Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

Unggumi

Family: Worrorran
Region: Australia
ISO 639-3: xgu
Location: -17.22°, 124.86°
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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	Phonemicized Form	Etymology Code	Loan Source
1pl.excl	nosotros (exclusivo)	nós (exclusivo)	grammar			inheritance
1pl.incl	nosotros (inclusivo)	nós (inclusivo)	grammar			inheritance
1sg	yo	eu	grammar			inheritance
2pl	ustedes	vocês	grammar			unknown
2sg	xx	xx	grammar			inheritance
3pl	ellos/ellas	eles/elas	grammar			inheritance
3sg	el/ella	ele/ela	grammar			unique
above	encima, arriba	acima	location			inheritance
again	de nuevo, otra vez	de novo	grammar			missing
all	todo	todos	other			missing
and	y	e	grammar			missing
ankle	tobillo	tornozelo	body			unique
armpit	axila, sobaco	axila	body			inheritance
ashamed	xx	xx	mental			missing
ashes	xx	xx	environment			unique
at	en, a	em, a	location			missing
back	espalda	costas	body	-lardingga	-lardingga	doubtful loan	Worrorra
bad	mal	mal	quality			unknown
be alive	xx	xx	body			missing
belly	barriga	barriga	body			inheritance
below	abajo, debajo	abaixo	location			unique
big	grande	grande	quality			unique
bite	morder	morder	body	bada, parda	bada, parda	doubtful loan
black	negro	preto	colour			inheritance
blood	sangre	sangue	body			inheritance
blow	soplar	soprar	body			missing
blunt	xx	xx	quality			missing
bone	hueso	osso	body			inheritance
boomerang	xx	xx	manufacture			missing
breast	pecho, seno	peito	body			inheritance
breathe	respirar	respirar	body			missing
burn	quemar	queimar	environment			unknown
chew	masticar, mascar	mastigar	body			missing
child	niño, niña	criança	human			unique
climb	subir	subir	motion			inheritance
cloud	nube	nuvem	environment			unique
cold	frío	frio	quality			unique
come	venir	vir	motion			missing
cook	cocinar	cozinhar	impact			unique
count	contar	contar	mental			missing
cry	llorar	chorar	mental			inheritance
cut	xx	xx	impact			missing
die/be dead	morir	morrer	state			inheritance
dig	cavar	cavar	impact			inheritance
dingo/wolf			fauna			unique
dirty	sucio	sujo	quality			missing
dream	soñar	sonhar	mental			missing
drink	beber, tomar	beber	body			inheritance
dry	seco	seco	quality			missing
dust	polvo	poeira	environment			inheritance
ear	oreja	orelha	body			inheritance
earth/soil	tierra	terra	environment			unique
eat	comer	comer	body			inheritance
egg	huevo	ovo	fauna	gambi:ngga	gambi:ngga	loan into proto-language
eye	ojo	olho	body			inheritance
faeces	heces, mierda, excremento, estiércol	fezes	body			unknown
fall	caer	cair	motion			inheritance
far	lejos	longe	quality			missing
fat/grease	grasa	gordura	body			unique
father	padre, papá	pai	kinship			unique
fear	miedo	medo	mental			missing
feather	pluma	pena	fauna			unknown
fire	fuego	fogo	environment			inheritance
fish	xx	xx	fauna			missing
flow	fluir	fluir	motion			missing
flower	flor	flor	environment			inheritance
fly	volar	voar	motion			unique
fog	niebla, neblina	nevoeira, bruma, neblina	environment			missing
foot	pie	pé	body			unique
fruit	fruta	fruta	flora			missing
good	bueno	bom	quality			unique
grow	crecer	crescer	state			missing
hair (of head)	cabello	cabelo	body			unique
hand	mano	mão	body			inheritance
head	cabeza	cabeça	body			unique
hear	oír	ouvir	mental			inheritance
heavy	pesado	pesado	quality			inheritance
hide	esconder	esconder	motion			missing
hit	golpear, pegar	bater	impact			missing
hit (with hand)	xx	xx	impact			missing
hold	correr, asegurar, sostener	segurar	other			missing
how?	como	como	grammar			missing
if	si	se	grammar			missing
in/inside	dentro, adentro	dentro	location			missing
intestines	intestinos	intestinos	body			inheritance
itch	hormiguear, sentir comezón	coçar	body			missing
kill	matar	matar	impact			unique
know/be knowledgeable	saber, conecer	saber, conhecer	mental			missing
lake	lago	lago	environment			missing
laugh	reír	rir	mental			inheritance
leaf	hoja	folha	environment			unique
left/left hand	izquierdo	esquerdo	location/body			missing
leg/foot	pierna	perna	body			missing
lie down	acostarse, echarse	deitar	motion			unique
lightning	rayo, relámpago	relampago	environment			inheritance
liver	hígado	figado	body			inheritance
long	largo	comprido, longo	quality			inheritance
louse	piollo, piojo	piolho	fauna			missing
lung	pulmón	pulmão	body			missing
man/male	hombre	homem	human			missing
meat/flesh	carne	carne	fauna			inheritance
moon	luna	lua	environment			inheritance
mother	madre, mamá	mãe	kinship			unique
mouth	boca	boca	body			inheritance
name	nombre	nome	human			unique
nape	base del cuello, nuca	nuca	body			inheritance?
near/close	cerca de	perto	quality			missing
neck	cuello	pescoço	body			missing
new	nuevo	novo	quality			unknown
night	noche	noite	time			unique
no/not	no	não	grammar			unique
nose	nariz	nariz	body			inheritance
old	viejo	velho	quality			missing
one	uno	um	number			unique
open/uncover	abrir	abrir	other			missing
other	otro	outro	grammar			missing
person/human being	persona	pessoa	human			unique
pimple	xx	xx	body			unique
rain	lluvia	chuva	environment			unique
red	rojo	vermelho	colour			inheritance
right/right hand	derecha	direita	location/body			missing
road/path	camino	caminho	manufacture			unique
roof	xx	xx	manufacture			missing
root	raíz	raiz	flora			unique
rotten	podrido	podre	quality			unknown
sand	arena	areia	environment			unique
say	decir	dizer	mental			unique
scratch	rascar	rasgar	impact			missing
see	ver	ver	mental			unique
sharp	afilado, filudo, filoso	afiado	quality			unique
shoot	tirar, disparar, balear	atirar	impact			missing
short	corto	curto	quality			unique
shoulder	hombro	ombro	body			inheritance
sick	xx	xx	body			unique
sit	sentar(se)	sentar	state			inheritance
skin	piel	pele	body			missing
sky	cielo	céu	environment			unique
sleep	dormir	dormir	body			missing
small	pequeño	pequeno	quality			inheritance
smell (tr/intr)	xx	xx	body			missing
smoke	humo	fumaça	environment			inheritance
spit	escupir	cuspir	body			unique
split	partir, dividir	rachar, dividir, partir	impact			missing
squeeze	estrujar, exprimir	espremer	impact			missing
stab/pierce	apuñalar, acuchillar	apunhalar	impact			missing
stand	estar de pié	ficar em pé	state			unique
star	estrella	estrela	environment			inheritance
steal	robar	roubar	other			missing
stone	piedra	pedra	environment			unique
suck	chupar	chupar	body			missing
sun	sol	sol	time			inheritance
sweat	sudar	suor, suar	body			unique
swell	hincharse	inchar	body			missing
swim	nadar	nadar	motion			unique
tail	cola, rabo	rabo	body			unique
that	ese/esa	esse	grammar	yuno:, nyuno:	yuno:, nyuno:	loan	Nyulnyulan
thick	grueso, gordo, espeso	grosso	quality			missing
thin	delgado	fino	quality			missing
think	pensar	pensar	mental			missing
this	este/esta	este	grammar			missing
three	tres	tres	number			unique
throat	garganta	garganta	body			missing
throw	tirar, lanzar	atirar, jogar	impact			missing
thunder	truenos	trovão	environment			unique
tie up/fasten	atar, amarrar	amarrar	impact			unknown
tongue	lengua	lingua	body			unique
tooth	diente	dente	body			unique
true	xx	xx	quality			missing
turn	girar, volter, torcer	virar	other			missing
two	dos	dois	number			unique
vomit	vomitar	vomitar	body			unique
walk	caminar, andar	andar	motion			missing
water	agua	agua	environment			inheritance
wet	mojado	molhado	quality			unique
what?	que, qué	que	grammar	agaba ~ agubayi	agaba ~ agubayi	loan	Warrwa
when?	cuando	quando	grammar			missing
where?	donde	onde	grammar			missing
white	blanco	branco	colour			inheritance
who?	quien, quién	quem	grammar			inheritance
wife	esposa	esposa	kinship	mangga, maganyerrinya	mangga, maganyerrinya	loan direction unknown
wind	viento	vento	environment			unique
wing	ala	asa	body			missing
woman/female	mujer	mulher	human			inheritance
work	trabajar	trabalhar	other	warrgumga	warrgumga	loan	English
yawn	bostezar	bocejar	body			missing
yellow	amarillo	amarelo	colour	kumbakumbarr, kumbarru	kumbakumbarr, kumbarru	loan into proto-language?


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	Etymology Code
ant (generic)	hormiga	formiga	flora-fauna	missing
bird	pajaro, ave	passaro	flora-fauna	unique
blowfly/housefly	mosca	mosca	flora-fauna	missing
dog (camp, domestic)	perro	cachorro	flora-fauna	inheritance
grass	hierba, pasto	capim, grama	flora-fauna	unique
kangaroo (generic)			flora-fauna	missing
snake (generic)	culebra, serpiente	cobra	flora-fauna	unique
spider	araña	aranha	flora-fauna	missing
tree	árbol	arvore	flora-fauna	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	Phonemicized Form	Etymology Code
bottom grinding stone			manufacture			missing
digging stick			subsistence tool			unique
house			other			missing
rope/string	mecate, cuerda, soga	corda	culture			missing
spear	lanza	lança	subsistence tool	jinal.ya	jinal.ya	loan into proto-language
spearthrower			subsistence tool			inheritance
top grinding stone	metate, mano; piedra de moler	metate, mano	manufacture			missing
winnow	aventar, tirar (sementes)	joeirar	manufacture			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

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