Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

black palm

Semantic Field: flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish: bacaba, mapora, pusui, patabá
Meaning Portuguese: bacaba

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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	Word Structure Notes	Classifier	Classifier Notes	Source	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Food Source	Food Notes	Medicinal	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Psychotropic	Traded	Trade Notes	Distribution	Dangerous	General Notes
Apalai	Oenocarpus bacaba	airiki	airiki									See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Baniwa	Oenocarpus bacaba	póoperi	póopeɻi		inheritance	Baniwa-Tariana subgroup	Very similar to 'peach palm' - possible semantic shift?	uncoded				See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Carijona	Oenocarpus bacaba	kumu (M2000)			missing							See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Djeoromitxi	Oenocarpus bacaba	djärä	dʒǝrǝ									See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Dâw	Oenocarpus bacaba	wiìm	wîm		inheritance		also wax wǒh	underived				See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Hodï	Oenocarpus bacaba	hãlĩ baʰte (Zent 02a), bate jï (Zent 02b)			unique			uncoded				See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Hup	Oenocarpus bacaba	ciwǐb	ciwǐb		inheritance			underived				See Language page	2	1	fruit	0	gathered	women, men	fruit boiled	0	0	in 'dabacuri' exhange rituals with other Hup groups (clans, villages, etc.)	Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Kabiyari	Oenocarpus bacaba	púperi	púperi									See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Kakua	Oenocarpus bacaba		~wɨ̌p		missing			missing				See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Kariña	Oenocarpus bacaba	kumu	kumu	palm tree sp.								Courtz 2007:303											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no
Kotiria	Oenocarpus bacaba	bacaba fruit	~jʉbʉ		inheritance	At least East Tukanoan, Branch I		uncoded				See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Lokono	Oenocarpus bacaba	lu	lu	tall pinnate-leaved palm								Fanshawe 1949:68											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no
Máku	Oenocarpus bacaba		manukú									See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Nadëb/Rio Negro dialect	Oenocarpus bacaba		ʃɯwɯːm									See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Nadëb/Roçado dialect	Oenocarpus bacaba		ʃawɯːm		inheritance							See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Nheengatu	Oenocarpus bacaba	iwakaiwa (iwa = tree, iwaka=fruit of bacabeira; matches nomenclature), iwa pixuna (iwa=fruit, pixuna=black)	iwakaiwa (matches nomenclature),iwa piʃuna??(iwa=fruit, piʃuna=black)		unknown			Compound	either 'tree fat' or 'tree wasp'			See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Ninam	Oenocarpus bacaba	~hokoromak (gom)	~hokoɾomak (gom)		inheritance			uncoded				See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Nukak	Oenocarpus bacaba	yáab butu (P07)			unique			uncoded				See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Paresi	Oenocarpus bacaba	wazoreke	waðureke		unknown							See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Piapoco	Oenocarpus bacaba	puberi (R01)	puberi (R01)									See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Pumé	Oenocarpus bacaba	[tʰo to 'palm']										See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Sikuani	Oenocarpus bacaba	makofaiboto (32)			unique			uncoded				See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Siona	Oenocarpus bacaba	toa	toa									See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Sirionó	Oenocarpus bacaba	siri; ɲiisui; soãtã he (refers specifically to Juania australis) (P85)	siri; ɲiisui; soãtã he									See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Tariana	Oenocarpus bacaba	púpeɾi	púpeɾi		unique	Baniwa-Tariana subgroup	Broader (also peach palm)	uncoded				See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Tikuna	Oenocarpus bacaba	bó-ruá (Alv44)	bóʔruá									See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Tiriyó	Oenocarpus bacaba	kumu	kumu									See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Tukano	Oenocarpus bacaba	jumû	jumû		inheritance	East Tukanoan	Same term also means 'seje palm'	uncoded				See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Waimiri Atroari	Oenocarpus bacaba	kymy 'bacaba berry'	kɨmɨ 'bacaba berry'									See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Waorani	Oenocarpus bacaba	yemebe (Oenocarpus mapora)			unique			uncoded				See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Wari	Oenocarpus bacaba	ji (Sousa2009)	ji (Sousa2009)									See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Wayampi	Oenocarpus bacaba	pinɔ (G89)	pinɔ (G89)									See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Wayana	Oenocarpus bacaba	kumu	kumu									See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Yagua	Oenocarpus bacaba	tónchiy	tóntʃij									See Language page											Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon		may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Yanomam	Oenocarpus bacaba	hoko si (WM99)	hoko si		inheritance		si = CLF "palm" (Ferreira)	uncoded		si	si = "palm" (Ferreira)	See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Yanomami	Oenocarpus bacaba	hoko mahi (HR94)	hoko mahi (HR94)		inheritance			underived	second word is probably a classifier	mahi	unknown, may be ma+hi 'CLF fruit' + 'CLF tree'	See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Yuhup	Oenocarpus bacaba	wawǒh, wîb	wawǒh, wîb		inheritance			underived				See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua
Yukuna	Oenocarpus bacaba	pupé (R01)	pupé (R01)		inheritance			missing				See Language page	2	1		0				0	0		Mature forests of Rio Negro and Upper Amazon	no	may be confused in some entries with O. bataua


Apalai
Baniwa
Carijona
Djeoromitxi
Dâw
Hodï
Hup
Kabiyari
Kakua
Kariña
Kotiria
Lokono
Máku
Nadëb/Rio Negro dialect
Nadëb/Roçado dialect
Nheengatu
Ninam
Nukak
Paresi
Piapoco
Pumé
Sikuani
Siona
Sirionó
Tariana
Tikuna
Tiriyó
Tukano
Waimiri Atroari
Waorani
Wari
Wayampi
Wayana
Yagua
Yanomam
Yanomami
Yuhup
Yukuna

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