Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

avocado

Semantic Field: flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish: palta, aguacate
Meaning Portuguese: abacate

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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	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Psychotropic	Traded	Trade Notes	Distribution	Dangerous	General Notes
Aguaruna	Persea americana	kái	kái										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Ashuar	Persea americana	kái, kayí	kai, kaji										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Baniwa	Persea americana	piirídza	piiɹídza		inheritance	Central North Arawak, Rio Negro branch			uncoded				See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree
Baure	Persea americana	palt	palt										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Bora	Persea americana	coóju (T98)	kʰoóxɯ										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Candoshi-Shapra	Persea americana	parta (Spanish loan)	paɾta										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Carapana	Persea americana	ʉnu	ɨnũ, ʉñua (FS)										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Carijona	Persea americana	kahai (SM)			unknown								See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree
Central Aymara	Persea americana	phalt'a (P04)	phalt'a (P04)										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Cofán	Persea americana	atsa	atsa										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		phonemic transcriptions are ESTIMATIONS tree
Cubeo	Persea americana	ũñurʉ	ũɲulʉ		inheritance	East Tukanoan			uncoded				See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree
Desano	Persea americana	ũñu	ũñu		inheritance	East Tukanoan			uncoded				See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree
Dâw	Persea americana	rũùm	hũ̂m		inheritance				underived				See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree
Eñepa	Persea americana	apo', Var. apok (MM)	apoʔ, Var. apok (MM)		unknown								See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree
Hodï	Persea americana	awa jyeï			unique				uncoded				See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree
Huambisa	Persea americana	parta (Spanish loan)	parta										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Hup	Persea americana	yũhúm	jũhúm		inheritance		East Tukanoan		underived				See Language page	0	1	0	cultivated	women, men?	eaten raw	0	0	attained through exchange with Tukanoans	secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree
Iquito	Persea americana	imúuna	imúuna										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Kabiyari	Persea americana	píritʃa	píɾitʃa										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Kakua	Persea americana	jahǎʔ	jahǎʔ		unique				underived				See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree
Kariña	Persea americana	awoka	awoka	avocado, alligator pear									Courtz 2007:250										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no
Koreguaje	Persea americana	capaiñʉ	kapaiɲʉ										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Makuna	Persea americana	ũñu	ũɲu										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Matses	Persea americana	padta	padta										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Muinane	Persea americana	cúújɨ (W97)	kúúxɨ										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Murui Witoto	Persea americana	nomedo	nomɛdo (B83)										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Nadëb/Roçado dialect	Persea americana		baraja:		loan		North Arawak						See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Napo Lowland Quichua	Persea americana	palta	palta										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Northern Emberá	Persea americana	beegó	be:gó										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Ocaina	Persea americana	nom̈úúro {tree}	nom̵ɯ́ɯ́ro {tree}										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Piapoco	Persea americana	piritsa	piɾitsa										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Piaroa	Persea americana	ɨ'cá'bE'(K76)	ɨɁsáɁbæɁ										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Puinave	Persea americana	ioikam	ɟoikam										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Páez	Persea americana	oze	oze										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Quechua Ayacuchano	Persea americana	paltay (CP94)	paltaj										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Siona	Persea americana	wɨo sɨ wẽkineo	wɨo sɨ wẽkineo										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Siriano	Persea americana	ũñú	ũɲú										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Southern Pastaza Quechua	Persea americana	palta	palta										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Tanimuca	Persea americana	ũ'dyũã	ũ'ʎũã										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Tariana	Persea americana	piɾíya	piɾíja		inheritance	Central North Arawak, Rio Negro branch			uncoded				See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree
Tikuna	Persea americana	boruá, engo-i-ná (Alv44)	boruá, eŋoʔiʔná										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Tukano	Persea americana	ũyû	ũjû		inheritance	East Tukanoan			uncoded				See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree
Tuyuka	Persea americana	ũñu	ũñu										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Waorani	Persea americana	ocatoe (Persea sp.)			unique				uncoded				See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree
Yagua	Persea americana	riche	ritʃe										See Language page										secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens		tree
Yanomam	Persea americana	ahuãri hi (WM99)	ahuãɾi hi		inheritance			hi = CLF "tree" (Ferreira)	uncoded		hi	hi = "generic tree" (Ferreira)	See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree
Yanomami	Persea americana	ahai hi, ẽhẽi kë hi (JF86)	ahai hi, ẽhẽi kə hi		inheritance			hi = CLF "generic tree"	underived	N+CLF	hi = CLF "tree" (Ramirez 94)		See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree
Yuhup	Persea americana	jũhũ̌b	jũhũ̌b		inheritance				underived				See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree
Yukuna	Persea americana	piriyé	piɾiyé		inheritance	Central North Arawak, Rio Negro branch			uncoded				See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		secondary scrub vegetation and indigenous gardens	no	tree


Aguaruna
Ashuar
Baniwa
Baure
Bora
Candoshi-Shapra
Carapana
Carijona
Central Aymara
Cofán
Cubeo
Desano
Dâw
Eñepa
Hodï
Huambisa
Hup
Iquito
Kabiyari
Kakua
Kariña
Koreguaje
Makuna
Matses
Muinane
Murui Witoto
Nadëb/Roçado dialect
Napo Lowland Quichua
Northern Emberá
Ocaina
Piapoco
Piaroa
Puinave
Páez
Quechua Ayacuchano
Siona
Siriano
Southern Pastaza Quechua
Tanimuca
Tariana
Tikuna
Tukano
Tuyuka
Waorani
Yagua
Yanomam
Yanomami
Yuhup
Yukuna

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