Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

Dhuwala

Family: Pama-Nyungan
Region: Australia
ISO 639-3: guf
Location: -12.19°, 135.41°
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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
1pl.excl	nosotros (exclusivo)	nós (exclusivo)	grammar	nganapurru	inheritance
1pl.incl	nosotros (inclusivo)	nós (inclusivo)	grammar	ŋalimurru	semantic shift
1sg	yo	eu	grammar	ŋarra	inheritance
2pl	ustedes	vocês	grammar	nhuma	semantic shift
2sg	xx	xx	grammar	nhe	inheritance
3pl	ellos/ellas	eles/elas	grammar	walal(a)	inheritance
3sg	el/ella	ele/ela	grammar	ŋayi	inheritance
above	encima, arriba	acima	location	garrwar	inheritance
again	de nuevo, otra vez	de novo	grammar	bulu	inheritance
all	todo	todos	other	warrpam'	inheritance
and	y	e	grammar	ga	inheritance
ankle	tobillo	tornozelo	body	yaṯa	inheritance
armpit	axila, sobaco	axila	body	wuḏuy	unknown
ashamed	xx	xx	mental	mirrwiḻi	unknown
ashes	xx	xx	environment	ḻirrgi(')	inheritance
at	en, a	em, a	location	-ŋura	inheritance
back	espalda	costas	body	muta	unknown
bad	mal	mal	quality	biḏila	unknown
be alive	xx	xx	body	walnga	inheritance
belly	barriga	barriga	body	wuwa'	unknown
below	abajo, debajo	abaixo	location	rol	unknown
big	grande	grande	quality	dhamburru	inheritance
bite	morder	morder	body	ḻäwum(a)	inheritance
black	negro	preto	colour	gurrŋan(')	unknown
blood	sangre	sangue	body	wuruŋgal	unknown
blow	soplar	soprar	body	boy'	inheritance
blunt	xx	xx	quality	dhumuk	inheritance
bone	hueso	osso	body	murrutjuwal	inheritance
boomerang	xx	xx	manufacture	gaḻigaḻi(')	inheritance
breast	pecho, seno	peito	body	ŋamini	doubtful loan
breathe	respirar	respirar	body	ŋar'yun	inheritance
burn	quemar	queimar	environment	buḻpuḻyun	unknown
chew	masticar, mascar	mastigar	body	[missing]	missing
child	niño, niña	criança	human	djamarrkuḻi(')	inheritance
climb	subir	subir	motion	giḻaŋdhun	unknown
cloud	nube	nuvem	environment	wutjun	unknown
cold	frío	frio	quality	ŋulwitj	unknown
come	venir	vir	motion	buna	unknown
cook	cocinar	cozinhar	impact	nyirmarama	unknown
count	contar	contar	mental	bothurru	loan
cry	llorar	chorar	mental	ŋapŋapthun	unknown
cut	xx	xx	impact	mit	inheritance
die/be dead	morir	morrer	state	dhiŋgam(a)	unknown
dig	cavar	cavar	impact	ŋangi'yun	unknown
dingo/wolf			fauna	wärraŋ	unknown
dirty	sucio	sujo	quality	[missing]	missing
dream	soñar	sonhar	mental	bukaway	inheritance
drink	beber, tomar	beber	body	[missing]	missing
dry	seco	seco	quality	mulka(')	unknown
dust	polvo	poeira	environment	[missing]	missing
ear	oreja	orelha	body	buthuru	loan
earth/soil	tierra	terra	environment	munatha(')	inheritance
eat	comer	comer	body	nyaḻuma	unknown
egg	huevo	ovo	fauna	mapu(')	inheritance
eye	ojo	olho	body	mi:l	inheritance
faeces	heces, mierda, excremento, estiércol	fezes	body	guḻa'	unknown
fall	caer	cair	motion	wirrdjawirrdja'yun	unknown
far	lejos	longe	quality	barrku	inheritance
fat/grease	grasa	gordura	body	djukurr(')	inheritance
father	padre, papá	pai	kinship	djawuḻpa	unknown
fear	miedo	medo	mental	barrari	unknown
feather	pluma	pena	fauna	buḻuk	unknown
fire	fuego	fogo	environment	gurtha	inheritance
fish	xx	xx	fauna	ŋutjatja	loan
flow	fluir	fluir	motion	[missing]	missing
flower	flor	flor	environment	[missing]	missing
fly	volar	voar	motion	wurruḻuḻ(')	unknown
fog	niebla, neblina	nevoeira, bruma, neblina	environment	[missing]	missing
foot	pie	pé	body	baŋgina	unknown
fruit	fruta	fruta	flora	gäku	inheritance
good	bueno	bom	quality	walutju	unknown
grow	crecer	crescer	state	[missing]	missing
hair (of head)	cabello	cabelo	body	marwat	inheritance
hand	mano	mão	body	ŋarambiya(')	unknown
head	cabeza	cabeça	body	djuḻuḻu	unknown
hear	oír	ouvir	mental	ŋäma	inheritance
heavy	pesado	pesado	quality	ŋonuŋ	unknown
hide	esconder	esconder	motion	djuḻuḻ'yun	unknown
hit	golpear, pegar	bater	impact	ḏar'	unknown
hit (with hand)	xx	xx	impact	[missing]	missing
hold	correr, asegurar, sostener	segurar	other	[missing]	missing
how?	como	como	grammar	[missing]	missing
if	si	se	grammar	[missing]	missing
in/inside	dentro, adentro	dentro	location	djinawa(')	inheritance
intestines	intestinos	intestinos	body	biyapiya	inheritance
itch	hormiguear, sentir comezón	coçar	body	ḏamurruŋ'	inheritance
kill	matar	matar	impact	[missing]	missing
know/be knowledgeable	saber, conecer	saber, conhecer	mental	miṯan	unknown
lake	lago	lago	environment	[missing]	missing
laugh	reír	rir	mental	ŋamarama	unknown
leaf	hoja	folha	environment	[missing]	missing
left/left hand	izquierdo	esquerdo	location/body	wirrkaḏay'	unknown
leg/foot	pierna	perna	body	balwak	unknown
lie down	acostarse, echarse	deitar	motion	ḏuy	unknown
lightning	rayo, relámpago	relampago	environment	maykarraṉ(')	loan
liver	hígado	figado	body	ngalthiri	inheritance
long	largo	comprido, longo	quality	lambirri	unknown
louse	piollo, piojo	piolho	fauna	mukmuk	unknown
lung	pulmón	pulmão	body	burrgutj	inheritance
man/male	hombre	homem	human	ḏirramu	inheritance
meat/flesh	carne	carne	fauna	ŋanak	inheritance
moon	luna	lua	environment	walmuḏa	unknown
mother	madre, mamá	mãe	kinship	ngama7	inheritance
mouth	boca	boca	body	djoliŋ	unknown
name	nombre	nome	human	ŋaykaṉa	unknown
nape	base del cuello, nuca	nuca	body	dhungurrk	unknown
near/close	cerca de	perto	quality	galki	inheritance
neck	cuello	pescoço	body	mayaŋ(')	unknown
new	nuevo	novo	quality	yuṯa	inheritance
night	noche	noite	time	munha	inheritance
no/not	no	não	grammar	yaka	inheritance
nose	nariz	nariz	body	ngurru	inheritance
old	viejo	velho	quality	norrutj	unknown
one	uno	um	number	wanggañ	inheritance
open/uncover	abrir	abrir	other	dayaŋgi	unknown
other	otro	outro	grammar	[missing]	missing
person/human being	persona	pessoa	human	yolŋu	inheritance
pimple	xx	xx	body	mäpaṉ	inheritance
rain	lluvia	chuva	environment	waṉbana	unknown
red	rojo	vermelho	colour	ṉipiṉ	unknown
right/right hand	derecha	direita	location/body	[missing]	missing
road/path	camino	caminho	manufacture	[missing]	missing
roof	xx	xx	manufacture	[missing]	missing
root	raíz	raiz	flora	[missing]	missing
rotten	podrido	podre	quality	boḻuku	unknown
sand	arena	areia	environment	[missing]	missing
say	decir	dizer	mental	ŋayawurkthun	unknown
scratch	rascar	rasgar	impact	wirrk	unknown
see	ver	ver	mental	ḏirrgiyun	unknown
sharp	afilado, filudo, filoso	afiado	quality	raywal	unknown
shoot	tirar, disparar, balear	atirar	impact	biḻtjawunuma	unknown
short	corto	curto	quality	dhumbuḻ'	unknown
shoulder	hombro	ombro	body	rlambarr	loan direction unknown
sick	xx	xx	body	dhuŋumirr(i)	unknown
sit	sentar(se)	sentar	state	dhut	unknown
skin	piel	pele	body	minyaŋalaŋal	unknown
sky	cielo	céu	environment	djiwarr(')	unknown
sleep	dormir	dormir	body	yakurr	inheritance
small	pequeño	pequeno	quality	nyumikiny	inheritance
smell (tr/intr)	xx	xx	body	nhuman	inheritance
smoke	humo	fumaça	environment	ŋawulul(')	inheritance
spit	escupir	cuspir	body	dhuba'yun	inheritance
split	partir, dividir	rachar, dividir, partir	impact	balbaw'marama	unknown
squeeze	estrujar, exprimir	espremer	impact	ḏitjpunuma	unknown
stab/pierce	apuñalar, acuchillar	apunhalar	impact	dhämalkuma	unknown
stand	estar de pié	ficar em pé	state	birr	unknown
star	estrella	estrela	environment	ganyu(')	unknown
steal	robar	roubar	other	[missing]	missing
stone	piedra	pedra	environment	waṯapa(')	unknown
suck	chupar	chupar	body	[missing]	missing
sun	sol	sol	time	walu	inheritance
sweat	sudar	suor, suar	body	wuburr'	inheritance
swell	hincharse	inchar	body	[missing]	missing
swim	nadar	nadar	motion	watjkaḻyun	unknown
tail	cola, rabo	rabo	body	miraŋ	unknown
that	ese/esa	esse	grammar	ŋunhi	inheritance
thick	grueso, gordo, espeso	grosso	quality	ŋutu(')	unknown
thin	delgado	fino	quality	bär'	unknown
think	pensar	pensar	mental	guyaŋirr(i)	inheritance
this	este/esta	este	grammar	dhuwala	unknown
three	tres	tres	number	ḻurrkun'	inheritance
throat	garganta	garganta	body	miwura	unknown
throw	tirar, lanzar	atirar, jogar	impact	ḏup	unknown
thunder	truenos	trovão	environment	bulkuŋu	unknown
tie up/fasten	atar, amarrar	amarrar	impact	ḏamarr'marama	unknown
tongue	lengua	lingua	body	matha	inheritance
tooth	diente	dente	body	gikina	inheritance
true	xx	xx	quality	rumbal	semantic shift
turn	girar, volter, torcer	virar	other	ŋanydjaḻa'yun	unknown
two	dos	dois	number	märrma'	inheritance
vomit	vomitar	vomitar	body	[missing]	missing
walk	caminar, andar	andar	motion	garama	inheritance
water	agua	agua	environment	wakutu(')	unknown
wet	mojado	molhado	quality	djurruk	unknown
what?	que, qué	que	grammar	nhä	inheritance
when?	cuando	quando	grammar	nhätha	inheritance
where?	donde	onde	grammar	wanhala	inheritance
white	blanco	branco	colour	watharr	inheritance
who?	quien, quién	quem	grammar	wäri	inheritance
wife	esposa	esposa	kinship	galay	inheritance
wind	viento	vento	environment	bawuthu	unknown
wing	ala	asa	body	binbarr	unknown
woman/female	mujer	mulher	human	baṯami	loan
work	trabajar	trabalhar	other	dhotju	unknown
yawn	bostezar	bocejar	body	[missing]	missing
yellow	amarillo	amarelo	colour	buthalak	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
ant (generic)	hormiga	formiga	flora-fauna	wuṯili	unknown
bird	pajaro, ave	passaro	flora-fauna	djikay(')	inheritance
blowfly/housefly	mosca	mosca	flora-fauna	gathiŋaḻi(')	unknown
dog (camp, domestic)	perro	cachorro	flora-fauna	wuŋgan	inheritance
grass	hierba, pasto	capim, grama	flora-fauna	buḻwutja(')	unknown
kangaroo (generic)			flora-fauna	weṯi(')	inheritance
snake (generic)	culebra, serpiente	cobra	flora-fauna	djäḻki(')	unknown
spider	araña	aranha	flora-fauna	garrwiḏi	unknown
tree	árbol	arvore	flora-fauna	gäyu	unknown

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Cultural Vocabulary (8)

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English	Spanish	Portuguese	Semantic Field	Orthographic Form	Etymology Code
bottom grinding stone			manufacture	[missing]	missing
digging stick			subsistence tool	waliya	unknown
house			other	dhulmarr	unknown
rope/string	mecate, cuerda, soga	corda	culture	guwal	unknown
spear	lanza	lança	subsistence tool	matjaka	unknown
spearthrower			subsistence tool	biḏitj	unknown
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
	medium	HG	dense	mobile		yes

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