Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

kingfisher

Semantic Field: flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish: martín pescador, catalan (Peru)
Meaning Portuguese: martim-pescador

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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	family Alcedinidae	tʃalíri	tʃalíri		inheritance								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Aguaruna	family Alcedinidae	cháji	tʃáxi		doubtful loan		Panoan *čaraš (Shell)						See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Akawaio	family Alcedinidae	sagaikka	sagaɪʔka		inheritance	Akawaio, Pemon							See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Apalai	family Alcedinidae	atura	atura		inheritance								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Ashuar	family Alcedinidae	charákat	ʧarakat										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Baniwa	family Alcedinidae	dzáaliro	dzáaɺiɻo, jáaɺiɻu (FS)		inheritance	Central North Arawak			uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Bora	family Alcedinidae	taáho (FS)	taáʔo (FS)		inheritance								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Candoshi-Shapra	family Alcedinidae	pagoana	pankoana		unique								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Carapana	family Alcedinidae	ñasã	ɲãsã										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Carijona	family Alcedinidae	uatú:ra (M2000)			inheritance								See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Cavineña	family Alcedinidae	madakapa (G71)	madakapa (G71)										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Cofán	family Alcedinidae	dasa'ro	dasaʔro										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia		phonemic transcriptions are ESTIMATIONS
Cubeo	family Alcedinidae	jãja	xãxa		inheritance	Proto-Tukanoan			uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Desano	family Alcedinidae	sãrã	sãrã		inheritance	Proto-Tukanoan			uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Djeoromitxi	family Alcedinidae	txoritxi	tʃoritʃi										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Dâw	family Alcedinidae	wasak pis	waʃak piʃ		unique				missing				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Eñepa	family Alcedinidae	kasakañ, Var. masakai (MM)	kasakaɲ, Var. masakai (MM)		unknown			Also masakai					See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Huambisa	family Alcedinidae	charakat	tʃarakat										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Hup	family Alcedinidae	deh-cák	deh-cák		unique			water-climb'	compound	water-climb?			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Iquito	family Alcedinidae	cataraá (Ceryle torquata) (from Spanish catalan)	kataraá (Ceryle torkata) (from Spanish catalan)		unknown								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Kabiyari	family Alcedinidae	tʃáriri	tʃáɾiɾi										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Kakua	family Alcedinidae		jâli		loan		Arawak, e.g. Tariana?		missing				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Kariña	family Alcedinidae	kàwasi	kahwasi	kingfisher									Courtz 2007:295						Widespread Amazonia	no
Koreguaje	family Alcedinidae	sã'sa	sãʔsa		inheritance								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Kotiria	family Alcedinidae	saná (Waltz)	saná (Waltz)		inheritance	Proto-Tukanoan			uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Kwazá	family Alcedinidae	mãnĩnĩ djẽtsyhẽ	mãnĩnĩ djẽtsyhẽ										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Lokono	family Alcedinidae	sakasakali	sakasakali	great grey kingfisher									Fanshawe 1949:70						Widespread Amazonia	no
Maihiki	family Alcedinidae	baitoto aco ago	baitoto ako ago		unique				uncoded		ago	ago = feminine animate	See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Makuna	family Alcedinidae	ñasa	ɲasa		inheritance								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Matses	family Alcedinidae	chadac	tʃadak		inheritance		loan into Jivaroan?						See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Movima	family Alcedinidae	chada (J62)	tʃada										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Muinane	family Alcedinidae	tááhu (W97)	tááʔu										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Napo Lowland Quichua	family Alcedinidae	duyu	duju										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Nheengatu	family Alcedinidae	wariramba	wariramba		inheritance	Subgroup Apiaka			No info				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Ocaina	family Alcedinidae	an̈antyahóhfo	ãn:ãtʲaʔóʔɸo		unknown								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Paresi	family Alcedinidae	i'tola	i'tola		inheritance								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Pemon	family Alcedinidae	sakaikka (A1981)	sa'kaiʔka (A1981)		inheritance	Akawaio, Pemon							See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Piapoco	family Alcedinidae	chalìri	tʃalìɾi										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Piaroa	family Alcedinidae	tirɨh (K76)	tirɨh		doubtful loan		Carib, e.g. Tiriyo atura						See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Puinave	family Alcedinidae	ian	ian		unique								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Sikuani	family Alcedinidae	tsaliri (2)	tsalíri		loan		Achagua/Piapoco		missing				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Siona	family Alcedinidae	que're	keʔre		unique								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Sirionó	family Alcedinidae	nyɨtasɨ, rɨsha (P85)	njɨtasɨˌ rɨʃa		unknown								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Sáliva	family Alcedinidae	isi	isi		unique								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Tariana	family Alcedinidae	yáːliɾu	jáːliɾu		inheritance	Central North Arawak			uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Tiriyó	family Alcedinidae	atura (a species of kingfisher)	atura		inheritance								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Tukano	family Alcedinidae	sãrâ	sãrâ		inheritance	Proto-Tukanoan			uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Tuyuka	family Alcedinidae	sãna	sãna										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Wai Wai	family Alcedinidae	yatura (SM)	yatura (SM)		inheritance								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Wari	family Alcedinidae	tʃaiŋ (Sousa2009)	tʃaiŋ (Sousa2009)										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Waurá	family Alcedinidae	tsula (P11)	tsula (P11)		inheritance								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Wayampi	family Alcedinidae	yawasi (G89)	jawasi (G89)		unknown								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Yagua	family Alcedinidae	rataday	ratandaj		unique								See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Yanomami	family Alcedinidae	siemari, siramɨ, siemato	siemaɾi (large), siɾamɨ (large), siemato (small)		unknown				underived				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Yavitero	family Alcedinidae	tsátsali	tsátsali										See Language page						Widespread Amazonia
Yukuna	family Alcedinidae	kari'iché	kaɾiʔitʃé		unknown	Central North Arawak			uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no


Achagua
Aguaruna
Akawaio
Apalai
Ashuar
Baniwa
Bora
Candoshi-Shapra
Carapana
Carijona
Cavineña
Cofán
Cubeo
Desano
Djeoromitxi
Dâw
Eñepa
Huambisa
Hup
Iquito
Kabiyari
Kakua
Kariña
Koreguaje
Kotiria
Kwazá
Lokono
Maihiki
Makuna
Matses
Movima
Muinane
Napo Lowland Quichua
Nheengatu
Ocaina
Paresi
Pemon
Piapoco
Piaroa
Puinave
Sikuani
Siona
Sirionó
Sáliva
Tariana
Tiriyó
Tukano
Tuyuka
Wai Wai
Wari
Waurá
Wayampi
Yagua
Yanomami
Yavitero
Yukuna

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