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Ngamini

Family: Pama-Nyungan
Region: Australia
ISO 639-3: nmv
Location: -27.08°, 139.07°
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Features: Basic Vocabulary
Flora Fauna Vocabulary
Cultural Vocabulary
Ethnographic Information

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Basic Vocabulary (186)

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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	Etymology Code	Loan Source
1pl.excl	nosotros (exclusivo)	nós (exclusivo)	grammar	ngañurru	inheritance
1pl.incl	nosotros (inclusivo)	nós (inclusivo)	grammar	ngayini	semantic shift
1sg	yo	eu	grammar	nganyi	inheritance
2pl	ustedes	vocês	grammar	yuRu	inheritance
2sg	xx	xx	grammar	yini	inheritance
3pl	ellos/ellas	eles/elas	grammar	thana	inheritance
3sg	el/ella	ele/ela	grammar	najia	inheritance
above	encima, arriba	acima	location	kurumu	inheritance
again	de nuevo, otra vez	de novo	grammar	kalara	unique
all	todo	todos	other	parrtyana	inheritance
and	y	e	grammar	ya	inheritance
ankle	tobillo	tornozelo	body	827	unique
armpit	axila, sobaco	axila	body	kapurrha	inheritance
ashamed	xx	xx	mental	manngarina	inheritance
ashes	xx	xx	environment	turpa	doubtful loan
at	en, a	em, a	location	[missing]	missing
back	espalda	costas	body	2304	inheritance?
bad	mal	mal	quality	mana	inheritance
be alive	xx	xx	body	kalpali	unique
belly	barriga	barriga	body	tunru	inheritance
below	abajo, debajo	abaixo	location	ngarini	inheritance
big	grande	grande	quality	pirna	inheritance
bite	morder	morder	body	matha_x001E_	inheritance
black	negro	preto	colour	maRu	inheritance
blood	sangre	sangue	body	kumarrhi	inheritance
blow	soplar	soprar	body	walunkana	unique
blunt	xx	xx	quality	njenji	inheritance
bone	hueso	osso	body	waRapu	loan	Arabana?
boomerang	xx	xx	manufacture	kira	loan direction unknown
breast	pecho, seno	peito	body	ngama	inheritance
breathe	respirar	respirar	body	ngarawaluwalunkana	inheritance
burn	quemar	queimar	environment	yarki	inheritance
chew	masticar, mascar	mastigar	body	[missing]	missing
child	niño, niña	criança	human	kupa	semantic shift
climb	subir	subir	motion	katiya	inheritance
cloud	nube	nuvem	environment	kurrara	doubtful loan
cold	frío	frio	quality	malti	inheritance
come	venir	vir	motion	yurdunanmayi	unique
cook	cocinar	cozinhar	impact	kuki	doubtful loan	English?
count	contar	contar	mental	pindakana	inheritance
cry	llorar	chorar	mental	yanrayi	inheritance
cut	xx	xx	impact	rdama	inheritance
die/be dead	morir	morrer	state	naRina	inheritance
dig	cavar	cavar	impact	pirniya	unique
dingo/wolf			fauna	tirtajapa	unique
dirty	sucio	sujo	quality	parda	unique
dream	soñar	sonhar	mental	ngapitya	inheritance
drink	beber, tomar	beber	body	tapana	inheritance
dry	seco	seco	quality	dinggipa	unique
dust	polvo	poeira	environment	kunaputara	inheritance
ear	oreja	orelha	body	talpa	inheritance
earth/soil	tierra	terra	environment	walju	inheritance
eat	comer	comer	body	tajina	inheritance
egg	huevo	ovo	fauna	pampu	inheritance
eye	ojo	olho	body	miRki	inheritance
faeces	heces, mierda, excremento, estiércol	fezes	body	kuna	inheritance
fall	caer	cair	motion	worantjanta	unique
far	lejos	longe	quality	warada	inheritance
fat/grease	grasa	gordura	body	marni	inheritance
father	padre, papá	pai	kinship	ngaRpi	inheritance
fear	miedo	medo	mental	pandanu	unique
feather	pluma	pena	fauna	tilipuru	inheritance
fire	fuego	fogo	environment	tuRu	inheritance
fish	xx	xx	fauna	waRi	inheritance
flow	fluir	fluir	motion	ngakana	inheritance
flower	flor	flor	environment	punpo	inheritance
fly	volar	voar	motion	munytyu	inheritance
fog	niebla, neblina	nevoeira, bruma, neblina	environment	kunmi	inheritance
foot	pie	pé	body	dina	inheritance
fruit	fruta	fruta	flora	tandra	inheritance
good	bueno	bom	quality	jampa	unique
grow	crecer	crescer	state	dankarina	unique
hair (of head)	cabello	cabelo	body	paRa	inheritance
hand	mano	mão	body	maRa	inheritance
head	cabeza	cabeça	body	mangadalrra	inheritance
hear	oír	ouvir	mental	ngaratjanta	inheritance
heavy	pesado	pesado	quality	mati	inheritance
hide	esconder	esconder	motion	kurtjibana	inheritance
hit	golpear, pegar	bater	impact	pardapardapayi	inheritance
hit (with hand)	xx	xx	impact	tanrra[r]na	inheritance
hold	correr, asegurar, sostener	segurar	other	patana	inheritance
how?	como	como	grammar	wananda	unique
if	si	se	grammar	[missing]	missing
in/inside	dentro, adentro	dentro	location	pungadundru	loan direction unknown
intestines	intestinos	intestinos	body	kudnawala	inheritance
itch	hormiguear, sentir comezón	coçar	body	yupayi	inheritance?
kill	matar	matar	impact	tankana	inheritance
know/be knowledgeable	saber, conecer	saber, conhecer	mental	mirkiwatila	unique
lake	lago	lago	environment	panto	loan direction unknown
laugh	reír	rir	mental	kingka_x001E_	inheritance
leaf	hoja	folha	environment	talpa	inheritance
left/left hand	izquierdo	esquerdo	location/body	waruntjuta	unique
leg/foot	pierna	perna	body	tara	inheritance
lie down	acostarse, echarse	deitar	motion	kurumarana	unique
lightning	rayo, relámpago	relampago	environment	57	inheritance
liver	hígado	figado	body	kalu	inheritance
long	largo	comprido, longo	quality	payiri	inheritance
louse	piollo, piojo	piolho	fauna	kata	inheritance
lung	pulmón	pulmão	body	[missing]	missing
man/male	hombre	homem	human	matida	unique
meat/flesh	carne	carne	fauna	nganytyi	inheritance
moon	luna	lua	environment	piRa	inheritance
mother	madre, mamá	mãe	kinship	nganri	inheritance
mouth	boca	boca	body	mana	inheritance
name	nombre	nome	human	tarla	inheritance
nape	base del cuello, nuca	nuca	body	wakara	doubtful loan
near/close	cerca de	perto	quality	kaRakaRa	inheritance
neck	cuello	pescoço	body	ngunku	unique
new	nuevo	novo	quality	maRa	inheritance
night	noche	noite	time	wongamu	loan
no/not	no	não	grammar	wata	inheritance
nose	nariz	nariz	body	252	inheritance
old	viejo	velho	quality	kundru	unique
one	uno	um	number	ngun[h]ara	unique
open/uncover	abrir	abrir	other	birinta	inheritance?
other	otro	outro	grammar	tanangga	unique
person/human being	persona	pessoa	human	karna	inheritance
pimple	xx	xx	body	minytyi	inheritance
rain	lluvia	chuva	environment	kurdula	unique
red	rojo	vermelho	colour	marlalyi	unique
right/right hand	derecha	direita	location/body	ngunadimu	unique
road/path	camino	caminho	manufacture	wadayapa	unique
roof	xx	xx	manufacture	pungangalpa	loan direction unknown
root	raíz	raiz	flora	kapara	inheritance
rotten	podrido	podre	quality	thungka	inheritance
sand	arena	areia	environment	walyu	unique
say	decir	dizer	mental	yata	inheritance
scratch	rascar	rasgar	impact	mirapana	inheritance
see	ver	ver	mental	nir[r]kala	inheritance
sharp	afilado, filudo, filoso	afiado	quality	tjerkara	inheritance
shoot	tirar, disparar, balear	atirar	impact	wandaluandarlka	unique
short	corto	curto	quality	wordu	inheritance
shoulder	hombro	ombro	body	pilpiri	inheritance
sick	xx	xx	body	dapani	semantic shift
sit	sentar(se)	sentar	state	ngamana	inheritance
skin	piel	pele	body	darla	inheritance
sky	cielo	céu	environment	paRiwilpa	inheritance
sleep	dormir	dormir	body	jindina	inheritance
small	pequeño	pequeno	quality	wolka	unique
smell (tr/intr)	xx	xx	body	parnima	inheritance
smoke	humo	fumaça	environment	tupu	inheritance
spit	escupir	cuspir	body	ngalytya	inheritance
split	partir, dividir	rachar, dividir, partir	impact	palka_x001E_	loan
squeeze	estrujar, exprimir	espremer	impact	jirpana	inheritance
stab/pierce	apuñalar, acuchillar	apunhalar	impact	[missing]	missing
stand	estar de pié	ficar em pé	state	tarka	inheritance
star	estrella	estrela	environment	didyidalra	inheritance
steal	robar	roubar	other	kurumimanta	inheritance
stone	piedra	pedra	environment	marda	inheritance
suck	chupar	chupar	body	tapayi	inheritance
sun	sol	sol	time	dityi	inheritance
sweat	sudar	suor, suar	body	kanga	inheritance
swell	hincharse	inchar	body	waruterkana	doubtful loan
swim	nadar	nadar	motion	kukuwalrra	unique
tail	cola, rabo	rabo	body	nura	inheritance
that	ese/esa	esse	grammar	nanriya	unique
thick	grueso, gordo, espeso	grosso	quality	wondra	unique
thin	delgado	fino	quality	[r]dama[r]damarla	unique
think	pensar	pensar	mental	ngurkuna	loan	Arabana
this	este/esta	este	grammar	nakatu	unique
three	tres	tres	number	paRkuna nganha?	unique
throat	garganta	garganta	body	yurku	inheritance
throw	tirar, lanzar	atirar, jogar	impact	dijina	unique
thunder	truenos	trovão	environment	kuRaRamungku	unique
tie up/fasten	atar, amarrar	amarrar	impact	[missing]	missing
tongue	lengua	lingua	body	tali	inheritance
tooth	diente	dente	body	manatiri	inheritance
true	xx	xx	quality	kalarali	unique
turn	girar, volter, torcer	virar	other	karatyina	inheritance
two	dos	dois	number	par[a]kuna	inheritance
vomit	vomitar	vomitar	body	ngukuwarayi	inheritance
walk	caminar, andar	andar	motion	wapperna	inheritance
water	agua	agua	environment	ngapa	inheritance
wet	mojado	molhado	quality	parda	unique
what?	que, qué	que	grammar	wananda	unique
when?	cuando	quando	grammar	wintja	inheritance
where?	donde	onde	grammar	warada	unique
white	blanco	branco	colour	purlu	unique
who?	quien, quién	quem	grammar	waRa	inheritance
wife	esposa	esposa	kinship	nhiwa	inheritance
wind	viento	vento	environment	wamaRa	unique
wing	ala	asa	body	[missing]	missing
woman/female	mujer	mulher	human	widla	inheritance
work	trabajar	trabalhar	other	maranuru	inheritance
yawn	bostezar	bocejar	body	manaterkana	inheritance
yellow	amarillo	amarelo	colour	paru	inheritance


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

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Flora Fauna Vocabulary (9)

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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	Orthographic Form	Etymology Code
ant (generic)	hormiga	formiga	flora-fauna	mirka	loan direction unknown
bird	pajaro, ave	passaro	flora-fauna	paya	inheritance
blowfly/housefly	mosca	mosca	flora-fauna	munytyuRunga	doubtful loan
dog (camp, domestic)	perro	cachorro	flora-fauna	tirita	inheritance
grass	hierba, pasto	capim, grama	flora-fauna	kanta	inheritance
kangaroo (generic)			flora-fauna	tyukuru	inheritance
snake (generic)	culebra, serpiente	cobra	flora-fauna	nganytyi	unique
spider	araña	aranha	flora-fauna	marankara	inheritance
tree	árbol	arvore	flora-fauna	pi:ta	unique

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Cultural Vocabulary (8)

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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	Etymology Code
bottom grinding stone			manufacture	1418	loan direction unknown
digging stick			subsistence tool	wana	inheritance
house			other	warli	inheritance
rope/string	mecate, cuerda, soga	corda	culture	yinka	inheritance
spear	lanza	lança	subsistence tool	wanakuyu	unique
spearthrower			subsistence tool	kukuru	unique
top grinding stone	metate, mano; piedra de moler	metate, mano	manufacture	mardatayitayi	unique
winnow	aventar, tirar (sementes)	joeirar	manufacture	talipa	unique

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Ethnographic Information

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Current Population (speakers)	Former Population Estimate	Subsistence Preference	Density	Sedentism	Ecotome	Marriage Pattern	Notes	Source
	medium	HG	low	mobile		yes

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