Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

bitterwood

Semantic Field: flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish: tortuga caspi, pretina (Peru for tree and tumpline); carahuasca (Peru)
Meaning Portuguese: envira

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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	Etymology Notes	Word Structure	Classifier	Classifier Notes	Source	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Food Source	Medicinal	How Collected	How Prepared	Psychotropic	Traded	Distribution	Dangerous	General Notes
Ashuar	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	tsarúyais	tsarujãis								See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree
Baniwa	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	eettípa	eet̪ípa		unique			uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0			0	0	secondary forests, native to Brazil	no	tree
Bora	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	dohjɨ́co (T98)	toʔxɨkʰo								See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree
Djeoromitxi	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	hokä	hokǝ								See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree
Dâw	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	sʉʉ́p	ʃɨ̌p		inheritance			underived			See Language page	0	0	0			0	0	secondary forests, native to Brazil	no	tree
Hodï	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	jkudile jyaï (Guatteria foliosa) (Zent 02b)			unique			uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0			0	0	secondary forests, native to Brazil	no	tree
Huambisa	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	yugkua	yugkua								See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree
Hup	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	cǽ	cǽ		unique	Hup-Yuhup		underived			See Language page	0	0	0	gathered	bark peeled and used for tumplines	0	0	secondary forests, native to Brazil	no	tree
Iquito	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	tuúcu	tuúku								See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree
Kabiyari	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	wéeri	wéeɾi								See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree
Kakua	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala		ʔûj-daʔ fruit/ ʔûj-naʔ tree (Duguetia spixiana)		missing			missing			See Language page	0	0	0			0	0	secondary forests, native to Brazil	no	tree
Kariña	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	jarajara	jarajara	trumpet tree sp.							Courtz 2007:284								secondary forests, native to Brazil	no
Lokono	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	yarayara	jarajara	small trees with tough pliant wood							Fanshawe 1949:74								secondary forests, native to Brazil	no
Matses	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	dete, tote	dete, tote								See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree
Murui Witoto	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	jɨrɨfe	hɯrɯɸɛ (B83)								See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree
Nadëb/Roçado dialect	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala		ʃɯ̰ːb		inheritance						See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree
Nheengatu	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	pindaiwa mirá (scientific name unknown) iwira (other name describes envira trees, under family name Annona)	pindaiwa mirá (scientific name unknown) iwira (other name describes envira trees, under family name Annona)		unknown		Also: pindaiwa mirá (scientific name unknown)	underived			See Language page	0	0	0			0	0	secondary forests, native to Brazil	no	tree
Nukak	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	wipichacum (duguetia spixiana sp); maám-ára (duguetia hirsuta sp)			unique			uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0			0	0	secondary forests, native to Brazil	no	tree
Ocaina	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	mááhcha, mááhfi	mááʔtʃa, mááʔɸi								See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree
Paresi	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	tyama	tjama								See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree
Piapoco	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	weeru (R01)	weeru (R01)								See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree
Sikuani	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	jipirainae (Duroia longifolia)			unique			uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0			0	0	secondary forests, native to Brazil	no	tree
Tukano	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	pi'î-kãro	piʔî-kãro		unique			uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0			0	0	secondary forests, native to Brazil	no	tree
Wari	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	tatawʔ (Sousa2009)	tatawʔ (Sousa2009)								See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree
Wayampi	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	ɨwi (G89)	ɨwi (G89)								See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree
Yagua	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	javaya	xawaja								See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree
Yanomam	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	hwapoma hi (WM99, fusaea longifolia)	hwapoma hi		unique		hi = CLF "tree" (Ferreira)	uncoded	hi	hi = "generic tree" (Ferreira)	See Language page	0	0	0			0	0	secondary forests, native to Brazil	no	tree
Yuhup	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	cɯ̂p, cɛ̌h	cɯ̂p, cɛ̌h		inheritance			underived			See Language page	0	0	0			0	0	secondary forests, native to Brazil	no	tree
Yukuna	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	wéri (R01)	wéri (R01)		missing			missing			See Language page	0	0	0			0	0	secondary forests, native to Brazil	no	tree
Záparo	Duguetia sp. OR Fusaea longifolia OR Guatteria chrysopetala	apaka iyawka	apaka ijawka								See Language page								secondary forests, native to Brazil		tree


Ashuar
Baniwa
Bora
Djeoromitxi
Dâw
Hodï
Huambisa
Hup
Iquito
Kabiyari
Kakua
Kariña
Lokono
Matses
Murui Witoto
Nadëb/Roçado dialect
Nheengatu
Nukak
Ocaina
Paresi
Piapoco
Sikuani
Tukano
Wari
Wayampi
Yagua
Yanomam
Yuhup
Yukuna
Záparo

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