Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

anaconda

Semantic Field: flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish: anaconda, boa, boa acuática grande
Meaning Portuguese: sucuri

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Language	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

Language	Linnean Name	Orthographic Form	Phonemicized Form	Gloss as in Source	Etymology Code	Proto-Language	Loan Source	Etymology Notes	Word Structure	Word Structure Notes	Classifier	Classifier Notes	Source	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Food Source	Medicinal	Psychotropic	Traded	Distribution	Dangerous	General Notes
Achagua	genus Eunectes	káawai (lit. 'having a belly')	káawai (lit. 'having a belly')		unique								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Aguaruna	genus Eunectes	págki	pángki										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Akawaio	genus Eunectes	aura	aʊra		unknown	Akawaio, Pemon	shared Pemon						See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Andoke	genus Eunectes	hʌ'pʌ	hʌʔpʌ										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Ashuar	genus Eunectes	pangkí, shukíim, puráu, yacumama	paŋki, ʃuki:m, purau, jakumama										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Baniwa	genus Eunectes	omáwali	omáwaɺi		inheritance	Central North Arawak, Rio Negro branch			uncoded				See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Barasano	genus Eunectes	hĩdõ	hĩdõ										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Bará	genus Eunectes		pĩ'dõ										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Bora	genus Eunectes	ííkwakhyo, póóaá	ííkwakhjo, póóaá		doubtful loan		Carijona ikoi-mǝ (snake-Augm)						See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Camsa	genus Eunectes	amarón [Quechua loan]	amarón										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Candoshi-Shapra	genus Eunectes	isáriyá	isáɾijá		unique								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Carapana	genus Eunectes	pĩno	pĩnɔ̃, 'pĩdõ (H&R), boa (FS); güío (FS)										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Carijona	genus Eunectes	ikoi-mǝ (snake-Augm) 'boa constrictor', 'anaconda' (M2000)			inheritance		snake-big'						See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Cavineña	genus Eunectes	mapisi (C&L89)	mapisi										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Central Aymara	genus Eunectes	churisk'i (P04)	tʃurisik'i										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Cofán	genus Eunectes	canjansi (same as boa)	kãhansi										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia		phonemic transcriptions are ESTIMATIONS
Cubeo	genus Eunectes	ã'ĩ-kɨ	ã'ĩ-kɨ		unique				uncoded				See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Cuiva	genus Eunectes		homowábi										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Desano	genus Eunectes	pĩru	pĩru, pĩ'rṹ		inheritance	East Tukanoan		Most ET languages have same root for boa and anaconda	uncoded				See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Djeoromitxi	genus Eunectes	mẽpfuru	mẽɸuru										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Dâw	genus Eunectes	wên	wen		unique				underived				See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Eñepa	genus Eunectes	wi; uñemakërën (MM)	wi; uɲemakǝrǝn (MM)		inheritance	Northern Carib? (attested Mapoyo, Makushi, Eñepa)		Also uɲemakërën					See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Guayabero	genus Eunectes	hombói	hombói		loan (into protolanguage?)		Arawak, cf. Piapoco umawali	same term - anaconda and boa	compound				See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Huambisa	genus Eunectes	wichi pagki (wichi=submerged piece of wood; pagki=snake	witʃi paŋgki										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Hup	genus Eunectes	deh-hũt-cǝ́g	deh-hũt-cǝ́g		calque		East Tukanoan	'water tobacco piece'	compound	water-tobacco-piece			See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Iquito	genus Eunectes	iyácuni (Eunectes murinus murinus)	ijácuni (Eunectes murinus murinus)										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Kakua	genus Eunectes	~bǎj'	~bǎjʔ		unique			derived from 'snake'?	derived				See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Kamayurá	genus Eunectes	mojũ	mojũ										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Kariña	genus Eunectes	sikyryju	sikɨrɨju	anaconda									Courtz 2007:368						Widespread Amazonia	yes
Koreguaje	genus Eunectes	ãkue aña	ãkhue aɲa, 'okʰo 'aɲa										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Kotiria	genus Eunectes	pinono dia macariro (Waltz)	pinono dia makaɾiɾo (Waltz), pĩ'dõ-dõ (H&R)		inheritance	East Tukanoan		Most ET languages have same root for boa and anaconda	phrase	river boa'			See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Kwazá	genus Eunectes	deda	deda										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Lokono	genus Eunectes	kamodo	kamodo	water comudi, anaconda									Fanshawe 1949:65						Widespread Amazonia	yes
Macaguan	genus Eunectes		homoéj		loan (into protolanguage?)		Arawak, cf. Piapoco umawali		missing				See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Maihiki	genus Eunectes	jai aña aguɨ (aguɨ marks male gender)	xai aɲa agɨ		unique				uncoded		agɨ	agɨ = masculine animate	See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Makuna	genus Eunectes	jĩno	xĩno, hĩdõ										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Makushi	genus Eunectes	wɨi (SM)	wɨi (SM)		inheritance	Northern Carib? (attested Mapoyo, Makushi, Eñepa)							See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Mapoyo	genus Eunectes	wiyu	wiyu										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Matses	genus Eunectes	dayumënquid	dajumɨnkid										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Minica Witoto	genus Eunectes	nú.io	nú.io										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Movima	genus Eunectes	yanahue (J62)	janaxue										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Muinane	genus Eunectes	búúa, ígáíβatɨ	búúa, ígáíβatɨ										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Murui Witoto	genus Eunectes	nu.i.o	nu.i.o										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Nadëb/Roçado dialect	genus Eunectes		jɔːd		unique								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Napo Lowland Quichua	genus Eunectes	amarun	amaɾun										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Nheengatu	genus Eunectes	çukuriyu, mbuyawaçu (possibly fictitious animal)	sukuɾiju, mbujawasu (possibly fictitious animal)		inheritance	Proto-Tupi-Guarani		Reconstructed PTG Mello 2000. Also: mbuyawaçu (possibly fictitious animal)	underived				See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Ninam	genus Eunectes	komkarak, ~okarimthok, $iwhirokamak (gom)	komkaɾak, õkaɾimtʰok, ʃiwhiɾokamak (gom)		unique				uncoded				See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Northern Emberá	genus Eunectes		hepʰã (H&R)										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Nukak	genus Eunectes	mɨh4 buu2 li4			unique			morphologically complex, in Kakua would mean (river-loc-obj) see also yuhup: m'æh pog ['big water snake']	compound				See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Nɨpode Witoto	genus Eunectes	nú.io	nú.io										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Ocaina	genus Eunectes	toxóóʔyo	toxóóʔjo										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Paresi	genus Eunectes	menetse	menetse		unknown								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Pemon	genus Eunectes	aura (E1980)	aʊra (E1980)		unknown	Akawaio, Pemon	Shared Akawaio						See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Piapoco	genus Eunectes	màanu (umàwali ‘boa-man monster’) (H&R)	màanu (umàwali ‘boa-man monster’) (H&R)										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Piaroa	genus Eunectes	da'Eh	daʔæh										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Playero	genus Eunectes		homowábi										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Puinave	genus Eunectes		pĩn (H&R)										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Secoya	genus Eunectes		ʻmãjõmĩ										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Sikuani	genus Eunectes	jomowabi	homowáːbi		loan (into protolanguage?)		Arawak, cf. Piapoco umawali	maybe loan into Baniwa omáwali	uncoded				See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Siona	genus Eunectes	uncucui	unkukui										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Siriano	genus Eunectes	pĩ'rṹ	pĩ'rṹ										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Southern Pastaza Quechua	genus Eunectes	yacumama	jakumama										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Sáliva	genus Eunectes	dopa	dopa										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Tanimuca	genus Eunectes	ã'jã-pakia-'ka	ã'jã-pakia-'ka										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Tariana	genus Eunectes		(H&R, Giacone: maauáli, mauáli (ps cobra))		inheritance				missing				See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Tatuyo	genus Eunectes	ˈpĩ'dõ	ˈpĩ'dõ										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Tikuna	genus Eunectes	djói (Alv44)	dʒói										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Tukano	genus Eunectes	diâ-u'tî'karo ['water-ceremonial.cigar']	pĩ́rṍ (H&R), diâ-u'tî'karo ['water-ceremonial.cigar']		unique			Calqued into Hup? Also pĩ́rṍ (H&R)	phrase	'water-ceremonial.cigar'			See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Tuyuka	genus Eunectes	pĩ'dṍ	pĩ'dṍ										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Urarina	genus Eunectes	edara kwamaa 'water people-hammock'; akaʉi ɲo	edara kwamaa 'water people-hammock'; akaʉi ɲo										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Wai Wai	genus Eunectes	okoymo (SM)	okoymo (SM)		inheritance		snake-big'						See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Waikhana	genus Eunectes	pĩ'dõ-dõ	pĩ'dõ-dõ										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Waimaja	genus Eunectes	ᵽĩ́nṍ	ɸĩ́nṍ										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Wapishana	genus Eunectes	pakubaʔi	pakubaʔi		unknown								See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Wari	genus Eunectes	ʔemʔ-tak (snake-swallower) (Sousa2009)	ʔemʔ-tak (snake-swallower) (Sousa2009)										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Wayampi	genus Eunectes	mɔyu (G89)	mɔju (G89)										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Wayana	genus Eunectes	ëkëjuimë	ǝkǝjuimǝ		inheritance		snake-big'						See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Yagua	genus Eunectes	jacodiy	xakodij										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Yanomami	genus Eunectes	wãkõya	wãkõja		unique				underived				See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Yuhup	genus Eunectes	m'æh pog ['big water snake']	m'æh pog		unique			big water snake'	phrase				See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Yukpa	genus Eunectes		samámu (H&R)										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia		Phon only in source
Yukuna	genus Eunectes	piyuté	pijuté		unique				uncoded				See Language page	2	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	yes
Yuruti	genus Eunectes	ˈpĩdõ	ˈpĩdõ										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia


Achagua
Aguaruna
Akawaio
Andoke
Ashuar
Baniwa
Barasano
Bará
Bora
Camsa
Candoshi-Shapra
Carapana
Carijona
Cavineña
Central Aymara
Cofán
Cubeo
Cuiva
Desano
Djeoromitxi
Dâw
Eñepa
Guayabero
Huambisa
Hup
Iquito
Kakua
Kamayurá
Kariña
Koreguaje
Kotiria
Kwazá
Lokono
Macaguan
Maihiki
Makuna
Makushi
Mapoyo
Matses
Minica Witoto
Movima
Muinane
Murui Witoto
Nadëb/Roçado dialect
Napo Lowland Quichua
Nheengatu
Ninam
Northern Emberá
Nukak
Nɨpode Witoto
Ocaina
Paresi
Pemon
Piapoco
Piaroa
Playero
Puinave
Secoya
Sikuani
Siona
Siriano
Southern Pastaza Quechua
Sáliva
Tanimuca
Tariana
Tatuyo
Tikuna
Tukano
Tuyuka
Urarina
Wai Wai
Waikhana
Waimaja
Wapishana
Wari
Wayampi
Wayana
Yagua
Yanomami
Yuhup
Yukpa
Yukuna
Yuruti

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