Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

Malyangapa

Family: Pama-Nyungan
Region: Australia
ISO 639-3: yga
Location: -30.57°, 140.70°
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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	upa	unique
2pl	ustedes	vocês	grammar	[missing]	missing
2sg	xx	xx	grammar	imba	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	[missing]	missing
armpit	axila, sobaco	axila	body	kapuru	doubtful loan	Karnic
ashamed	xx	xx	mental	[missing]	missing
ashes	xx	xx	environment	3179	loan	Arabana?
at	en, a	em, a	location	[missing]	missing
back	espalda	costas	body	Mal: tharna,	inheritance
bad	mal	mal	quality	wanju	inheritance
be alive	xx	xx	body	Mal: thipi	loan	Karnic
belly	barriga	barriga	body	koontoo	doubtful loan	Paakintyi
below	abajo, debajo	abaixo	location	wirinungka	unique
big	grande	grande	quality	parooro	inheritance
bite	morder	morder	body	thatja-	inheritance
black	negro	preto	colour	maRukatha	loan
blood	sangre	sangue	body	karti	unique
blow	soplar	soprar	body	Mal: karlka-	unique
blunt	xx	xx	quality	Mal: manturru	unique
bone	hueso	osso	body	pirna	semantic shift
boomerang	xx	xx	manufacture	Mal: pintarra	unique
breast	pecho, seno	peito	body	ama	inheritance
breathe	respirar	respirar	body	Mal: ngangka-	loan direction unknown
burn	quemar	queimar	environment	thingka-	unique
chew	masticar, mascar	mastigar	body	[missing]	missing
child	niño, niña	criança	human	Mal: kuwa	inheritance?
climb	subir	subir	motion	kutja-	unique
cloud	nube	nuvem	environment	Mal: thalaRa	loan
cold	frío	frio	quality	Mal: mantha	inheritance?
come	venir	vir	motion	kaba	unique
cook	cocinar	cozinhar	impact	Mal: marrpa-	loan direction unknown
count	contar	contar	mental	[missing]	missing
cry	llorar	chorar	mental	thumi-	unique
cut	xx	xx	impact	Mal: thathi-	unique
die/be dead	morir	morrer	state	Mal: pali-	inheritance
dig	cavar	cavar	impact	Mal: pika-	inheritance?
dingo/wolf			fauna	Mal: wilka	loan
dirty	sucio	sujo	quality	[missing]	missing
dream	soñar	sonhar	mental	[missing]	missing
drink	beber, tomar	beber	body	wechana	loan direction unknown
dry	seco	seco	quality	Mal: punha	unique
dust	polvo	poeira	environment	Mal: thukurru	unique
ear	oreja	orelha	body	ure	inheritance
earth/soil	tierra	terra	environment	Mal: nhati	loan direction unknown
eat	comer	comer	body	thala-	inheritance?
egg	huevo	ovo	fauna	kapi	inheritance?
eye	ojo	olho	body	mee-ee	inheritance?
faeces	heces, mierda, excremento, estiércol	fezes	body	koorna	inheritance
fall	caer	cair	motion	purdi-	doubtful loan
far	lejos	longe	quality	wagura	unique
fat/grease	grasa	gordura	body	marni	doubtful loan
father	padre, papá	pai	kinship	kumbidgi	inheritance
fear	miedo	medo	mental	[missing]	missing
feather	pluma	pena	fauna	[missing]	missing
fire	fuego	fogo	environment	kal:a \ kadla	inheritance
fish	xx	xx	fauna	(none)	inheritance
flow	fluir	fluir	motion	Mal: ngaka-	loan
flower	flor	flor	environment	[missing]	missing
fly	volar	voar	motion	Mal: yulparu	unique
fog	niebla, neblina	nevoeira, bruma, neblina	environment	[missing]	missing
foot	pie	pé	body	tina	inheritance
fruit	fruta	fruta	flora	Mal: manhu	loan direction unknown
good	bueno	bom	quality	Mal: mingku	unique
grow	crecer	crescer	state	Mal: thanta-	loan direction unknown
hair (of head)	cabello	cabelo	body	paparla puntju	inheritance
hand	mano	mão	body	murra	inheritance
head	cabeza	cabeça	body	kakaminta	unique
hear	oír	ouvir	mental	ngaRa-	inheritance
heavy	pesado	pesado	quality	[missing]	missing
hide	esconder	esconder	motion	[missing]	missing
hit	golpear, pegar	bater	impact	[missing]	missing
hit (with hand)	xx	xx	impact	Mal: punta-	inheritance
hold	correr, asegurar, sostener	segurar	other	Mal: yaka-	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	koomowa	unique
itch	hormiguear, sentir comezón	coçar	body	[missing]	missing
kill	matar	matar	impact	[missing]	missing
know/be knowledgeable	saber, conecer	saber, conhecer	mental	Mal: thilkata-	unique
lake	lago	lago	environment	Mal: malja	unique
laugh	reír	rir	mental	[missing]	missing
leaf	hoja	folha	environment	paka	doubtful loan
left/left hand	izquierdo	esquerdo	location/body	[missing]	missing
leg/foot	pierna	perna	body	Mal: mangka,	unique
lie down	acostarse, echarse	deitar	motion	Mal: ngurna-	inheritance
lightning	rayo, relámpago	relampago	environment	Mal: pirndi	loan direction unknown
liver	hígado	figado	body	thangka	loan	Thura-Yura
long	largo	comprido, longo	quality	palurru	loan direction unknown
louse	piollo, piojo	piolho	fauna	[missing]	missing
lung	pulmón	pulmão	body	yarka	inheritance
man/male	hombre	homem	human	ŋura	loan
meat/flesh	carne	carne	fauna	wanga	loan direction unknown
moon	luna	lua	environment	Mal: patju	loan	Kulin?
mother	madre, mamá	mãe	kinship	ŋamana	inheritance
mouth	boca	boca	body	yalla	inheritance
name	nombre	nome	human	mitji	doubtful loan
nape	base del cuello, nuca	nuca	body	ngundi	inheritance
near/close	cerca de	perto	quality	[missing]	missing
neck	cuello	pescoço	body	burnba
new	nuevo	novo	quality	[missing]	missing
night	noche	noite	time	tonka	unique
no/not	no	não	grammar	Mal: kurri	unique
nose	nariz	nariz	body	mindi	loan direction unknown
old	viejo	velho	quality	karrukarru	loan
one	uno	um	number	Mal: kula	inheritance
open/uncover	abrir	abrir	other	[missing]	missing
other	otro	outro	grammar	[missing]	missing
person/human being	persona	pessoa	human	ŋura	unique
pimple	xx	xx	body	[missing]	missing
rain	lluvia	chuva	environment	Mal: kurlpi'	unique
red	rojo	vermelho	colour	Mal: parkarditjulu	unique
right/right hand	derecha	direita	location/body	[missing]	missing
road/path	camino	caminho	manufacture	Mal: parlkarra	unique
roof	xx	xx	manufacture	[missing]	missing
root	raíz	raiz	flora	Mal: palkarra	loan direction unknown
rotten	podrido	podre	quality	thungka	loan
sand	arena	areia	environment	Mal: pamparra	unique
say	decir	dizer	mental	[missing]	missing
scratch	rascar	rasgar	impact	Mal: mira-	loan	Karnic
see	ver	ver	mental	pome	loan direction unknown
sharp	afilado, filudo, filoso	afiado	quality	[missing]	missing
shoot	tirar, disparar, balear	atirar	impact	[missing]	missing
short	corto	curto	quality	murta	loan
shoulder	hombro	ombro	body	Mal: winka	loan
sick	xx	xx	body	Mal: nguntja	unique
sit	sentar(se)	sentar	state	ninga	inheritance
skin	piel	pele	body	Mal: wapi-	unique
sky	cielo	céu	environment	ngayiri	loan direction unknown
sleep	dormir	dormir	body	boompopa	unique
small	pequeño	pequeno	quality	pumpatha	unique
smell (tr/intr)	xx	xx	body	pupitja-	loan direction unknown
smoke	humo	fumaça	environment	porndo	loan direction unknown
spit	escupir	cuspir	body	[missing]	missing
split	partir, dividir	rachar, dividir, partir	impact	[missing]	missing
squeeze	estrujar, exprimir	espremer	impact	Mal: ngupu-	unique
stab/pierce	apuñalar, acuchillar	apunhalar	impact	[missing]	missing
stand	estar de pié	ficar em pé	state	[missing]	missing
star	estrella	estrela	environment	pul:i	inheritance?
steal	robar	roubar	other	Mal: thingma-	unique
stone	piedra	pedra	environment	yarnda	loan
suck	chupar	chupar	body	[missing]	missing
sun	sol	sol	time	yako	loan direction unknown
sweat	sudar	suor, suar	body	[missing]	missing
swell	hincharse	inchar	body	[missing]	missing
swim	nadar	nadar	motion	Mal: kurrka-	unique
tail	cola, rabo	rabo	body	kurni	loan
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	Mal: paRulkuRu	unique
throat	garganta	garganta	body	yuni	inheritance
throw	tirar, lanzar	atirar, jogar	impact	Mal: purkata	unique
thunder	truenos	trovão	environment	pirndi	loan direction unknown
tie up/fasten	atar, amarrar	amarrar	impact	Mal: karluta-	unique
tongue	lengua	lingua	body	taia palpa y tharliji	inheritance
tooth	diente	dente	body	thiya	inheritance
true	xx	xx	quality	[missing]	missing
turn	girar, volter, torcer	virar	other	[missing]	missing
two	dos	dois	number	barcoolo	loan	Karnic
vomit	vomitar	vomitar	body	murulta-	inheritance
walk	caminar, andar	andar	motion	parapoo	unique
water	agua	agua	environment	nocho	inheritance
wet	mojado	molhado	quality	[missing]	missing
what?	que, qué	que	grammar	minha	inheritance
when?	cuando	quando	grammar	Mal: wintju	inheritance
where?	donde	onde	grammar	wanta	inheritance
white	blanco	branco	colour	Mal: patjarka	unique
who?	quien, quién	quem	grammar	[missing]	missing
wife	esposa	esposa	kinship	kumpaka	inheritance
wind	viento	vento	environment	pardi	unique
wing	ala	asa	body	Mal: wilparru	unique
woman/female	mujer	mulher	human	walka	inheritance
work	trabajar	trabalhar	other	[missing]	missing
yawn	bostezar	bocejar	body	[missing]	missing
yellow	amarillo	amarelo	colour	Mal: pilthi	loan direction unknown


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	Mal: kathu	semantic shift
bird	pajaro, ave	passaro	flora-fauna	Mal: yurli	inheritance?
blowfly/housefly	mosca	mosca	flora-fauna	[missing]	missing
dog (camp, domestic)	perro	cachorro	flora-fauna	kun:u	semantic shift
grass	hierba, pasto	capim, grama	flora-fauna	Mal: muthu	loan direction unknown
kangaroo (generic)			flora-fauna	Mal: tharlda	loan direction unknown
snake (generic)	culebra, serpiente	cobra	flora-fauna	thurru	inheritance
spider	araña	aranha	flora-fauna	Mal: thipi-thipi	unique
tree	árbol	arvore	flora-fauna	thulu	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
bottom grinding stone			manufacture	[missing]	missing
digging stick			subsistence tool	Mal: withawitha	unique
house			other	[missing]	missing
rope/string	mecate, cuerda, soga	corda	culture	Mal: parlka	loan
spear	lanza	lança	subsistence tool	kalkurru	inheritance
spearthrower			subsistence tool	Mal: thardu-pira	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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