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Northern Nyangumarta

Family: Pama-Nyungan
Region: Australia
ISO 639-3: nna
Location: -20.50°, 122.21°
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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	ngaju pukurl	inheritance
2pl	ustedes	vocês	grammar	wirrmanangulu	inheritance
2sg	xx	xx	grammar	nyuntu waraja	inheritance
3pl	ellos/ellas	eles/elas	grammar	jana	inheritance
3sg	el/ella	ele/ela	grammar	paliny	inheritance
above	encima, arriba	acima	location	kanka	inheritance
again	de nuevo, otra vez	de novo	grammar	yarrana	unknown
all	todo	todos	other	wirr	inheritance
and	y	e	grammar	pa	inheritance
ankle	tobillo	tornozelo	body	luku	inheritance
armpit	axila, sobaco	axila	body	kanginy	doubtful loan	Nyulnyulan
ashamed	xx	xx	mental	kurntany karrinyi- (V1)	inheritance
ashes	xx	xx	environment	purnta	inheritance
at	en, a	em, a	location	-ngi	inheritance
back	espalda	costas	body	pirntirl	unique
bad	mal	mal	quality	kurlujartiny	inheritance
be alive	xx	xx	body	wankanyu	inheritance
belly	barriga	barriga	body	ngunta pini- (V3)	inheritance	CHECK
below	abajo, debajo	abaixo	location	martukurru	inheritance
big	grande	grande	quality	wirtu	inheritance
bite	morder	morder	body	pajini- (V2)	inheritance
black	negro	preto	colour	warrukurlu	inheritance
blood	sangre	sangue	body	pijirri	unknown
blow	soplar	soprar	body	puyu-pini- (V3)	inheritance
blunt	xx	xx	quality	nurta	inheritance
bone	hueso	osso	body	kamari	inheritance
boomerang	xx	xx	manufacture	karli	inheritance
breast	pecho, seno	peito	body	ngamana	inheritance
breathe	respirar	respirar	body	nganyjunu- (V2)	unknown
burn	quemar	queimar	environment	kampana	inheritance
chew	masticar, mascar	mastigar	body	japaly pini (V3)	inheritance
child	niño, niña	criança	human	yapanykarra	inheritance
climb	subir	subir	motion	karntinyi- (V1)	inheritance
cloud	nube	nuvem	environment	mujungu	inheritance
cold	frío	frio	quality	warrijirri	unknown
come	venir	vir	motion	milpinyi- (V1)	unknown
cook	cocinar	cozinhar	impact	kampana- (V2)	inheritance
count	contar	contar	mental	[missing]	missing
cry	llorar	chorar	mental	ngangkurla	inheritance
cut	xx	xx	impact	kuta pini- (V3)	inheritance
die/be dead	morir	morrer	state	pungkinyi- (V1)	semantic shift
dig	cavar	cavar	impact	karlinyi- (V1)	inheritance
dingo/wolf			fauna	wartaji	inheritance
dirty	sucio	sujo	quality	lanta	inheritance
dream	soñar	sonhar	mental	pitany yana- (V5)	unknown
drink	beber, tomar	beber	body	minpini- (V3)	inheritance
dry	seco	seco	quality	punarra	inheritance
dust	polvo	poeira	environment	julparrajulparra	doubtful loan
ear	oreja	orelha	body	kurlka	loan	Ngarluma?
earth/soil	tierra	terra	environment	warrarn	inheritance
eat	comer	comer	body	nganinyi- (V6 only one of its	inheritance
egg	huevo	ovo	fauna	jimpu	loan	Pilbara
eye	ojo	olho	body	pani	inheritance
faeces	heces, mierda, excremento, estiércol	fezes	body	ngarlingarli	unique
fall	caer	cair	motion	pungkinyi- (V1)	inheritance
far	lejos	longe	quality	wumayi	inheritance
fat/grease	grasa	gordura	body	pajali	unknown
father	padre, papá	pai	kinship	japartu	inheritance
fear	miedo	medo	mental	ngarrurta	unique
feather	pluma	pena	fauna	wipiya	inheritance
fire	fuego	fogo	environment	malirri	doubtful loan
fish	xx	xx	fauna	yuta	unknown
flow	fluir	fluir	motion	[missing]	missing
flower	flor	flor	environment	milpamilpa	loan
fly	volar	voar	motion	warrayi	unknown
fog	niebla, neblina	nevoeira, bruma, neblina	environment	japurr	inheritance
foot	pie	pé	body	jina	inheritance
fruit	fruta	fruta	flora	karlukarlu
good	bueno	bom	quality	jangkarri	unknown
grow	crecer	crescer	state	waljunu- (V2)	inheritance
hair (of head)	cabello	cabelo	body	mampu	inheritance
hand	mano	mão	body	parirri	inheritance
head	cabeza	cabeça	body	juju	inheritance
hear	oír	ouvir	mental	pinakarrinyi- (V1)	inheritance
heavy	pesado	pesado	quality	turn	inheritance
hide	esconder	esconder	motion	ngayartakurlu jarrinyi- (V1)
hit	golpear, pegar	bater	impact	wanguna- (V2)	unknown
hit (with hand)	xx	xx	impact	wilala parirriju	inheritance
hold	correr, asegurar, sostener	segurar	other	walini- (V2)	unknown
how?	como	como	grammar	[missing]	missing
if	si	se	grammar	[missing]	missing
in/inside	dentro, adentro	dentro	location	kaninykarti	loan	Western Desert
intestines	intestinos	intestinos	body	pirntal	inheritance
itch	hormiguear, sentir comezón	coçar	body	mingarri karrinyirri
kill	matar	matar	impact	warnti pini- (V3)	inheritance
know/be knowledgeable	saber, conecer	saber, conhecer	mental	miranu	inheritance
lake	lago	lago	environment	jaramarra	inheritance
laugh	reír	rir	mental	nyarru pini- (V3)	inheritance
leaf	hoja	folha	environment	parrka	inheritance
left/left hand	izquierdo	esquerdo	location/body	jampukarti	inheritance
leg/foot	pierna	perna	body	jina	inheritance
lie down	acostarse, echarse	deitar	motion	wurr jini- (V3)	unknown
lightning	rayo, relámpago	relampago	environment	pilart karramanarra	inheritance
liver	hígado	figado	body	wanpa	inheritance
long	largo	comprido, longo	quality	muntu	unknown
louse	piollo, piojo	piolho	fauna	palurl	inheritance
lung	pulmón	pulmão	body	wangalwangal	inheritance
man/male	hombre	homem	human	nyampali
meat/flesh	carne	carne	fauna	kuwi	inheritance
moon	luna	lua	environment	tartarta	inheritance
mother	madre, mamá	mãe	kinship	pipi	inheritance
mouth	boca	boca	body	jawa	inheritance
name	nombre	nome	human	yini	inheritance
nape	base del cuello, nuca	nuca	body	taki	inheritance
near/close	cerca de	perto	quality	ngamparra martaji
neck	cuello	pescoço	body	ngalyi	inheritance
new	nuevo	novo	quality	kuwarrija	inheritance
night	noche	noite	time	yutakata	inheritance
no/not	no	não	grammar	[missing]	missing
nose	nariz	nariz	body	milya	inheritance
old	viejo	velho	quality	pija	unknown
one	uno	um	number	waraja	inheritance
open/uncover	abrir	abrir	other	pirli jini-(V3)	unknown
other	otro	outro	grammar	yajungujirri	unknown
person/human being	persona	pessoa	human	pirirri	unknown
pimple	xx	xx	body	jaminy	inheritance
rain	lluvia	chuva	environment	kuluwa	inheritance
red	rojo	vermelho	colour	pilyarri	inheritance
right/right hand	derecha	direita	location/body	marrjanyukarti	unknown
road/path	camino	caminho	manufacture	ruwurtu	loan
roof	xx	xx	manufacture	[missing]	missing
root	raíz	raiz	flora	wanal pukurl	inheritance
rotten	podrido	podre	quality	pirniny	inheritance
sand	arena	areia	environment	jungka	inheritance
say	decir	dizer	mental	wurrana- (V2)
scratch	rascar	rasgar	impact	[missing]	missing
see	ver	ver	mental	yirrini- (V2)	unknown
sharp	afilado, filudo, filoso	afiado	quality	yiri	inheritance
shoot	tirar, disparar, balear	atirar	impact	[missing]	missing
short	corto	curto	quality	murlku	inheritance
shoulder	hombro	ombro	body	warntarra	inheritance
sick	xx	xx	body	jutarr	unknown
sit	sentar(se)	sentar	state	munyini- (V2)
skin	piel	pele	body	karnu	inheritance
sky	cielo	céu	environment	palparr	inheritance
sleep	dormir	dormir	body	kupalya	inheritance
small	pequeño	pequeno	quality	wupajupani	inheritance
smell (tr/intr)	xx	xx	body	parntini- (V2)	inheritance
smoke	humo	fumaça	environment	tuwi	inheritance
spit	escupir	cuspir	body	janga-pini- (V3)	inheritance
split	partir, dividir	rachar, dividir, partir	impact	yilyu	inheritance
squeeze	estrujar, exprimir	espremer	impact	tuly-pini (V3)	loan	Nyulnyulan
stab/pierce	apuñalar, acuchillar	apunhalar	impact	[missing]	missing
stand	estar de pié	ficar em pé	state	wararr karrinyi- (V1)	inheritance
star	estrella	estrela	environment	panikiti	unknown
steal	robar	roubar	other	[missing]	missing
stone	piedra	pedra	environment	warnku	inheritance
suck	chupar	chupar	body	yulurr-pini (V3)	unknown
sun	sol	sol	time	karrpu	unknown
sweat	sudar	suor, suar	body	jirrmirl	inheritance
swell	hincharse	inchar	body	ngarlu karntinyirri	unique
swim	nadar	nadar	motion	mayampa pini- (V3)	inheritance
tail	cola, rabo	rabo	body	wipu	loan	Wati
that	ese/esa	esse	grammar	nyarralanga
thick	grueso, gordo, espeso	grosso	quality	walpurra
thin	delgado	fino	quality	wurrumiji
think	pensar	pensar	mental	kulkarri mini- (V3)	unknown
this	este/esta	este	grammar	nyungu	inheritance
three	tres	tres	number	[missing]	missing
throat	garganta	garganta	body	ngalyi	inheritance
throw	tirar, lanzar	atirar, jogar	impact	panpini- (V3) or (V2)	unknown
thunder	truenos	trovão	environment	ngurrngurr kurrumunurru	unknown
tie up/fasten	atar, amarrar	amarrar	impact	marrja kunymana- (V2)	inheritance
tongue	lengua	lingua	body	jalany	inheritance
tooth	diente	dente	body	warrirta	inheritance
true	xx	xx	quality	yija	inheritance
turn	girar, volter, torcer	virar	other	[missing]	missing
two	dos	dois	number	kujarra	inheritance
vomit	vomitar	vomitar	body	karu purl pini- (V3)	inheritance
walk	caminar, andar	andar	motion	marnti	inheritance
water	agua	agua	environment	ngapa	inheritance
wet	mojado	molhado	quality	wirna	unknown
what?	que, qué	que	grammar	ngani	inheritance
when?	cuando	quando	grammar	nyanga	inheritance
where?	donde	onde	grammar	wañca	inheritance
white	blanco	branco	colour	lali	inheritance
who?	quien, quién	quem	grammar	nganurtu	inheritance
wife	esposa	esposa	kinship	nyurni managulu	unknown
wind	viento	vento	environment	wangal	inheritance
wing	ala	asa	body	wirru	unknown
woman/female	mujer	mulher	human	mirlkarr	inheritance
work	trabajar	trabalhar	other	warrkam(u)	loan	English
yawn	bostezar	bocejar	body	ngala pini- (V3)	inheritance
yellow	amarillo	amarelo	colour	karntawarra	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	panpalyji	loan into protolanguage
bird	pajaro, ave	passaro	flora-fauna	wirujartiny	inheritance
blowfly/housefly	mosca	mosca	flora-fauna	kurrikala	loan	CHECK
dog (camp, domestic)	perro	cachorro	flora-fauna	yukurru	inheritance
grass	hierba, pasto	capim, grama	flora-fauna	partalyu	unknown
kangaroo (generic)			flora-fauna	piju
snake (generic)	culebra, serpiente	cobra	flora-fauna	jikatany	inheritance
spider	araña	aranha	flora-fauna	wangkarru	loan into protolanguage
tree	árbol	arvore	flora-fauna	mungka	inheritance

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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	Loan Source
bottom grinding stone			manufacture	majarra	loan	Ngarluma
digging stick			subsistence tool	wanu	inheritance
house			other	maya	loan
rope/string	mecate, cuerda, soga	corda	culture	kunyjipinti	inheritance
spear	lanza	lança	subsistence tool	yantana- (V2)	inheritance
spearthrower			subsistence tool	walparra	inheritance
top grinding stone	metate, mano; piedra de moler	metate, mano	manufacture	piyanapinti	unknown
winnow	aventar, tirar (sementes)	joeirar	manufacture	jajarr pini- (V3)	inheritance

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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	medium	mobile		no

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