Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

Pirriya

Family: Pama-Nyungan
Region: Australia
ISO 639-3: xpa
Location: -25.48°, 142.55°
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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	[missing]	missing
1pl.incl	nosotros (inclusivo)	nós (inclusivo)	grammar	[missing]	missing
1sg	yo	eu	grammar	nganawa	inheritance
2pl	ustedes	vocês	grammar	[missing]	missing
2sg	xx	xx	grammar	yinawa	inheritance
3pl	ellos/ellas	eles/elas	grammar	[missing]	missing
3sg	el/ella	ele/ela	grammar	[missing]	missing
above	encima, arriba	acima	location	[missing]	missing
again	de nuevo, otra vez	de novo	grammar	[missing]	missing
all	todo	todos	other	[missing]	missing
and	y	e	grammar	[missing]	missing
ankle	tobillo	tornozelo	body	3191	missing
armpit	axila, sobaco	axila	body	wakarla	inheritance
ashamed	xx	xx	mental	[missing]	missing
ashes	xx	xx	environment	3180	missing
at	en, a	em, a	location	[missing]	missing
back	espalda	costas	body	[missing]	missing
bad	mal	mal	quality	mungany	unique
be alive	xx	xx	body	[missing]	missing
belly	barriga	barriga	body	bana
below	abajo, debajo	abaixo	location	[missing]	missing
big	grande	grande	quality	walku	unique
bite	morder	morder	body	paca:_x001E_	inheritance
black	negro	preto	colour	[missing]	missing
blood	sangre	sangue	body	“karuga”	inheritance
blow	soplar	soprar	body	[missing]	missing
blunt	xx	xx	quality	[missing]	missing
bone	hueso	osso	body	“chiora”
boomerang	xx	xx	manufacture	kabuŋgara	inheritance
breast	pecho, seno	peito	body	ngama	inheritance
breathe	respirar	respirar	body	[missing]	missing
burn	quemar	queimar	environment	[missing]	missing
chew	masticar, mascar	mastigar	body	[missing]	missing
child	niño, niña	criança	human	“mararida”	doubtful loan
climb	subir	subir	motion	[missing]	missing
cloud	nube	nuvem	environment	joŋala	unique
cold	frío	frio	quality	yirliya	unique
come	venir	vir	motion	yantanapa	inheritance
cook	cocinar	cozinhar	impact	kathaangu
count	contar	contar	mental	[missing]	missing
cry	llorar	chorar	mental	[missing]	missing
cut	xx	xx	impact	parntawina	unique
die/be dead	morir	morrer	state	pukananha	unique
dig	cavar	cavar	impact	[missing]	missing
dingo/wolf			fauna	thithi
dirty	sucio	sujo	quality	[missing]	missing
dream	soñar	sonhar	mental	[missing]	missing
drink	beber, tomar	beber	body	kutha:_x001E_
dry	seco	seco	quality	[missing]	missing
dust	polvo	poeira	environment	[missing]	missing
ear	oreja	orelha	body	manga	inheritance
earth/soil	tierra	terra	environment	ngurra	semantic shift
eat	comer	comer	body	daltarra	inheritance?
egg	huevo	ovo	fauna	kukari
eye	ojo	olho	body	djiloi	loan
faeces	heces, mierda, excremento, estiércol	fezes	body	kurna	inheritance
fall	caer	cair	motion	[missing]	missing
far	lejos	longe	quality	[missing]	missing
fat/grease	grasa	gordura	body	thutha	inheritance
father	padre, papá	pai	kinship	thatha(nya)
fear	miedo	medo	mental	kayalpathawina
feather	pluma	pena	fauna	[missing]	missing
fire	fuego	fogo	environment	burri	inheritance
fish	xx	xx	fauna	kamu	semantic shift	or error
flow	fluir	fluir	motion	[missing]	missing
flower	flor	flor	environment	[missing]	missing
fly	volar	voar	motion	munhan	unique
fog	niebla, neblina	nevoeira, bruma, neblina	environment	[missing]	missing
foot	pie	pé	body	ðina	inheritance
fruit	fruta	fruta	flora	kunga
good	bueno	bom	quality	[missing]	missing
grow	crecer	crescer	state	[missing]	missing
hair (of head)	cabello	cabelo	body	warrkara
hand	mano	mão	body	mara	inheritance
head	cabeza	cabeça	body	pumpa
hear	oír	ouvir	mental	[missing]	missing
heavy	pesado	pesado	quality	[missing]	missing
hide	esconder	esconder	motion	[missing]	missing
hit	golpear, pegar	bater	impact	palaanha	unique
hit (with hand)	xx	xx	impact	[missing]	missing
hold	correr, asegurar, sostener	segurar	other	karramama	unique
how?	como	como	grammar	[missing]	missing
if	si	se	grammar	[missing]	missing
in/inside	dentro, adentro	dentro	location	[missing]	missing
intestines	intestinos	intestinos	body	[missing]	missing
itch	hormiguear, sentir comezón	coçar	body	[missing]	missing
kill	matar	matar	impact	[altala]	unique
know/be knowledgeable	saber, conecer	saber, conhecer	mental	[missing]	missing
lake	lago	lago	environment	2887	missing
laugh	reír	rir	mental	[missing]	missing
leaf	hoja	folha	environment	[missing]	missing
left/left hand	izquierdo	esquerdo	location/body	[missing]	missing
leg/foot	pierna	perna	body	punkurl
lie down	acostarse, echarse	deitar	motion	nguna:_x001E_	inheritance
lightning	rayo, relámpago	relampago	environment	[missing]	missing
liver	hígado	figado	body	[missing]	missing
long	largo	comprido, longo	quality	[missing]	missing
louse	piollo, piojo	piolho	fauna	[missing]	missing
lung	pulmón	pulmão	body	[missing]	missing
man/male	hombre	homem	human	bamːa
meat/flesh	carne	carne	fauna	yudi
moon	luna	lua	environment	ngalatha	inheritance
mother	madre, mamá	mãe	kinship	ngamakwaya	inheritance
mouth	boca	boca	body	thaya	inheritance
name	nombre	nome	human	[missing]	missing
nape	base del cuello, nuca	nuca	body	[missing]	missing
near/close	cerca de	perto	quality	[missing]	missing
neck	cuello	pescoço	body	[missing]	missing
new	nuevo	novo	quality	[missing]	missing
night	noche	noite	time	miila	unique
no/not	no	não	grammar	ka'ra	inheritance
nose	nariz	nariz	body	3186
old	viejo	velho	quality	karrukarru	inheritance
one	uno	um	number	marinha	unique
open/uncover	abrir	abrir	other	[missing]	missing
other	otro	outro	grammar	[missing]	missing
person/human being	persona	pessoa	human	3186	inheritance
pimple	xx	xx	body	[missing]	missing
rain	lluvia	chuva	environment	32	loan
red	rojo	vermelho	colour	thikarriwina	unique
right/right hand	derecha	direita	location/body	[missing]	missing
road/path	camino	caminho	manufacture	kunjulu
roof	xx	xx	manufacture	[missing]	missing
root	raíz	raiz	flora	[missing]	missing
rotten	podrido	podre	quality	thungka	inheritance
sand	arena	areia	environment	makalara	unique
say	decir	dizer	mental	thapaangu	unique
scratch	rascar	rasgar	impact	[missing]	missing
see	ver	ver	mental	[missing]	missing
sharp	afilado, filudo, filoso	afiado	quality	[missing]	missing
shoot	tirar, disparar, balear	atirar	impact	[missing]	missing
short	corto	curto	quality	[missing]	missing
shoulder	hombro	ombro	body	[missing]	missing
sick	xx	xx	body	[missing]	missing
sit	sentar(se)	sentar	state	yinaangu	inheritance
skin	piel	pele	body	[missing]	missing
sky	cielo	céu	environment	niila	unique
sleep	dormir	dormir	body	ngunaangu	inheritance?
small	pequeño	pequeno	quality	wayiwiya
smell (tr/intr)	xx	xx	body	[missing]	missing
smoke	humo	fumaça	environment	thurrka	unique
spit	escupir	cuspir	body	[missing]	missing
split	partir, dividir	rachar, dividir, partir	impact	[missing]	missing
squeeze	estrujar, exprimir	espremer	impact	[missing]	missing
stab/pierce	apuñalar, acuchillar	apunhalar	impact	[missing]	missing
stand	estar de pié	ficar em pé	state	thinaangu	inheritance
star	estrella	estrela	environment	yityi	inheritance
steal	robar	roubar	other	[missing]	missing
stone	piedra	pedra	environment	parri
suck	chupar	chupar	body	[missing]	missing
sun	sol	sol	time	garriː
sweat	sudar	suor, suar	body	[missing]	missing
swell	hincharse	inchar	body	[missing]	missing
swim	nadar	nadar	motion	thupani	unique
tail	cola, rabo	rabo	body	[missing]	missing
that	ese/esa	esse	grammar	[missing]	missing
thick	grueso, gordo, espeso	grosso	quality	[missing]	missing
thin	delgado	fino	quality	[missing]	missing
think	pensar	pensar	mental	[missing]	missing
this	este/esta	este	grammar	[missing]	missing
three	tres	tres	number	kurːbara	inheritance
throat	garganta	garganta	body	[missing]	missing
throw	tirar, lanzar	atirar, jogar	impact	[missing]	missing
thunder	truenos	trovão	environment	manimani	unique
tie up/fasten	atar, amarrar	amarrar	impact	[missing]	missing
tongue	lengua	lingua	body	tharli	inheritance
tooth	diente	dente	body	yira	inheritance
true	xx	xx	quality	394	missing
turn	girar, volter, torcer	virar	other	[missing]	missing
two	dos	dois	number	parrkulu	inheritance
vomit	vomitar	vomitar	body	[missing]	missing
walk	caminar, andar	andar	motion	tjoajani
water	agua	agua	environment	kaku	unique
wet	mojado	molhado	quality	[missing]	missing
what?	que, qué	que	grammar	[missing]	missing
when?	cuando	quando	grammar	[missing]	missing
where?	donde	onde	grammar	[missing]	missing
white	blanco	branco	colour	[missing]	missing
who?	quien, quién	quem	grammar	[missing]	missing
wife	esposa	esposa	kinship	nhupanya	inheritance
wind	viento	vento	environment	yarrka
wing	ala	asa	body	[missing]	missing
woman/female	mujer	mulher	human	warruŋo	unique
work	trabajar	trabalhar	other	[missing]	missing
yawn	bostezar	bocejar	body	[missing]	missing
yellow	amarillo	amarelo	colour	[missing]	missing


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	kathu	semantic shift
bird	pajaro, ave	passaro	flora-fauna	paya	inheritance
blowfly/housefly	mosca	mosca	flora-fauna	[missing]	missing
dog (camp, domestic)	perro	cachorro	flora-fauna	thithi
grass	hierba, pasto	capim, grama	flora-fauna	kantha	inheritance
kangaroo (generic)			flora-fauna	parlkan	unique
snake (generic)	culebra, serpiente	cobra	flora-fauna	kathi	semantic shift
spider	araña	aranha	flora-fauna	[missing]	missing
tree	árbol	arvore	flora-fauna	makada	doubtful loan

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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	[missing]	missing
digging stick			subsistence tool	363	loan direction unknown
house			other	thuru
rope/string	mecate, cuerda, soga	corda	culture	kobara	unique
spear	lanza	lança	subsistence tool	kaniny
spearthrower			subsistence tool	“warga”	unique
top grinding stone	metate, mano; piedra de moler	metate, mano	manufacture	[missing]	missing
winnow	aventar, tirar (sementes)	joeirar	manufacture	[missing]	missing

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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
	small	HG	low	mobile		yes

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