Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

giant otter

Semantic Field: flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish: Lobo Grande de Río, nutria gigante, lutria
Meaning Portuguese: ariranha

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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	Range of Term	Word Structure	Word Structure Notes	Source	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Food Source	Medicinal	Psychotropic	Traded	Dangerous	General Notes
Achagua	Pteronura brasiliensis	jéewi (R01)	jéewi (R01)									See Language page
Akawaio	Pteronura brasiliensis	mabaruuwa (Lutra macrodus)	mabaruwa	Lutra macrodus; 'water dog'	inheritance	Akawaio, Pemon						See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Baniwa	Pteronura brasiliensis	ñeewi	ɲeewi		inheritance	North Arawak				uncoded		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Barasano	Pteronura brasiliensis	tĩbĩ; majájesaʉ (R95)	tĩbĩ									See Language page
Bará	Pteronura brasiliensis		'diajo									See Language page
Camsa	Pteronura brasiliensis	salado-bé(‘otter’)	salado-bé(‘otter’)									See Language page
Carapana	Pteronura brasiliensis	ria tĩmi	ɾia tĩmĩ									See Language page
Carijona	Pteronura brasiliensis	saro (SM); yavi (R95)	sa’ro (‘otter’, H&R)		inheritance	Northern Carib? (attested Carijona, Yukpa, Eñepa)		Rodriguez 1995 has yavi (under 'small otter' in Meira notes); see also sa’ro (‘otter’, H&R)				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Cavineña	Pteronura brasiliensis	kwecara (G71)	kwecara (G71)									See Language page
Cofán	Pteronura brasiliensis	choni (gen. otter)	tʃoni									See Language page							phonemic transcriptions are ESTIMATIONS
Cubeo	Pteronura brasiliensis	jiaðavi	hiaðavi		unique					uncoded		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Desano	Pteronura brasiliensis	dí'á-jõrã	dí'á-jõrã		inheritance	East Tukanoan				uncoded		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Djeoromitxi	Pteronura brasiliensis	waure	waure									See Language page
Dâw	Pteronura brasiliensis	‘yoók [lontra/ariranha]	j’ɔ̌k		missing					missing		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Eñepa	Pteronura brasiliensis	saruna (MM)	saruna (MM)		inheritance	Northern Carib? (attested Carijona, Yukpa, Eñepa)						See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Guayabero	Pteronura brasiliensis	bohléw	bohléw, tʃarmáʔ		inheritance					uncoded		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Hup	Pteronura brasiliensis	yɔ́k	jɔ́k		inheritance					underived		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Ingá	Pteronura brasiliensis		jáku álku (='river dog')									See Language page
Iquito	Pteronura brasiliensis	canási	kanási									See Language page
Kabiyari	Pteronura brasiliensis	jéewi	jéewi									See Language page
Kaingang	Pteronura brasiliensis	grer	gɾeɾ									See Language page
Kakua	Pteronura brasiliensis	hiw-pâ	hiw-pâ		unknown			jaguar-?		compound		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Kariña	Pteronura brasiliensis	awarepùja	awarepuhja	giant otter								Courtz 2007:248						no
Kotiria	Pteronura brasiliensis	agã (Waltz)	di'ejoʔo, agã (Waltz)		unique			Also di'ejoʔo		uncoded		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Kwazá	Pteronura brasiliensis	mãtete txihỹte (generic otter)	mãtete txihỹte (generic otter)									See Language page
Lokono	Pteronura brasiliensis	hashiru	haʃiru	otter, water-dog								Fanshawe 1987:62						no
Macaguan	Pteronura brasiliensis	bóni	bóni		inheritance					uncoded		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Makiritare	Pteronura brasiliensis	ña:ñudi (KH)	ɲa:ɲudi		unique							See Language page
Makuna	Pteronura brasiliensis	tĩmi	tĩbĩ, tĩmi									See Language page
Mandawaka	Pteronura brasiliensis	inéwi	inéwi									See Language page
Matses	Pteronura brasiliensis	onina	onina									See Language page
Muinane	Pteronura brasiliensis	bumóomo (R95)	bumóomo (R95)									See Language page
Nadëb/Roçado dialect	Pteronura brasiliensis		aj'óóg (Senn/Martins dict)		inheritance							See Language page
Napo Lowland Quichua	Pteronura brasiliensis	yacu puma (yacu=river, puma=puma)	jaku puma									See Language page
Nheengatu	Pteronura brasiliensis	yawakaká	jawakaká (jawara = carnivor, kaka = ?)		unknown					No info		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Ninam	Pteronura brasiliensis	hIri / hIrI(gom)	hɯɾi / hɯɾɯ(gom)		unique					uncoded		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Ocaina	Pteronura brasiliensis	uhsoroxonko (R95)										See Language page
Paresi	Pteronura brasiliensis	i'nyai	i'njai									See Language page
Pemon	Pteronura brasiliensis	aparuuwa (Lutra macrodus) (E1980)	aparuwa (E1980)	Lutra macrodus (but this is apparently incorrect; an old name for Asian otter)	inheritance	Akawaio, Pemon			No info			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Piapoco	Pteronura brasiliensis	yéewi	jé:wi									See Language page
Piaroa	Pteronura brasiliensis	täu (R95)	tæu (R95)									See Language page
Puinave	Pteronura brasiliensis	yéu, yeó (R95)										See Language page
Páez	Pteronura brasiliensis		juʔ-alku(‘water otter’, H&R)									See Language page
Sanumá	Pteronura brasiliensis	hadamɨ	hadamɨ		missing					missing		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Secoya	Pteronura brasiliensis	je'huaë	kʷahĩjaʔo									See Language page
Sikuani	Pteronura brasiliensis	matsiruli (Lutra)(Arawak borrowing), menetsamui (1)			loan		Piapoco	Piapoco matʃé:ɾuli 'Giant otter'		uncoded		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Siona	Pteronura brasiliensis	kʷah˜e yaʔo (R95)	kʷah˜e jaʔo (R95)									See Language page
Suyá	Pteronura brasiliensis	nečí	nečí									See Language page
Tanimuca	Pteronura brasiliensis	ria-'jaʔ'u-a	ria-'jaʔ'u-a									See Language page
Tariana	Pteronura brasiliensis	pidú	pidú		semantic shift			In some other Central North Arawak languages this means 'Neotropical otter' (could be due to poor data)		uncoded		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Tatuyo	Pteronura brasiliensis	ria 'jóo	ria 'jóo									See Language page
Tikuna	Pteronura brasiliensis	tchó-ratchí (Alv44)	tʃóʔratʃí									See Language page
Tiriyó	Pteronura brasiliensis	jawi	jawi									See Language page
Tukano	Pteronura brasiliensis	diâ-yo'o	diájo, diâ-jo'o		inheritance	East Tukanoan				phrase	river-?	See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Tuyuka	Pteronura brasiliensis	día-tĩbĩ	día-tĩbĩ									See Language page
Wai Wai	Pteronura brasiliensis	wayawaya (SM)	wayawaya (SM)									See Language page
Waikhana	Pteronura brasiliensis	di'ejoʔo	di'ejoʔo									See Language page
Waimaja	Pteronura brasiliensis	díadžò	díadʒò									See Language page
Wari	Pteronura brasiliensis	kawaja (Sousa2009)	kawaja (Sousa2009)									See Language page
Waurá	Pteronura brasiliensis	e'weʂe (Mori2005)	e'wese (Mori2005)									See Language page
Wayampi	Pteronura brasiliensis	yawakaka ('jaguar-?'), alalayawa ('macaw-jaguar')	jawakaka ('jaguar-?'), alalajawa ('macaw-jaguar')									See Language page
Wayana	Pteronura brasiliensis	awawa	awawa									See Language page
Yagua	Pteronura brasiliensis	jãnibyi	xãnibji									See Language page
Yanomami	Pteronura brasiliensis	hetehia	hetehia		unique					underived		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Yavitero	Pteronura brasiliensis	néwi	néwi									See Language page
Yukpa	Pteronura brasiliensis	petara	petara									See Language page							Phon only in source
Yukuna	Pteronura brasiliensis	iñewi, jiñewi	iɲewi, hiɲewi		inheritance	North Arawak				uncoded		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Yuruti	Pteronura brasiliensis	día-tɨ̃bɨ̃	día-tɨ̃bɨ̃									See Language page


Achagua
Akawaio
Baniwa
Barasano
Bará
Camsa
Carapana
Carijona
Cavineña
Cofán
Cubeo
Desano
Djeoromitxi
Dâw
Eñepa
Guayabero
Hup
Ingá
Iquito
Kabiyari
Kaingang
Kakua
Kariña
Kotiria
Kwazá
Lokono
Macaguan
Makiritare
Makuna
Mandawaka
Matses
Muinane
Nadëb/Roçado dialect
Napo Lowland Quichua
Nheengatu
Ninam
Ocaina
Paresi
Pemon
Piapoco
Piaroa
Puinave
Páez
Sanumá
Secoya
Sikuani
Siona
Suyá
Tanimuca
Tariana
Tatuyo
Tikuna
Tiriyó
Tukano
Tuyuka
Wai Wai
Waikhana
Waimaja
Wari
Waurá
Wayampi
Wayana
Yagua
Yanomami
Yavitero
Yukpa
Yukuna
Yuruti

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