-pɨ	unique			See Language page
man/male	hombre	homem	human	pãiʉ	pãiʉ	unique			See Language page
meat/flesh	carne	carne	fauna	va'i	baʔi	inheritance			See Language page
moon	luna	lua	environment	pãimiaʉ	pãimiaʉ	unique			See Language page
mother	madre, mamá	mãe	kinship	ja'ko	xaʔkho	inheritance			See Language page
mountain/hill	montaña, colina, loma, cerro	morro, serra	environment	aikũti	aikhũthi	inheritance			See Language page
mouth	boca	boca	body	chʉ'opo	dʒʉʔopo	inheritance			See Language page
name	nombre	nome	human	mami	mami	loan into protolanguage, direction unknown	Boran, Witotoan, Tukanoan		See Language page
nape	base del cuello, nuca	nuca	body	camu	kamu				See Language page
near/close	cerca de	perto	quality	aikuerʉ	aikuerʉ	inheritance			See Language page
neck	cuello	pescoço	body	cavʉ	kabʉ	unique			See Language page
new	nuevo	novo	quality	mama	mama	inheritance			See Language page
night	noche	noite	time	ñami	ɲami	inheritance			See Language page
no/not	no	não	grammar	pãamʉ	pãamʉ	inheritance			See Language page
nose	nariz	nariz	body	ʉke	ʉ̃khe	inheritance			See Language page
old	viejo	velho	quality	aina	aina	inheritance			See Language page
one	uno	um	number	te'echo	teʔedʒo	inheritance			See Language page
open/uncover	abrir	abrir	other			missing			See Language page
other	otro	outro	grammar	tĩiñe	tĩiɲe	inheritance			See Language page
pain/painful/sick	dolor, doloroso, enfermo	dor, doloroso, doente	body	jũnisomʉ	xũnisomʉ	inheritance			See Language page
person/human being	persona	pessoa	human	pãiʉ	pãiʉ	inheritance			See Language page
pound/beat	machacar, golpear	bater	impact	ja'emʉ	xaʔemʉ				See Language page
rain	lluvia	chuva	environment	oko, cʉnaʉmʉ oko (cʉnaʉmʉ=sky; oko=water	oko, cʉnaʉmʉ oko	inheritance			See Language page
red	rojo	vermelho	colour	maaja'ñe	maaxaʔɲe	inheritance			See Language page
right/right hand	derecha	direita	location/body	rũhiñe	rũhiɲe	unique			See Language page
road/path	camino	caminho	manufacture	ma'a	maʔa	inheritance			See Language page
root	raíz	raiz	flora	saivʉ	saibʉ	inheritance			See Language page
rotten	podrido	podre	quality	vʉʉsomʉ	vʉʉsomʉ	unique			See Language page
sand	arena	areia	environment	meja	mexa	inheritance			See Language page
say	decir	dizer	mental	chiimʉ, i'kamʉ	dʒiimʉ, iʔkamʉ	inheritance			See Language page
scratch	rascar	rasgar	impact	ko'rʉmʉ	koʔrʉmʉ	inheritance			See Language page
see	ver	ver	mental	ñamʉ	ɲamʉ	inheritance			See Language page
sharp	afilado, filudo, filoso	afiado	quality	hɨ̃hɨsɨ-	hɨ̃hɨsɨ-	inheritance			See Language page
shoot	tirar, disparar, balear	atirar	impact	jaomʉ	xaomʉ	unknown			See Language page
short	corto	curto	quality	capʉ	kapʉ	unique			See Language page
shoulder	hombro	ombro	body	tãtava	tãtaba	inheritance			See Language page
shy/ashamed	tímido, vergonzoso	timido, com vergonha	mental			missing			See Language page
sit	sentar(se)	sentar	state	ño'vemʉ	ɲoʔbemʉ	unique			See Language page
skin	piel	pele	body	ca'nivu	kaʔnibu	inheritance			See Language page
sky	cielo	céu	environment	cʉnaʉmʉ	kʉnaʉmʉ	inheritance			See Language page
sleep	dormir	dormir	body	kãimʉ	kãimʉ	inheritance			See Language page
small	pequeño	pequeno	quality	chiiʉ (male), chĩio (female)	dʒiiʉ, dʒĩio	unknown			See Language page
smoke	humo	fumaça	environment	piko	pikho	inheritance			See Language page
sniff/smell	olfatear, oler	cheirar	body	sʉmʉ, vʉomʉ	sʉmʉ, vʉomʉ	inheritance		primarily transitive	See Language page
spit	escupir	cuspir	body	tutumʉ	tutumʉ	inheritance			See Language page
split	partir, dividir	rachar, dividir, partir	impact	vatomʉ	batomʉ	inheritance			See Language page
squeeze	estrujar, exprimir	espremer	impact	quimʉ, cañomo	kimʉ, kaɲomo	inheritance			See Language page
stab/pierce	apuñalar, acuchillar	apunhalar	impact	hua-, 'thotha	hua-, 'thotha	inheritance			See Language page
stand	estar de pié	ficar em pé	state	canʉkamʉ, jʉvomʉ, vʉimʉ	kanʉkamʉ, xʉbomʉ, bʉimʉ	inheritance			See Language page
star	estrella	estrela	environment	ma'jñakoo	maʔxɲakhoo	inheritance			See Language page
steal	robar	roubar	other	ñaamʉ	ɲaamʉ	inheritance			See Language page
stick/wood	palo	pau, vara	flora	vãsocho	bãsodʒo	inheritance			See Language page
stone	piedra	pedra	environment	catapʉ	katapʉ	inheritance			See Language page
suck	chupar	chupar	body	viimʉ	biimʉ	inheritance			See Language page
sun	sol	sol	time	ʉsʉʉ	ʉ̃sʉʉ	inheritance			See Language page
sweat	sudar	suor, suar	body	ʉsʉʉ ca'namʉ	ʉ̃sʉʉ kaʔnamʉ	inheritance			See Language page
swell	hincharse	inchar	body	kotomʉ	kotomʉ	inheritance			See Language page
swim	nadar	nadar	motion	chu'amʉ	dʒuʔamʉ	inheritance			See Language page
tail	cola, rabo	rabo	body	jĩkocho	jĩkhodʒo	inheritance			See Language page
that	ese/esa	esse	grammar	jã'a (neuter), jã'o (female), jã'ʉ	xãʔa, xãʔo, xãʔʉ	inheritance			See Language page
thick	grueso, gordo, espeso	grosso	quality	tʉ'ʉñe	tʉ̃ʔʉɲe	inheritance			See Language page
thin	delgado	fino	quality	ruhira'chomʉ	ruhiraʔdʒomʉ	unique			See Language page
think	pensar	pensar	mental	cuasamʉ	kuasamʉ	doubtful loan	Tupi-Guarani		See Language page
this	este/esta	este	grammar	icheja, iko (female), ikʉ (male)	idʒexa, iko, ikʉ	inheritance			See Language page
three	tres	tres	number	choteñoã	dʒoteɲoa	unique			See Language page
throat	garganta	garganta	body	cakorovʉ	kakorobʉ	doubtful loan	Quechua, orig. Spanish?		See Language page
throw	tirar, lanzar	atirar, jogar	impact	su'amʉ	suʔamʉ	unique			See Language page
thunder	truenos	trovão	environment	caraʉ	karaʉ	doubtful loan	Witoto		See Language page
tie up/fasten	atar, amarrar	amarrar	impact	quẽomʉ	kẽomʉ	inheritance			See Language page
tongue	lengua	lingua	body	chemeño	dʒemeɲo	inheritance			See Language page
tooth	diente	dente	body	cõjiñʉ	kõxiɲʉ	inheritance			See Language page
turn	girar, volter, torcer	virar	other	canimʉ	kanimʉ	inheritance		may be transitive or intransitive	See Language page
two	dos	dois	number	dorepañoã (Spanish loan)	dorepaɲoã	loan	Spanish		See Language page
vomit	vomitar	vomitar	body	sisomʉ	sisomʉ	inheritance			See Language page
walk	caminar, andar	andar	motion	ku'imʉ	khuʔimʉ	inheritance			See Language page
water	agua	agua	environment	oko	okho	inheritance			See Language page
wet	mojado	molhado	quality	chakʉmʉ (to be wet)	dʒakhʉmʉ	inheritance			See Language page
what?	que, qué	que	grammar	ʉque	ʉke	doubtful loan	Spanish		See Language page
when?	cuando	quando	grammar	jeerʉmʉ, kerʉmʉ	xeerʉmʉ, kerʉmʉ	inheritance			See Language page
where?	donde	onde	grammar	jeecheja	jeecheja	inheritance			See Language page
white	blanco	branco	colour			missing			See Language page
who?	quien, quién	quem	grammar	nee pate (who is this?)	nee pathe	inheritance			See Language page
wife	esposa	esposa	kinship	rʉjo	rʉxo	inheritance			See Language page
wind	viento	vento	environment	thuthu	thuthu	inheritance			See Language page
wing	ala	asa	body	kaa, kue'chaka	kaa, kueʔdʒaka	inheritance			See Language page
woman/female	mujer	mulher	human	pãio	pãio	inheritance	shared Siona		See Language page
work	trabajar	trabalhar	other	cho'omʉ	dʒoʔomʉ	inheritance			See Language page
yawn	bostezar	bocejar	body	ʉo cha'amʉ	ʉo dʒaʔamʉ	inheritance			See Language page
yellow	amarillo	amarelo	colour	pachoja'che	padʒoxaʔdʒe	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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English	Spanish	Portuguese	Semantic Field	Part of Speech	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

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	pũsañʉ	pũsaɲʉ, pũsa		inheritance		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.	vʉ	bʉ, βɨɨ		inheritance		See Language page
alligator, black caiman	babilla; cachirre	jacaré	flora-fauna	Melanosuchus niger, Caiman schlerops; Paleosuchus sp.	okoroche	okʰoroʤe		unique		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				missing		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	pĩsi ʉche (ʉche=grape)	pĩsi ʉdʒe		inheritance		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	ãkue aña	ãkhue aɲa, 'okʰo 'aɲa				See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
angleworm	lombriz	minhoca	flora-fauna	order Opisthopora	aña [also means snake]	aɲa		semantic shift	snake	See Language page
ant (generic)	hormiga	formiga	flora-fauna	Formicidae	pẽa, emu	pẽa, emu				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)	chuchu	dʒudʒu, mie		loan	Quechua?	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	jamu	'hamu, xamu		inheritance		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	kãtʰɨ	kãtʰɨ				See Language page	tropical regions, especially river banks	plant
avocado	palta, aguacate	abacate	flora-fauna	Persea americana	capaiñʉ	kapaiɲʉ				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.	oo	oo		semantic shift?	Chacon 2013: markedness shift from sororoca	See Language page		Names for banana/plantain may be derived from bastard plantain by semantic shift.
bat	murciélago	morcego	flora-fauna	Chiroptera spp.	ocho	odʒo		inheritance		See Language page
beans	frijoles, frejol, caraotas (negras, rojas, blancas)	feijão	flora-fauna	Phaseolus spp.				missing		See Language page		plant
bird	pajaro, ave	passaro	flora-fauna		pĩ'a	pĩʔa		inheritance		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				missing		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	βere, mi'a	βere, miʔa		loan; inheritance	Carijona? werewere	See Language page
boa	boa; mantona (red-tailed boa); boa de altura	jiboia	flora-fauna	family Boidae, subf. Boinae	ãkue aña	ãkhue aɲa, 'okʰo 'aɲa		unique		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)	oko-nʉ (Crescentia cujete, Cook dict); oko-pʉ (calabaza, totuma)	okhopʉ, okʰo-pɨ ('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']	suania	suania				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				missing		See Language page
bullet ant, lesser giant hunter ant	conga, hormiga yanabe (Colombia), isula (Peru), Hormiga Veinticuatro	tocandira	flora-fauna	Paraponera clavata	jñata	ɲ̥ata		inheritance		See Language page
butterfly, moth	mariposa	borboleta	flora-fauna	order Lepidoptera	cucu	kuku		unique		See Language page
capybara	Capibara, Carpincho, Ronsoco	capivara	flora-fauna	Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris	kuẽso	kʰᵘẽso		doubtful loan into protolg	N. Arawak	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	sʉsʉri	sʉsʉri				See Language page
cicada	cigarra, chicharra	cigarra	flora-fauna	super fam. Cicadoidea	chocho	dʒodʒo		unknown		See Language page
cipó vine	tamishi, bejuco, yare	cipó	flora-fauna	Heteropsis spp.	cha'i	dʒaʔi				See Language page	secondary forest, floodplain	vine
coca	coca	coca	flora-fauna	Erythroxylum coca	jipie	xipie, hipie		loan - WW	%hibie	See Language page	secondary scrub vegetation. lower alt. of eastern Andes	plant
cockroach	cucaracha	barata-do-mato	flora-fauna	order Blattaria	co'roro	koʔroro		doubtful loan, direction unknown	Murui Witoto kanarɛ-	See Language page
collared peccary	sajino, pecarí de collar, jabalf, Javelina, Saíno, Pecarí de Collar	caititu, caetitu	flora-fauna	Pecari tajacu, Tayassu tajacu	sẽse, cha'o sẽse	sẽse, dʒa'o sẽse		unknown		See Language page
cotamundi, coatimundi	Coatí, Tejón, Achuni, zorro guache	quati	flora-fauna	genus Nasua	cuẽji	kuẽxi		inheritance		See Language page
cotton	algodón	algodão	flora-fauna	Gossypium (barbadense: long fibers; hirsutum: short fibers)	chʉi	dʒʉi, ʤɨi		semantic shift	original meaning kapok	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	ka'mi	khaʔmi		inheritance		See Language page
cricket	saltón, grillo	grilo	flora-fauna	family Gryllidae	pũs'u	pũsʔu		inheritance		See Language page
curassow	mitu, montete (Peru), paujil/panjuil (Peru), paujil de Salvin (Peru for Mitu salvini)	mutum	flora-fauna	Crax sp., Nothocrax sp.	kuĩa	khuĩa, sui		loan, direction unknown	Matses kuja	See Language page	Amazonia
deer	venado	veado, cariacu	flora-fauna	family Cervidae, esp. Odocoileus virginianus	maa nãma,nãma	ɲama, maa nãma,nãma		inheritance		See Language page
dog (camp, domestic)	perro	cachorro	flora-fauna	Canis famililaris	jamuchai	hamu 'ʤai, xamudʒai		semantic shift/calque	domesticated jaguar'?	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	kuiso	khuiso				See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
dove	paloma	pomba	flora-fauna	family Columbidae	ũ'kupo	ũʔkhupo		doubtful loan - WW	%motkuku	See Language page
duck	pato	pato, marreco	flora-fauna	Anatidae family	pete	phete		unknown	prob. inheritance	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	cu'e	kuʔe		unique		See Language page
firefly, lightning bug	lampírido, luciérnaga (Peru), añañahui (Peru), cocuyo (attributed Taino origin)	vagalume	flora-fauna	fam: Elateridae, Fengodidae, Lampyridae	tucu	tuku		loan - WW	%tjuku, via Arawak	See Language page
fish (generic)	pez	peixe	flora-fauna		va'i, chiacha va'i	baʔi, dʒiadʒa baʔi		inheritance		See Language page
fish poison, barbasco	barbasco, matapez (Colombia)	timbó	flora-fauna	Lonchocarpus spp.	ote ñaña	othe ɲaɲa		inheritance	cf. Cubeo	See Language page	secondary forests and secondary srcrub vegetation	shrub/tree
flea	pulga	pulga	flora-fauna	order Siphonaptera	sãkʉ	sãkhʉ, sãkʰɨ		inheritance		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				missing		See Language page
grass	hierba, pasto	capim, grama	flora-fauna	(generic)	tʰaʤa	tʰaʤa		inheritance		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	vʉ	bʉ				See Language page
guan	pava, pucacunga (Peru), pava de Spix (Peru)	jacu	flora-fauna	Penelope sp.	tã'umu	tãʔumu, uhe, tʰãʔomu (H&R)		inheritance		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	ʤahe	ʤahe		loan (into protolanguage?) - WW	%jahe	See Language page	semi-domesticated, native to Amazonian basin, esp. NW	vine
hawk	halcón, gavilán	gavião	flora-fauna	family Accipitridae	pĩ'a tao (tao=eagle)	pĩʔa thao		unique		See Language page
honeybee	abeja	abelha	flora-fauna	Apis mellifera; Tetragonisca angustula; Trigona amazonensis	o'a	oʔa		inheritance		See Language page
horse	caballo	cavalho	flora-fauna	Equus caballus	cavacho	kawaʃu				See Language page
hot pepper	ají, pimentón/pimiento rojo, pucunucho (Peru), charapilla (Peru)	pimenta	flora-fauna	Capsicum sp., principally chinensis and frutescens	chu'chu pia	dʒuʔdʒu pia		inheritance		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.]	emú	emú		inheritance		See Language page
hummingbird	colibrí, picaflor (Peru)	beija-flor	flora-fauna	family Trochilidae	mimi	mimi		inheritance		See Language page	Widespread
iguana	iguana, garipiares (Colombia)	camaleão	flora-fauna	Iguana sp.	kuechoo	kʰᵘeʤo		loan	Arawak (prob from 'lizard'), cf. e.g. Bare kuíd'iju	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	chai	dʒai		doubtful loan into protolanguage, direction unknown	Arawak (Chacon reconstructs); cf. TG *jawar	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	chʉiñʉ	dʒʉiɲʉ				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	sã'sa	sãʔsa		inheritance		See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
leaf-cutter ant	Colombia: zampopo, hormiga arriera; Venezuela: bachaco; Peru: curuhuinse	saúva	flora-fauna	Atta sp.	meka	mekha		inheritance		See Language page
macaw	ara, guacamaya	Arara	flora-fauna	family Psittacidae; Ara sp.	maa	maa		inheritance		See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
maize, corn	mazorca, maiz	milho	flora-fauna	Zea mays	veavʉ	beabʉ, βea		doubtful loan into protolanguage - WW	%bea	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	ãuva	ãuba, kʰɨi-pɨ (H&R)		unknown		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	ã'sova	ãʔsoba		inheritance		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	ne'e	neʔe		inheritance		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.	mʉte, sũsi (mosquito)	mʉte, sũsi, mɨtʰe		inheritance		See Language page
moth	mariposa nocturna, polilla	mariposa	flora-fauna	order Lepidoptera	cucu	kuku				See Language page
mouse, rat	ratón	camundongo, rata	flora-fauna	Mus musculus	sʉa	sʉ̃a, sɨ̃a		inheritance		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	cha'o	dʒaʔo		inheritance		See Language page
opossum	zarigüeya, rabipelado, zorro, zorrillo	mucura	flora-fauna	family Didelphidae				missing		See Language page
owl (large)	búho, lechuza	corujão	flora-fauna	order Strigiformes	cucu	kuku		doubtful loan into protolg - WW? onomatopoeic?	%murukutu / kurukutu	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.)	seme	seme		inheritance		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				missing		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	naso veko	naso bekho; 'βekʰo (H&R)		inheritance		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	ɨne	ɨne	pupunha palm			Chacon 2014: Appendix A
peanut	maní (may be loan from Taino Arawak), cacahuete	amendoim	flora-fauna	Arachis hypogaea	ñajo tẽ	ɲaxo tẽ				See Language page		plant
pineapple	piña	abacaxi	flora-fauna	Ananas comosus	ĩsipu	ĩsipu		semantic shift?	from caraua?	See Language page		plant
pirana	piraña, caribe	piranha	flora-fauna	subfamily Serrasalmidae	puñu	puɲu		inheritance		See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
porcupine	puerco espín, erizo (Peru), casha cushillo (Peru)	cuandu, porco-espinho	flora-fauna	family Erethizontidae	so'to	soʔto		inheritance		See Language page
potato	papa	batata	flora-fauna	Solanum tuberosum	papapʉ	papapʉ				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		ʤahi		inheritance		See Language page		plant
praying mantis, stick insects	mantis religiosa	louva-a-deus	flora-fauna	order Mantodea, family Mantidae						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				missing		See Language page
seje palm	ungurahui (Peru), palma de seje, milpesos, patabá	patoá, patuá	flora-fauna	Jessenia bataua, aka Oenocarpus bataua						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.	u'u	uʔu				See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
small lizard	lagartija	calango	flora-fauna	order Squamata	to'oroo	thoʔoroo		doubtful loan, direction unknown	Bora tsógooróho, Carib/WaiWai šukurwa, Achagua du:ru	See Language page
snail	caracol, churo (Peru)	caracol	flora-fauna	class Gastropoda	ca	ka		unknown		See Language page
snake (generic)	culebra, serpiente	cobra	flora-fauna		aña	ˈaɲa		inheritance		See Language page
snake (poisonous generic) or rattlesnake	víbora (Peru), jergón (Peru), yarara	jararaca	flora-fauna	Bothrops jararaca/atrox						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	jʉjʉo	xʉ̃xʉo, hɨ̃hɨ		inheritance		See Language page
squash	calabaza, calabacines, auyamas, zapallos, huingo (Peru)	abóbora	flora-fauna	Cucurbita sp.				missing		See Language page		plant
squirrel	ardilla, danta (Ven)	serelepe, quatipuru, esquilo	flora-fauna	family Sciuridae	masʉsʉko	masʉ̃sʉko		inheritance		See Language page
stingray (generic)	rayas látigo, raya	arraia	flora-fauna	Potamotrygon sp.	janameo	xanameo		inheritance		See Language page
tannia, yautia	huitina (Peru), ñame	taioba branca	flora-fauna	Xanthosoma spp.	ñajova	ɲaxoba, ɲaho				See Language page
tapir	sachavaca, danta	anta	flora-fauna	Tapirus terrestris	vekʉ	bekʉ, 'βekʰɨ		inheritance		See Language page
termites, white-ants	comején (Peru), termitas	cupim	flora-fauna	order Isoptera	chuchu	dʒudʒu		inheritance		See Language page
tick	garrapata	carrapato	flora-fauna	superfam Ixodoidea	ko're	khoʔre		inheritance		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	pʉ'koro	pʉʔkoro		unique		See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
toad	sapo	sapo	flora-fauna	order Anura	jojoo	xoxoo, 'hoho				See Language page
tobacco	tabaco	tabaco	flora-fauna	Nicotiana tabacum	mʉtokorovʉ	mʉtokhorobʉ, mɨtʰo (H&R)		inheritance		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	coʉ	koʉ, poʔo 'koɨ		inheritance		See Language page	Widespread
toucan	tucán, pinsha (Peru)	tucano	flora-fauna	Ramphastos sp.	ñase	ɲase		doubtful loan into protolanguage	North Arawak	See Language page	Widespread Amazonia
tree	árbol	arvore	flora-fauna		sũkiñʉ	sũkʰi-ɲɨ		inheritance		See Language page
tufted capuchin monkey	mono negro (Peru), Machín Negro, Maicero Cachón, mono maicero	macaco prego	flora-fauna	Cebus apella	tãke	tãkhe, tʰãkʰe		inheritance		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	βaʤo (H&R), ãukhu	βaʤo (H&R), ãukhu		loan - WW	Arawak	See Language page	Widespread South America
wasp	avispa; specific type: ronzapa/ronsapa	caba	flora-fauna	order Hymenoptera, sub: Apocrita	uti	uthi		inheritance		See Language page
white-fronted capuchin	Machín Blanco, mono blanco, Maicero Cariblanco, mono blanco (Peru)	Caiarara	flora-fauna	Cebus albifrons				missing		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	'βaʔo	'βaʔo		inheritance		See Language page
white-lipped peccary	Chancho de Monte, Cariblanco, Huangana	queixada	flora-fauna	Tayassu pecari	ʤaʔo 'sẽse	ʤaʔo 'sẽse		inheritance		See Language page
woodpecker	pájaro carpintero, carpintero	pica-pau	flora-fauna	family Picidae	kone	khone		inheritance		See Language page	Widespread Amazonia

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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	Word Structure	Word Structure Notes	General Notes	Source

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	saocho	saodʒo	inheritance		hunting, warfare	See Language page
axe/stone axe	hacha (de piedra)	machado (de pedra)	subsistence tool	su'upo	suʔupo	inheritance		especially for clearing fields	See Language page
bait for fishing	cebo, carnada para pescar, empate (Peru)	isca	subsistence tool					can refer to worms; more generic	See Language page
basin/bowl	tazón, plato hondo, taza	tijela	culture-material			missing			See Language page
basket (general)	canasta, canasto, cesta	cesto	culture-material	jʉ'e	jʉʔe	inheritance			See Language page
basket, small	canasta, canasto, cesta	cesto pequeno, tampado	culture-material						See Language page
bead	abalorio, mostacilla, cuenta, gota, puca; necklace=collar	miçanga	culture-material			missing			See Language page
bed	cama	cama	culture-material	kãisaivʉ	khãisaibʉ	unknown			See Language page
bench, seat	banco, silla, asiento	banco	culture-material	ñu'iko'a	ɲuʔikhoʔa	inheritance			See Language page
blowgun	cerbatana, pucuna (Peru)	zarabatana	subsistence tool	jʉoñʉ	xʉoɲʉ	inheritance		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	cʉnatʉo	kʉnatʉo				See Language page
bottom grinding stone			manufacture	catapʉ, cata, cʉna	katapʉ, kata, kʉna			if different word from top grinding stone	See Language page
bow	arco	arco	subsistence tool	saocucupʉ	saokukupʉ	inheritance		arco	See Language page
broom	escoba	vassoura	culture-material	jʉ'osachapʉ	xʉʔosadʒapʉ	inheritance			See Language page
canoe	canoa	canoa	transport	choovʉ	dʒoobʉ	inheritance			See Language page
cat	gato	gato	acculturation	misi	misi	loan - WW	%miʃi		See Language page
chicken	gallina	galinha	acculturation	kurao	khurao	loan - WW	%kara		See Language page
chief/leader	jefe, cacique	chefe	culture-mythology	pãi chʉ̃'ʉkʉ	pãi dʒʉ̃'ʉkʉ	loan	Tupi-Guarani pai 'respected man'		See Language page
clothing	ropa	roupa	culture-mythology	kãña	khãɲa	inheritance			See Language page
club	garrote, cachiporra	clava, porrete	subsistence tool						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	jʉocho	xʉodʒo			hunting and warfare	See Language page
deity/powerful spirit/culture figure	dios(es), deidad	divinidade, figura mítica	culture-mythology			missing		In RN region, frequently translates as 'Bone-Son', 'One on the bone', etc.	See Language page
digging stick			subsistence tool						See Language page
dream	sueño, soñar	sonho, sonhar	culture-mythology	kãni ñañe	khãni ñañe				See Language page
drum	tambor	tambor	culture-mythology	vativʉ	batibʉ	inheritance			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	pãuva'ti	pãubaʔti	doubtful loan	Bora, Carib, Yagua, other pepet- forms	esp. for fanning a cooking fire	See Language page
feather headdress	plumaje, corona de plumas	enfeite/capacete de penas	culture-mythology	tuhivʉ	tuhibʉ				See Language page
fence, palisade	cerco	cerca	other			missing		may be related to defense/warfare?	See Language page
fermented drink	masato, chicha	caxiri, chicha	culture	ã'so cono (cono=chicha; ã'so=manioc)	ãʔso kono	inheritance/sem shift?	manioc drink'	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	jẽka	xẽkha	inheritance			See Language page
fish (with fish-poison)	pescar con barbasco, barbasquear	pescar com timbó; tinguijar	food	eemʉ	eemʉ	semantic shift	from 'timbo'		See Language page
fish (with line)	anzuelear, pescar con linea	pescar (com linha)	food	no'imʉ	noʔimʉ				See Language page
fishing line	cordel/cuerda p/ pescar, sedal, tanze	linha de pesca	subsistence tool						See Language page
fishtrap	trampa de peces, trampa	matapi, cacuri	subsistence tool	je'vavʉ	xeʔbabʉ				See Language page
flat bread, cassava bread	pan de yuca, casabe/cazabe	beiju	food	ãu	ãu	inheritance		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	jarina (loan from Spanish or Portuguese)	xarina	loan	Spanish	agriculture	See Language page
flute	flauta, quena (Peru)	flauta	culture-mythology	phĩcovʉ	phĩkobʉ	doubtful loan	shared Secoya; Aymara/Quechua pinguʎu	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	vati	bati	inheritance			See Language page
gourd (dipper/bowl)	cucharón, pate (Peru), totomo, totuma, totumo	cuia	subsistence tool	okopʉ	okhopʉ	inheritance			See Language page
grater	rallador, rallo	ralador, ralo	subsistence tool	tara va'ti	thara baʔti	inheritance		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						See Language page
grid of sticks for smoking meat or placing objects (shelf)	barbacoa	jirau	subsistence tool	khaja (Chacon14)	khaja (Chacon14)	inheritance			See Language page
griddle for cooking flatbread	tiesto (Colombia), budare (Venezuela), tortera (Peru)	forno para beiju	subsistence tool	so'kova	soʔkhoba	unknown		agriculture?	See Language page
gun	arma, escopeta	espingarda, fusil	acculturation	jaovʉ	xaovʉ	unknown			See Language page
hammock	hamaca, chinchorro	rede	culture-material	jãurʉ	xãurʉ	inheritance			See Language page
hat	sombero	chapéu	dress	tuhiro	tuhiro	unknown			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	airo pũji	airo pũxi	unique		only gathered in wild throughout Amazonia?	See Language page
house			other	vʉ'e	bʉʔe	inheritance			See Language page
hunt	cazar	caçar	food	va'i jñaa saimʉ	baʔi ɲ̥aa saimʉ				See Language page
knife	cuchillo	faca	culture-material	va'ti	baʔti	inheritance			See Language page
loincloth	taparrabos, guayuco, pampanilla	tanga, tapa-sexo	dress						See Language page
machete	machete	facão	culture-material	va'ti	baʔti	semantic shift	see knife		See Language page
mortar	mortero	pilão	subsistence tool			missing			See Language page
paddle/oar	remo	remo	transport	choova'ti	dʒoobaʔti	inheritance			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	utija'o	utixa'o	unknown			See Language page
pestle	pilón, mano de mortero, mazo, moledor	mão de pilão	subsistence tool						See Language page
pipe for tobacco	pipa	cachimbo	other	mʉtoro'rova	mʉtoro'rova				See Language page
plate	plato	prato	culture-material	totore'ava	totoreʔaba	inheritance			See Language page
policeman	polícia	policía	acculturation						See Language page
pot	olla, pote	panela, vasilha	subsistence tool	cʉnaro	kʉnaro	inheritance			See Language page
rattle	matraca, maraca	marico, chocalho	culture-mythology	ka'sapuã	kaʔsapuã	inheritance			See Language page
resin	resina, brea, copal	resina, brea, breu	subsistence tool	maja	maxa	semantic shift	from beeswax (Arawak/Quechua loan?)		See Language page
ritual song cycle (kapiwaya)	kapiwaya	capiwaya	culture-mythology						See Language page
rope/string	mecate, cuerda, soga	corda	culture	pĩsime, chʉi	pĩsime, dʒʉi	inheritance			See Language page
salt	sal	sal	food	ũha	ũha	inheritance?			See Language page
school	escuela	escola	acculturation	utija'o vʉ'e	utixa'o vʉ'e				See Language page
shaman, healer	chamán, brujo	xaman, pajé, feiticeiro	culture-mythology	chai	dʒai	semantic shift	from 'jaguar'	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	cũ'akoro	kũ'akhoro				See Language page
skirt	falda, saya, fustan, pollera	saia	culture-material	jochovʉ	xodʒovʉ	unknown			See Language page
soldier	soldado	soldado	acculturation	sõtaoʉ	sõtaoʉ	loan	Span/Port soldado		See Language page
song (generic)	canción, canto	canção	culture-mythology	uja	uxa	inheritance			See Language page
spear	lanza	lança	subsistence tool	cʉnarʉ	kʉnarʉ	unique			See Language page
spearthrower			subsistence tool						See Language page
starch (tapioca, other)	almidón	goma de tapioca	food	jo'jo	xoʔxo	inheritance			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	chʉ'chʉ	dʒʉ'dʒʉ				See Language page
tapioca drink, mingau	cahuana, caguana	mingau	food			missing		agriculture	See Language page
tattoo	tatuaje, tatu	tatuagem	culture-mythology						See Language page
thatch/roof	crisneja	palha, caraná	culture-material			missing			See Language page
tipiti (manioc squeezer)	tipiti, matafrio, sebucán, exprimador, prensa para yuca	tipiti	food	cañovʉ	kañobʉ	inheritance?		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					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	chima, eo	dʒima, eo	inheritance		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	maja 'resin, beeswax'	maxa 'resin, beeswax'	loan (into protolg?)	Quechua/Arawak?		See Language page
woven strainer/sieve	colador tejido, cedazo (Peru), cernedor (Peru)	peneira, cumatá	subsistence tool	jʉ'eri'cupʉ	xʉʔeriʔkupʉʉ	inheritance		agriculture? commonly used for sifting dry manioc flour	See Language page
yurupari, jurupari (or any flutes forbidden to women)	yurupari	jurupari	culture-mythology					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	General Notes
Morphology - Compounding, auxiliaries, light verbs	Productive NN compounding	Noun compounds created from two noun phrases are common and systematically produced	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.18
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	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53-87	possible example @ top of p,90
Morphology - Compounding, auxiliaries, light verbs	Productive VV compounding	Serial verb constructions involve chaining of roots together in one morphophonological word	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53-87	possible example @ top of p,90
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53-87
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	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.82
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]	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53
Morphology - General	Inflection manifested by replacement of segmental or suprasegmental phonemes	Stem change, tone	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53
Morphology - General	Verbal synthesis (1+ inflectional categories marked by verbal affixes)	Morphological complexity in verbs - multiple inflectional affixes in a single verb word	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53
Morphology - General	Prefixing/suffixing inflectional morph: strongly prefixing	There are many more prefixes than suffixes	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.iii
Morphology - General	Prefixing/suffixing inflectional morph: strongly suffixing	There are many more suffixes than prefixes	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.iii
Morphology - General	Prefixing/suffixing inflectional morph: roughly equal or one weakly preferred	The numbers of suffixes and prefixes are not notably different	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.iii
Morphology - General	Reduplication: full	The full morpheme is reduplicated	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.85
Morphology - General	Reduplication: partial	Only part of the morpheme is reduplicated	no info		Cook & Criswell 1993
Morphology - Incorporation	Incorporation of nouns into verbs is a productive intransitivizing process	Verb contains nominal segment	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.79-80	verbalizer on noun creates a verb
Morphology - Incorporation	Productive incorporation of other elements (adjectives, locatives, etc.) into verbs	Like noun incorporation, but incorporated elements are not nouns	no	adverbs	Cook & Criswell 1993, p.80
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Adpositions mark core NPs	Prepositions or postpositions mark subjects, objects, beneficiaries/recipients	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.51-52
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: number of cases	Note the number of grammatical relations that may be morphologically marked on the noun	4		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.47
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: only non-core arguments morphologically marked	Subjects, objects, beneficiaries/recipients NOT marked, but other grammatical relations are	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.47-51
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.47
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: asymmetrical	Semantically defined subset of NPs marked for case, e.g. animates	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.47
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: suffix or postpositional clitic		yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.47
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: prefix or prepositional clitic		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.47
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: infix or inpositional clitic		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.47
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: stem change		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.47
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: tone		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.47
Nominal Categories - Case and adpositions	Case: comitative = instrumental	Same marking for 'with a person' and 'with an instrument'	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.47
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.15-17
Nominal Categories - Definiteness and clusivity	Marker of definiteness distinct from demonstratives	Focus on articles/markers whose primary function is to mark definiteness	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.41-42
Nominal Categories - Definiteness and clusivity	Indefinite or non-specific article	or marker	yes	There is an additional suffix -makʰa 'thing' that is used to refer to individual objects without shape sorters.	Cook & Criswell 1993, p.25
Nominal Categories - Definiteness and clusivity	Inclusive/exclusive: in free pronominals	Inclusive =us + you, exclusive = us but not you	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.31
Nominal Categories - Definiteness and clusivity	Inclusive/exclusive: in verbal inflection (bound)		no		Cook & Criswell 1993 31-33
Nominal Categories - Definiteness and clusivity	Distance contrasts in demonstratives (number)	Note the number of distances in the demonstrative system	yes	3, 'this' (near speaker), 'that' (a short distinction), 'that' (present but not visible, or someone mentioned above)	Cook & Criswell 1993, p.32	The same demonstration was used to refer to nouns conretos that have already been named in a previous sentence (keep a classifier suffix to these.)
Nominal Categories - Definiteness and clusivity	Other contrasts in demonstratives (visibility, elevation, etc.)		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.32
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	animate and inanimate	Cook & Criswell 1993, p.15	human noun endings can not do without "emotional" gender and number.
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Number of noun classes/genders	Note the (approximate) total number of noun classes/genders	2		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.15	The animates are classified in humans and animals and inanimate, in which take a suffix to indicate the shape classifier or function of the object, and those who lack a classifier.
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.18	These serve three functions: 1. show the correlation between elements of the noun, 2. radical-nominal noun, and 3. replace the noun that follows the switch.
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Sex is a relevant category in noun class(ification) system for animates	Masculine, feminine, neuter	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.15-16
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Sex is a relevant category in noun class(ification) system for inanimates		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.18
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	yes	animados e inanimados.	Cook & Criswell 1993, p.15
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	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.31-32
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Shape is a relevant category in the noun class(ification) system for animates		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.15-17
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Shape is a relevant category in the noun class(ification) system for inanimates		yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.18
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.18-25	no info/ not expected
Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification	Numeral classifiers (specific to numerals)	Special classifier forms that occur only with numerals	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.42-43	corresponding to 'finger' (dedo)
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.'	yes	Some illustrative nouns derived from verbal radicals.	Cook & Criswell 1993, p.18, 27	A verb or noun clause can be a suffix added to the verb.
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.17-18	generic (given to a classifier when referring to specific individuals or pluralities)
Nominal Categories - Number	Plural affix on noun		yes	added after the classifier on the noun (inan.)	Cook & Criswell 1993, p.15, 18	There is "implicit pluralism" in the forms without classifier
Nominal Categories - Number	Plural marked by stem change or tone on noun		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.15
Nominal Categories - Number	Plural marked by reduplication of noun		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.15
Nominal Categories - Number	Plural word/clitic		yes	Gender and number of human nouns are plural is indicated by separate words.	Cook & Criswell 1993, p.15
Nominal Categories - Number	Plural marked on human or animate nouns only		no	Inanimate nouns are divided into three classes as the plural formation.	Cook & Criswell 1993, p.26
Nominal Categories - Number	Pronominal plural: stem + nominal plural affix	Pronouns use a nominal plural affix not specific to pronouns	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.31-32
Nominal Categories - Number	Unique associative plural marker	e.g. 'John and his associates', 'John and them'	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.51
Nominal Categories - Numerals	Base-2	At least some part of the system involves base-2	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.43
Nominal Categories - Numerals	Base-5	At least some part of the system involves base-5	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.43
Nominal Categories - Numerals	Base-10	At least some part of the system involves base-10	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.42-43
Nominal Categories - Numerals	Other base (specify)	4, 20, etc.	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.42-43
Nominal Categories - Numerals	Etymological transparency in any numerals under 5	e.g. two = 'eye-quantity'	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.42-43
Nominal Categories - Numerals	Numerals do not go above 5	'Many' or some other non-exact term used	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.42	The Koreguaje has its own words for numbers one to twenty. However, currently only used the first four. (esp for others.)
Nominal Categories - Numerals	Numerals do not go above 10	'Many' or some other non-exact term used	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.42
Nominal Categories - Other nominal	Tense or aspect inflection on non-verbal predicates	i.e. nominal or adjectival	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.15-40
Nominal Categories - Other nominal	Person inflection on non-verbal predicates	i.e. nominal or adjectival	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.36
Nominal Categories - Pronominal categories	Gender in 3sg pronouns		yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.32
Nominal Categories - Pronominal categories	Gender in 3pl pronouns		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.32
Nominal Categories - Pronominal categories	Gender in 1st and/or 2nd person pronouns		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.31
Nominal Categories - Pronominal categories	Formal/informal distinction in pronouns	Polite pronominal variants or differential avoidance of pronouns	no		Cook & Criswell 1993 31-33
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		Cook & Criswell 1993 31-33
Nominal Syntax - Adjectives	Underived adjectives	There are underived adjectives which do not have counterparts in other word classes	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.36-38
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	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.36-38
Nominal Syntax - Derivation	Productive nominalizing morphology: action/state (arrive/arrival)	There is a morpheme which derives an event from a verb	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53-
Nominal Syntax - Derivation	Productive nominalizing morphology: agentive (sing/singer)	There is a morpheme which derives an agent or subject from a verb	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.27-28
Nominal Syntax - Derivation	Productive nominalizing morphology: object (sing/song)	There is a morpheme which derives a patient or object from a verb	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.27-28, 47
Nominal Syntax - Derivation	Productive verbalizing morphology	There is a morpheme which derives a verb from a noun or adjective	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.79
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.51
Nominal Syntax - Possession	Pronominal possessive affixes: prefix on N	alienable/inalienable?	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.45
Nominal Syntax - Possession	Pronominal possessive affixes: suffix on N	alienable/inalienable?	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.45
Nominal Syntax - Possession	Head/dependent marking in possessive NP: dependent	e.g. 'the boy-'s dog'	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.45
Nominal Syntax - Possession	Head/dependent marking in possessive NP: head	e.g. 'the boy his-dog'	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.45
Nominal Syntax - Possession	Possessive classifiers	There are special classifiers that occur with possessed entities	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.45
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.45	no info/not expected
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.45	no info/not expected
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.45	no info/not expected
Nominal Syntax - Possession - Alienability	Inalienable possession of kin terms	'my-father' but *father	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.16	Mostly kinship terms consist of a more radical suffix or word appropriate gender and number ... Kinship terms for 'uncle'and 'aunt' are inherently specified for gender and lack of a suffix this nature, although usually plural.
Nominal Syntax - Possession - Alienability	Inalienable possession of body parts (human/animal)	'my-leg' but *leg	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.18-25
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.15-18
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		Gralow & Cook 1984
Phonology - Segmental	Glottalized/ejective consonants	Phonemic contrast [NOT counting glottal stop/fricative]	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993: 2-3
Phonology - Segmental	Palatalized stops	Phonemic contrast	yes		Gralow & Cook 1984
Phonology - Segmental	Phonemic vowel length	Does the language have long and short vowels?	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.1-6
Phonology - Segmental	Phonemic glottalization/laryngealization of vowels		yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.11-13
Phonology - Segmental	Complex onsets	Onset consists of more than one consonant phoneme	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.10
Phonology - Segmental	No codas	*(C)VC [no also equals highly constrained]	yes	(C)V(V)	Cook & Criswell 1993, p.10
Phonology - Segmental	Word-final coda required	Do all syllables end in a consonant?	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.10
Phonology - Suprasegmental	Contrastive tones	Note how many contrastive tones	yes	There are two tone levels in Coreguaje, high and low.	Gralow & Cook 1984, p.3-4. Cook '93, p.11	some suffixes have alternative ways that are inexplicable from the current structures of tone and emphasis.
Phonology - Suprasegmental	Contrastive stress	Does stress occur on different syllables with meaning difference?	no		Gralow & Cook 1984, p.3-4. Cook & Criswell 1993, p.10	Cook source explicitly states that there is no contrastive stress (but does suggest Gralow for further reading on tone/stress)
Phonology - Suprasegmental	Nasalization property of morpheme or syllable	In contrast to nasalization as a property of segments	yes		Young 1984, p.76
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?	yes	Nasalization runs progressively through morphemic boundaries to be stopped by a bilabial plosive. Nasalization runs throughout the word regressively in the same way, but does not cross the boundary between a suffix and a root.	Young 1984, p.76
Phonology - Suprasegmental	Vowel harmony		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.9	The vowel /e/ has a closed variant [e] when it precedes another vowel or /h/ in the phonological phrase. The open variant [ɛ] in other positions. Also, check top of p.70
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	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.89-91
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.89-91
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	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.89-91
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking in full NPs: tripartite	Intransitive subjects, transitive subjects, and transitive objects all receive distinct case markers	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.89-91
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)	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.89-91
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking of pronouns: marked accusative		yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.47	pronouns used as direct objects must be followed by -re or -ni
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking of pronouns: marked nominative		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.90	subject change indicated by suffix -na
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking of pronouns: ergative-absolutive	yes, no, mixed, other	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.31
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking of pronouns: tripartite		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.31
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of case marking of pronouns: active-inactive		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.31
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of verbal person-marking: nominative-accusative	Same as above, for pronominal affixes/clitics on verbs	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.31, 53
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of verbal person-marking: ergative-absolutive	yes, no, mixed, other	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.89
Simple Clauses - Alignment	Alignment of verbal person-marking: active-inactive		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.89
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.89
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.89-99	may want to re-examine this
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.82
Simple Clauses - Interrogatives	Polar questions: interrogative particle	Yes/no questions distinguished from declaratives by interrogative particle	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.56
Simple Clauses - Interrogatives	Polar questions: verb morphology	Yes/no questions distinguished from declaratives by interrogative verb morphology	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.56
Simple Clauses - Interrogatives	Polar questions: word order	Yes/no questions distinguished from declaratives by word order (esp. subject-verb inversion)	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.56
Simple Clauses - Interrogatives	Polar questions: intonation only	Yes/no questions distinguished from declaratives by intonation only	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.56
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.56
Simple Clauses - Negation	Clausal negator is a preposed element	Clausal negator is a preposed element	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.61-62
Simple Clauses - Negation	Clausal negator is a postposed element	Clausal negator is a postposed element	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.61-62
Simple Clauses - Negation	Negatives: affix	Negatives: affix	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.61-62
Simple Clauses - Negation	Negatives: particle	Negatives: particle	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.61-62
Simple Clauses - Negation	Negatives: auxiliary verb	Negatives: auxiliary verb	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.61-62
Simple Clauses - Negation	Negatives: double	Standard (non-emphatic) negation typically requires two morphemes, e.g. French 'ne V pas'	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.61-62
Simple Clauses - Negation	Distinct negative form for 'NP does not exist'		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.61-62	Koreguaje has some verbs that are inherently negative.
Simple Clauses - Negation	Distinct negative expression 'I don't know'	Lexical expression or highly idiomatic phrase	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.62	Distinct verb form for know (neg); wesɨ̃- 'no saber'
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.	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.89-94
Simple Clauses - Other	Morphologically marked switch-reference system	There are special markers to indicate same vs. different subject when two clauses are combined	yes	-na marks a change in subject	Cook & Criswell 1993, p.90
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	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.89-92
Simple Clauses - Predication	Predicate adjectives: verbal	Adjectives act like verbs in predicative position	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.34-36
Simple Clauses - Predication	Predicate adjectives: nominal	Adjectives act like nouns in predicative position	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.34-36
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)	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.34-42
Simple Clauses - Predication	Headless relative clauses	Compare Eng 'the one that fell' (but in Eng 'one' could be considered a head)	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.41
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.41
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	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.41
Simple Clauses - Predication	Relativizer is a verbal affix		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.41
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)	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.41
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.31
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	Pronominal subjects: prefixes on verb	Pronominal subjects are marked as verbal prefixes (free pronouns may be another option)	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.31-32
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.31-32
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.31-32
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.31-32
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	Person marking on intransitive verbs	Intransitive verbs take person-marking clitics/affixes	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.69-70
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	Person marking (of agents) on transitive verbs	Transitive verbs take subject (A) markers	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53, 89
Simple Clauses - Pronouns and person marking	Person-marking (of objects) on transitive verbs	Transitive verbs take object (P) markers	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53, 89
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.91
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.91
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53
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	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.45
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	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53
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	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.92-93, 48
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.69-72
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.69-73
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.69-80
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.69-80
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.69-80	no info/not expected
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	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.71
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.71-72
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Decreasing	Other intransitivizing morphology	There is/are some other mechanism(s) for reducing valency	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.69
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Applicative: benefactive	Applicative adds a beneficiary/maleficiary object argument to the verb	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.72
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Applicative: other	Applicative adds some other object argument to the verb	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.69-73
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Causative: prefix	Causative is morphological and is attached before the root of the verb	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.70	causatives appears to be lexical
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Causative: suffix	Causative is morphological and is attached after the root of the verb	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.70
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Causative marked by circumfix, stem change, or tone	Morphological causative other than simple prefix/suffix	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.70
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Causative: serial verb or analytical construction	Causative construction that involves periphrasis or serialization	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.70
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.70
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Causative: dedicated sociative	Indicates that causer participates in event	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.70
Simple Clauses - Valence and voice - Increasing	Other transitivizing morphology (adds valence)	There is/are some other mechanism(s) for increasing valency	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.69-72
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Dedicated past marker(s)	Past tense is regularly morphologically marked on the verb or elsewhere	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.62-73
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Multiple past tenses, distinguishing distance from time of reference	e.g. distant vs. recent past	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.62-73
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Multiple future tenses, distinguishing distance from time of reference	e.g. imminent vs. distant future	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53-63
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Dedicated future or non-past marker(s)		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53-63
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Tense-aspect affixes: prefix		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53-63
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Tense-aspect affixes: suffix		yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53-63
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Tense-aspect affixes: tone or ablaut		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53-63
Verbal Categories - Aspect and tense	Tense-aspect suppletion		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53-63
Verbal Categories - Directionals	Directional elements affixed to the verb	There are grammaticalized elements indicating movement away, toward, there and back, etc.	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.76
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Grammaticalized visual	Indicates information has been witnessed visually - indicate only if an overt marker	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.86	Unlike other Tucanoan lanugages, Koreguaje does not contain evidential suffixes.
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Grammaticalized nonvisual	Indicates information has been sensed firsthand but not visually (usually heard; also smelled, tasted, felt)	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.86
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.86
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Grammaticalized reportive	Indicates speaker is not responsible for veracity of statement, merely reporting; 'allegedly'	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.86
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Grammaticalized quotative	Indicate presence of adjacent representation of repeated discourse	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.86
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Other evidential	Any other evidential values not represented above	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.86
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Evidentiality: verb affix or clitic		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.86-87
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Evidentiality: part of tense system	Includes portmanteau morphs	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.86-87
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Evidentiality: separate particle		yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.86-87
Verbal Categories - Evidentiality	Evidentiality: modal morpheme		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.86-87
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.58
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.59
Verbal Categories - Mood	Difference between negation in imperative (prohibitive) and declarative clauses	There are different strategies for marking negation in imperative and declarative clauses	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.61
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'	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.59
Verbal Categories - Mood	Situational possibility: affix on verb	Inflectional marking of capacity to do something	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.64
Verbal Categories - Mood	Situational possibility: verbal construction		yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.64	radical verb + POT + VBLZ
Verbal Categories - Mood	Situational possibility: other marking		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.55-65
Verbal Categories - Mood	Epistemic possibility: affix on verb	Modal expressing hypothesis	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.55-65, 82
Verbal Categories - Mood	Epistemic possibility: verbal construction		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.55-65
Verbal Categories - Mood	Epistemic possibility: other marking		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.55-65
Verbal Categories - Mood	Marking of expected/unexpected action or result	There is inflectional marking of expected/unexpected	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.55-65, 82	look at 'intención' on p. 59
Verbal Categories - Mood	Verbal frustrative	Modal expressing frustration ("in vain")	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.77
Verbal Categories - Mood	Verbal habitual	Modal expressing habituality	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.63	radical verbal + SUS + VBLZ
Verbal Categories - Mood	Apprehensive construction	There is a single morpheme or verb form to mean '(be careful lest) X happens'	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.74-87
Verbal Categories - Mood	Reality status marking on verbs	There are dedicated morpheme(s) for realis/irrealis 'actualized/unactualized events'	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53-
Verbal Categories - Mood	Affect markers (positive/negative)	Note whether these inflectional markers are positive or negative	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.59	both shown on chart (Cook)
Verbal Categories - Other	Social interaction markers	Note the type of interaction	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53-87	no info/not expected
Verbal Categories - Verbal number	Verbal number suppletion		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53-87
Word Order	No fixed basic constituent order		yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.89
Word Order	VS in intransitive clauses	Verb precedes subject	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, iii
Word Order	VS in transitive clauses		yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, iii
Word Order	VO in transitive clauses	Verb precedes object	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.47-51
Word Order	OS in transitive clauses	Object precedes subject	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, iii
Word Order	Preposition-Noun		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.51	No prepositions
Word Order	Noun-Postposition or case suffix		yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.51
Word Order	Gen-Noun	Possessive phrase composed of a free possessor and its possessum has possessor first (e.g. John's book)	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, iii
Word Order	Noun-Gen	Possessive phrase composed of a free possessor and its possessum has possessum first (e.g. 'book of John')	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, iii
Word Order	Adj-Noun	Adjective precedes the noun	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, iv
Word Order	Noun-Adj	Adjective follows the noun	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, iv
Word Order	Dem-Noun		yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.41
Word Order	Noun-Dem		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.41
Word Order	Num-Noun		no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.42
Word Order	Noun-Num		yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.42
Word Order	Noun-Rel	Relative clause follows noun that it modifies	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, iv
Word Order	Rel-Noun	Relative clause precedes noun that it modifies	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.41
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		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.41
Word Order	Relative clause is correlative or adjoined	e.g. 'what is running, the dog chased that cat'	no		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.41
Word Order	Question word is clause initial	'what', 'who', etc. come first in interrogative clause	yes		Cook & Criswell 1993, p.57-58

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