Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

Wangkayutyuru

Family: Pama-Nyungan
Region: Australia
ISO 639-3: wky
Location: -24.00°, 138.81°
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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	miraratha	inheritance
2pl	ustedes	vocês	grammar	[missing]	missing
2sg	xx	xx	grammar	[missing]	missing
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	_x001E_muku	inheritance
and	y	e	grammar	mathu	unique
ankle	tobillo	tornozelo	body	827	missing
armpit	axila, sobaco	axila	body	paparla	unique
ashamed	xx	xx	mental	yudinhitha-	unique
ashes	xx	xx	environment	3180	unique
at	en, a	em, a	location	[missing]	missing
back	espalda	costas	body	kuku	inheritance
bad	mal	mal	quality	manha	inheritance
be alive	xx	xx	body	nhangkali	semantic shift
belly	barriga	barriga	body	jurntu	inheritance
below	abajo, debajo	abaixo	location	karntu	inheritance
big	grande	grande	quality	wima	inheritance
bite	morder	morder	body	paja-	inheritance
black	negro	preto	colour	jimpa	inheritance
blood	sangre	sangue	body	[missing]	missing
blow	soplar	soprar	body	thatithada-	unique
blunt	xx	xx	quality	muntu	inheritance
bone	hueso	osso	body	pirna	inheritance
boomerang	xx	xx	manufacture	jilajila	inheritance
breast	pecho, seno	peito	body	kapuju	unique
breathe	respirar	respirar	body	ngapunka-	unique
burn	quemar	queimar	environment	wilkaji-	unique
chew	masticar, mascar	mastigar	body	[missing]	missing
child	niño, niña	criança	human	parli	unique
climb	subir	subir	motion	kathi-	inheritance
cloud	nube	nuvem	environment	parntara	unique
cold	frío	frio	quality	malhi, mali	inheritance
come	venir	vir	motion	kuda	unique
cook	cocinar	cozinhar	impact	yalawa-	unique
count	contar	contar	mental	[missing]	missing
cry	llorar	chorar	mental	thunji-, thunyji-	unique
cut	xx	xx	impact	kurithi-	unique
die/be dead	morir	morrer	state	yiji-	unique
dig	cavar	cavar	impact	paka-	inheritance
dingo/wolf			fauna	[missing]	missing
dirty	sucio	sujo	quality	mayimayi	unique
dream	soñar	sonhar	mental	pukuna	unique
drink	beber, tomar	beber	body	kima-	unique
dry	seco	seco	quality	puli	unique
dust	polvo	poeira	environment	mayimayi	unique
ear	oreja	orelha	body	ngarawa	inheritance
earth/soil	tierra	terra	environment	nguda	semantic shift
eat	comer	comer	body	thaji-	inheritance
egg	huevo	ovo	fauna	papu	inheritance
eye	ojo	olho	body	milarti	inheritance
faeces	heces, mierda, excremento, estiércol	fezes	body	kuna	inheritance
fall	caer	cair	motion	kurra-	inheritance
far	lejos	longe	quality	purrpu	unique
fat/grease	grasa	gordura	body	thutha	inheritance
father	padre, papá	pai	kinship	ngapiri	inheritance
fear	miedo	medo	mental	thalaraji-	inheritance
feather	pluma	pena	fauna	[missing]	missing
fire	fuego	fogo	environment	maka	inheritance
fish	xx	xx	fauna	kupi	inheritance
flow	fluir	fluir	motion	kida-	inheritance
flower	flor	flor	environment	[missing]	missing
fly	volar	voar	motion	muki	unique
fog	niebla, neblina	nevoeira, bruma, neblina	environment	malthi, malthimalthi	unique
foot	pie	pé	body	thina	inheritance
fruit	fruta	fruta	flora	[missing]	missing
good	bueno	bom	quality	mayali	unique
grow	crecer	crescer	state	wimaji-	unique
hair (of head)	cabello	cabelo	body	kuniri	unique
hand	mano	mão	body	mara	inheritance
head	cabeza	cabeça	body	karti	inheritance
hear	oír	ouvir	mental	pangka-	loan direction unknown
heavy	pesado	pesado	quality	wakirri	unique
hide	esconder	esconder	motion	wilakudi-	unique
hit	golpear, pegar	bater	impact	pirta-	inheritance
hit (with hand)	xx	xx	impact	pirtamadi-	unique
hold	correr, asegurar, sostener	segurar	other	parta-	inheritance
how?	como	como	grammar	thilapada	unique
if	si	se	grammar	[missing]	missing
in/inside	dentro, adentro	dentro	location	ngampa	unique
intestines	intestinos	intestinos	body	tungurnu	unique
itch	hormiguear, sentir comezón	coçar	body	yipadi-, yipayipadi-	inheritance?
kill	matar	matar	impact	pirta-	inheritance
know/be knowledgeable	saber, conecer	saber, conhecer	mental	wangama-	semantic shift
lake	lago	lago	environment	[missing]	missing
laugh	reír	rir	mental	wiya-	inheritance
leaf	hoja	folha	environment	[missing]	missing
left/left hand	izquierdo	esquerdo	location/body	wakunudula	loan	Warluwaric
leg/foot	pierna	perna	body	mala	unique
lie down	acostarse, echarse	deitar	motion	ngirrjaji-	unique
lightning	rayo, relámpago	relampago	environment	pirlpa	unique
liver	hígado	figado	body	[missing]	missing
long	largo	comprido, longo	quality	juwarri	unique
louse	piollo, piojo	piolho	fauna	[missing]	missing
lung	pulmón	pulmão	body	[missing]	missing
man/male	hombre	homem	human	palku	inheritance
meat/flesh	carne	carne	fauna	kathi	inheritance
moon	luna	lua	environment	jipa	unique
mother	madre, mamá	mãe	kinship	ngama	inheritance
mouth	boca	boca	body	thida	unique
name	nombre	nome	human	[missing]	missing
nape	base del cuello, nuca	nuca	body	marripirna	unique
near/close	cerca de	perto	quality	mungkatha	inheritance
neck	cuello	pescoço	body	[missing]	missing
new	nuevo	novo	quality	[missing]	missing
night	noche	noite	time	kuntuma (kuntunga?)	unique
no/not	no	não	grammar	malhu	loan	Warluwaric
nose	nariz	nariz	body	milha	inheritance
old	viejo	velho	quality	manguwajiminya	unique
one	uno	um	number	kunyala	inheritance
open/uncover	abrir	abrir	other	marnamarra-	unique
other	otro	outro	grammar	kunyali, kunyala	semantic shift
person/human being	persona	pessoa	human	muwa	unique
pimple	xx	xx	body	withi	inheritance
rain	lluvia	chuva	environment	pala	unique
red	rojo	vermelho	colour	karamarra	unique
right/right hand	derecha	direita	location/body	mara yujudu	unique
road/path	camino	caminho	manufacture	thinkada	unique
roof	xx	xx	manufacture	[missing]	missing
root	raíz	raiz	flora	karurra	unique
rotten	podrido	podre	quality	kuja	inheritance
sand	arena	areia	environment	wulpaya	unique
say	decir	dizer	mental	tharupadi-	inheritance
scratch	rascar	rasgar	impact	nhinta-	inheritance
see	ver	ver	mental	thalha-	unique
sharp	afilado, filudo, filoso	afiado	quality	tharipurlka (tha(r)lipulka)	unique
shoot	tirar, disparar, balear	atirar	impact	thuwa-	unique
short	corto	curto	quality	wartu	inheritance
shoulder	hombro	ombro	body	kaya	unique
sick	xx	xx	body	yida-	loan direction unknown
sit	sentar(se)	sentar	state	nhangka-	inheritance
skin	piel	pele	body	patha	inheritance?
sky	cielo	céu	environment	yalkira	loan	Arandic
sleep	dormir	dormir	body	muji-	inheritance
small	pequeño	pequeno	quality	japu	unique
smell (tr/intr)	xx	xx	body	pukaji-	unique
smoke	humo	fumaça	environment	kutu	inheritance
spit	escupir	cuspir	body	ngalyjana	inheritance
split	partir, dividir	rachar, dividir, partir	impact	parlka-	unique
squeeze	estrujar, exprimir	espremer	impact	[missing]	missing
stab/pierce	apuñalar, acuchillar	apunhalar	impact	ngampapurra-	unique
stand	estar de pié	ficar em pé	state	tharrka-	inheritance
star	estrella	estrela	environment	pu(r)turungu	doubtful loan
steal	robar	roubar	other	nhitha-	loan direction unknown
stone	piedra	pedra	environment	tipu	unique
suck	chupar	chupar	body	yuntha-	unique
sun	sol	sol	time	warlka	inheritance
sweat	sudar	suor, suar	body	wilthawanyji-	inheritance
swell	hincharse	inchar	body	puwa-	inheritance
swim	nadar	nadar	motion	yurta-	unique
tail	cola, rabo	rabo	body	kulka	inheritance
that	ese/esa	esse	grammar	[missing]	missing
thick	grueso, gordo, espeso	grosso	quality	muntu	unique
thin	delgado	fino	quality	yalypa	unique
think	pensar	pensar	mental	ngawingawi-	unique
this	este/esta	este	grammar	[missing]	missing
three	tres	tres	number	parrkulukunyu	inheritance
throat	garganta	garganta	body	yirlka	inheritance
throw	tirar, lanzar	atirar, jogar	impact	thawi-	inheritance
thunder	truenos	trovão	environment	tharupadi-	unique
tie up/fasten	atar, amarrar	amarrar	impact	murukarri-	unique
tongue	lengua	lingua	body	tharli	inheritance
tooth	diente	dente	body	milka	inheritance
true	xx	xx	quality	yujudu	unique
turn	girar, volter, torcer	virar	other	mirrpari-	unique
two	dos	dois	number	parrkulu	inheritance
vomit	vomitar	vomitar	body	[missing]	missing
walk	caminar, andar	andar	motion	karnikarni-	unknown
water	agua	agua	environment	kutha	loan
wet	mojado	molhado	quality	thurra-	unique
what?	que, qué	que	grammar	[missing]	missing
when?	cuando	quando	grammar	winkulu	unique
where?	donde	onde	grammar	[missing]	missing
white	blanco	branco	colour	warru	inheritance
who?	quien, quién	quem	grammar	[missing]	missing
wife	esposa	esposa	kinship	nhupu	inheritance
wind	viento	vento	environment	karada	unique
wing	ala	asa	body	kilka	inheritance
woman/female	mujer	mulher	human	warra	unique
work	trabajar	trabalhar	other	ngurrpi	unique
yawn	bostezar	bocejar	body	[missing]	missing
yellow	amarillo	amarelo	colour	padu	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	Loan Source
ant (generic)	hormiga	formiga	flora-fauna	yididu	loan	Kalkatungu
bird	pajaro, ave	passaro	flora-fauna	paya	inheritance
blowfly/housefly	mosca	mosca	flora-fauna	murrungka	inheritance
dog (camp, domestic)	perro	cachorro	flora-fauna	mayamaya	unique
grass	hierba, pasto	capim, grama	flora-fauna	pukarra	inheritance
kangaroo (generic)			flora-fauna	majumpa	inheritance
snake (generic)	culebra, serpiente	cobra	flora-fauna	wama	loan
spider	araña	aranha	flora-fauna	kupu	loan direction unknown
tree	árbol	arvore	flora-fauna	jarlpa	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	layi	unique
digging stick			subsistence tool	kukuru	unique
house			other	kunti	inheritance
rope/string	mecate, cuerda, soga	corda	culture	wampiri	unique
spear	lanza	lança	subsistence tool	yajara	unique
spearthrower			subsistence tool	[missing]	missing
top grinding stone	metate, mano; piedra de moler	metate, mano	manufacture	mara partali	unique
winnow	aventar, tirar (sementes)	joeirar	manufacture	pirawa-	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
	small	HG	low	mobile		yes

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