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DiyariREU

Family: Pama-Nyungan
Region: Australia
ISO 639-3: dif
Location: -28.58°, 139.09°
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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	ngani	inheritance
2pl	ustedes	vocês	grammar	[missing]	missing
2sg	xx	xx	grammar	jidni	inheritance
3pl	ellos/ellas	eles/elas	grammar	[missing]	missing
3sg	el/ella	ele/ela	grammar	[missing]	missing
above	encima, arriba	acima	location	mirimiri	inheritance?
again	de nuevo, otra vez	de novo	grammar	[missing]	missing
all	todo	todos	other	pratjanta	inheritance
and	y	e	grammar	[missing]	missing
ankle	tobillo	tornozelo	body	[missing]	missing
armpit	axila, sobaco	axila	body	kiljikilji	loan	Arabana
ashamed	xx	xx	mental	manngarinta	inheritance
ashes	xx	xx	environment	dultara	loan	Arabana
at	en, a	em, a	location	[missing]	missing
back	espalda	costas	body	kuldu	inheritance
bad	mal	mal	quality	madlanti	inheritance
be alive	xx	xx	body	[missing]	missing
belly	barriga	barriga	body	manta	unique
below	abajo, debajo	abaixo	location	[missing]	missing
big	grande	grande	quality	katiwiri	loan	Arabana
bite	morder	morder	body	matanta	inheritance
black	negro	preto	colour	[missing]	missing
blood	sangre	sangue	body	kumari	inheritance
blow	soplar	soprar	body	[missing]	missing
blunt	xx	xx	quality	[missing]	missing
bone	hueso	osso	body	walpu	loan	Arabana
boomerang	xx	xx	manufacture	kirra	loan direction unknown
breast	pecho, seno	peito	body	ngarara	inheritance
breathe	respirar	respirar	body	ngarawaluwalunkata	inheritance
burn	quemar	queimar	environment	ngarkinta	inheritance
chew	masticar, mascar	mastigar	body	[missing]	missing
child	niño, niña	criança	human	wordu	unique
climb	subir	subir	motion	katibanta	inheritance
cloud	nube	nuvem	environment	kurauarapalku	loan	Arabana
cold	frío	frio	quality	madli	inheritance
come	venir	vir	motion	wokaralawapanta	unique
cook	cocinar	cozinhar	impact	wajinwajinta	inheritance?
count	contar	contar	mental	dinpata	loan
cry	llorar	chorar	mental	[missing]	missing
cut	xx	xx	impact	[missing]	missing
die/be dead	morir	morrer	state	palinta	inheritance
dig	cavar	cavar	impact	[missing]	missing
dingo/wolf			fauna	[missing]	missing
dirty	sucio	sujo	quality	tertieli	unique
dream	soñar	sonhar	mental	ngapitji	inheritance
drink	beber, tomar	beber	body	tapanta	inheritance
dry	seco	seco	quality	katara	unique
dust	polvo	poeira	environment	kampakampata	unique
ear	oreja	orelha	body	jerri	loan	Thura-Yura
earth/soil	tierra	terra	environment	wadlu	inheritance
eat	comer	comer	body	tajinta	inheritance
egg	huevo	ovo	fauna	kapi	inheritance
eye	ojo	olho	body	milki	inheritance
faeces	heces, mierda, excremento, estiércol	fezes	body	[missing]	missing
fall	caer	cair	motion	[missing]	missing
far	lejos	longe	quality	[missing]	missing
fat/grease	grasa	gordura	body	mani	inheritance
father	padre, papá	pai	kinship	ngapitji	unique
fear	miedo	medo	mental	[missing]	missing
feather	pluma	pena	fauna	kutja	inheritance?
fire	fuego	fogo	environment	turu	inheritance
fish	xx	xx	fauna	paru	inheritance
flow	fluir	fluir	motion	[missing]	missing
flower	flor	flor	environment	[missing]	missing
fly	volar	voar	motion	[missing]	missing
fog	niebla, neblina	nevoeira, bruma, neblina	environment	[missing]	missing
foot	pie	pé	body	tidna	inheritance
fruit	fruta	fruta	flora	[missing]	missing
good	bueno	bom	quality	jelpa	unique
grow	crecer	crescer	state	wominta	loan	Arabana
hair (of head)	cabello	cabelo	body	wulpuru	loan	Arabana
hand	mano	mão	body	mara	inheritance
head	cabeza	cabeça	body	kurukuku	semantic shift
hear	oír	ouvir	mental	ngankaraterinta	unique
heavy	pesado	pesado	quality	mati	inheritance
hide	esconder	esconder	motion	kurtjibanta	inheritance
hit	golpear, pegar	bater	impact	dandata	inheritance
hit (with hand)	xx	xx	impact	[missing]	missing
hold	correr, asegurar, sostener	segurar	other	patanta	inheritance
how?	como	como	grammar	[missing]	missing
if	si	se	grammar	[missing]	missing
in/inside	dentro, adentro	dentro	location	[missing]	missing
intestines	intestinos	intestinos	body	[missing]	missing
itch	hormiguear, sentir comezón	coçar	body	[missing]	missing
kill	matar	matar	impact	tankata	inheritance
know/be knowledgeable	saber, conecer	saber, conhecer	mental	ngujankata	loan direction unknown
lake	lago	lago	environment	panto	loan direction unknown
laugh	reír	rir	mental	kinkata	inheritance
leaf	hoja	folha	environment	[missing]	missing
left/left hand	izquierdo	esquerdo	location/body	waranka	loan	Arabana
leg/foot	pierna	perna	body	[missing]	missing
lie down	acostarse, echarse	deitar	motion	[missing]	missing
lightning	rayo, relámpago	relampago	environment	pildripildri	inheritance
liver	hígado	figado	body	kalu	inheritance
long	largo	comprido, longo	quality	warili	unique
louse	piollo, piojo	piolho	fauna	kada	inheritance
lung	pulmón	pulmão	body	[missing]	missing
man/male	hombre	homem	human	[missing]	missing
meat/flesh	carne	carne	fauna	[missing]	missing
moon	luna	lua	environment	ngarkani	loan	Arabana
mother	madre, mamá	mãe	kinship	ngandi	inheritance
mouth	boca	boca	body	mana	inheritance
name	nombre	nome	human	[missing]	missing
nape	base del cuello, nuca	nuca	body	wokara	inheritance
near/close	cerca de	perto	quality	karakara	inheritance
neck	cuello	pescoço	body	wunku	unique
new	nuevo	novo	quality	marra	inheritance
night	noche	noite	time	wongani	loan
no/not	no	não	grammar	malka	loan direction unknown
nose	nariz	nariz	body	[missing]	missing
old	viejo	velho	quality	puria	loan
one	uno	um	number	kamanta	inheritance
open/uncover	abrir	abrir	other	[missing]	missing
other	otro	outro	grammar	[missing]	missing
person/human being	persona	pessoa	human	[missing]	missing
pimple	xx	xx	body	mindi	inheritance
rain	lluvia	chuva	environment	tjilti	loan	Arabana
red	rojo	vermelho	colour	mirawili	unique
right/right hand	derecha	direita	location/body	ngunjarani	inheritance
road/path	camino	caminho	manufacture	[missing]	missing
roof	xx	xx	manufacture	[missing]	missing
root	raíz	raiz	flora	kantji	inheritance
rotten	podrido	podre	quality	[missing]	missing
sand	arena	areia	environment	wadlungadlara	unique
say	decir	dizer	mental	[missing]	missing
scratch	rascar	rasgar	impact	miranta	inheritance
see	ver	ver	mental	najinta	inheritance
sharp	afilado, filudo, filoso	afiado	quality	[missing]	missing
shoot	tirar, disparar, balear	atirar	impact	[missing]	missing
short	corto	curto	quality	wordu	inheritance
shoulder	hombro	ombro	body	winkari	inheritance
sick	xx	xx	body	[missing]	missing
sit	sentar(se)	sentar	state	[missing]	missing
skin	piel	pele	body	kulara	unique
sky	cielo	céu	environment	[missing]	missing
sleep	dormir	dormir	body	[missing]	missing
small	pequeño	pequeno	quality	[missing]	missing
smell (tr/intr)	xx	xx	body	panimanta	inheritance
smoke	humo	fumaça	environment	tupu	inheritance
spit	escupir	cuspir	body	ngaltja	inheritance
split	partir, dividir	rachar, dividir, partir	impact	[missing]	missing
squeeze	estrujar, exprimir	espremer	impact	[missing]	missing
stab/pierce	apuñalar, acuchillar	apunhalar	impact	[missing]	missing
stand	estar de pié	ficar em pé	state	[missing]	missing
star	estrella	estrela	environment	[missing]	missing
steal	robar	roubar	other	kuruelimaninta	unique
stone	piedra	pedra	environment	[missing]	missing
suck	chupar	chupar	body	tjumpurkata	inheritance
sun	sol	sol	time	[missing]	missing
sweat	sudar	suor, suar	body	widani	loan	Arabana
swell	hincharse	inchar	body	malju	loan	Guyani
swim	nadar	nadar	motion	tarakanta	loan	Arabana
tail	cola, rabo	rabo	body	[missing]	missing
that	ese/esa	esse	grammar	[missing]	missing
thick	grueso, gordo, espeso	grosso	quality	[missing]	missing
thin	delgado	fino	quality	jiranga	loan direction unknown
think	pensar	pensar	mental	dimpadimpata	unique
this	este/esta	este	grammar	[missing]	missing
three	tres	tres	number	parkuluwora	unique
throat	garganta	garganta	body	ngajipiltji	unique
throw	tirar, lanzar	atirar, jogar	impact	diganta	inheritance?
thunder	truenos	trovão	environment	tjiltijindata	loan
tie up/fasten	atar, amarrar	amarrar	impact	[missing]	missing
tongue	lengua	lingua	body	tanjana	inheritance
tooth	diente	dente	body	jakara	unique
true	xx	xx	quality	[missing]	missing
turn	girar, volter, torcer	virar	other	[missing]	missing
two	dos	dois	number	mandu	semantic shift
vomit	vomitar	vomitar	body	ngokuwaranta	inheritance
walk	caminar, andar	andar	motion	[missing]	missing
water	agua	agua	environment	ngapa	inheritance
wet	mojado	molhado	quality	[missing]	missing
what?	que, qué	que	grammar	mina?	inheritance
when?	cuando	quando	grammar	unkulu	loan
where?	donde	onde	grammar	[missing]	missing
white	blanco	branco	colour	waru	inheritance
who?	quien, quién	quem	grammar	warli	inheritance
wife	esposa	esposa	kinship	noa	inheritance
wind	viento	vento	environment	womara	unique
wing	ala	asa	body	[missing]	missing
woman/female	mujer	mulher	human	pitjiri	unique
work	trabajar	trabalhar	other	ngankata	unique
yawn	bostezar	bocejar	body	manaterkanta	inheritance
yellow	amarillo	amarelo	colour	[missing]	missing


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	piari	loan direction unknown
bird	pajaro, ave	passaro	flora-fauna	paia	inheritance
blowfly/housefly	mosca	mosca	flora-fauna	muumuu	unique
dog (camp, domestic)	perro	cachorro	flora-fauna	kintala	unique
grass	hierba, pasto	capim, grama	flora-fauna	kuljuru	loan	Arabana
kangaroo (generic)			flora-fauna	tjukuru	inheritance
snake (generic)	culebra, serpiente	cobra	flora-fauna	[missing]	missing
spider	araña	aranha	flora-fauna	marankara	inheritance
tree	árbol	arvore	flora-fauna	[missing]	missing

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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	[missing]	missing
digging stick			subsistence tool	[missing]	missing
house			other	punga	unique
rope/string	mecate, cuerda, soga	corda	culture	mati	loan	Arabana
spear	lanza	lança	subsistence tool	pirimpara	loan
spearthrower			subsistence tool	[missing]	missing
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	medium	mobile		yes

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