Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

neotropical otter (small)

Semantic Field: flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish: Nutria, Lobo de Agua, lobito de rio, perro de agua (Colombia)
Meaning Portuguese: lontra

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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	Dangerous	General Notes
Aguaruna	Lontra longicaudis	úyu	úju		inheritance								See Language page
Apalai	Lontra longicaudis	awawa	awawa		inheritance		shared Wayana						See Language page
Ashuar	Lontra longicaudis	uyu, iyu	ujũ, ijũ										See Language page
Baniwa	Lontra longicaudis	pídoo	pídoo		inheritance	Central North Arawak, Rio Negro Branch			uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Barasano	Lontra longicaudis	timí (R95)											See Language page
Bora	Lontra longicaudis	tsʰoxkʰo, tsojco (FS)	tsʰoxkʰo		inheritance								See Language page
Candoshi-Shapra	Lontra longicaudis	koyadchi	kojanttʃi		unique								See Language page
Carijona	Lontra longicaudis	yawi (SM); sará (R95)			loan; inheritance		North Arawak	e.g. Achagua yewi. Rodriguez 1995 has sará (under 'giant otter' in Meira notes)					See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Cavineña	Lontra longicaudis	cuetsara (C&L89)	kuetsara										See Language page
Cofán	Lontra longicaudis	choni (gen. otter)	tʃoni										See Language page							phonemic transcriptions are ESTIMATIONS
Cubeo	Lontra longicaudis	tʉmi	tɨ'bĩ, tʉmi		inheritance			Means both giant otter and small otter across various ET languages; not clear which meaning may have been original	uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Cuiva	Lontra longicaudis		bonówi										See Language page
Desano	Lontra longicaudis	diatimi	di'átĩbĩ, diatimi		inheritance	East Tukanoan		Means both giant otter and small otter across various ET languages; not clear which meaning may have been original	uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Djeoromitxi	Lontra longicaudis	wauretätä	wauretǝtǝ										See Language page
Dâw	Lontra longicaudis	‘yoók [lontra/ariranha]	j’ɔ̌k		inheritance				underived				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Eñepa	Lontra longicaudis	sanko (MM)	sanko (MM)		inheritance			May be derived from saru form?					See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Guayabero	Lontra longicaudis	bohléw	bohléw, tʃarmáʔ		inheritance				uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Huambisa	Lontra longicaudis	uuyu	u:ju										See Language page
Hup	Lontra longicaudis	yɔk-kúç	jɔk-kúç		inheritance			otter + ?'	compound	otter-?			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Ingá	Lontra longicaudis	iaku alku (iaku=water, river;alku=dog)											See Language page
Iquito	Lontra longicaudis	múcuanasi	múkuanasi		unknown								See Language page
Kabiyari	Lontra longicaudis	píinu	píinu										See Language page
Kaingang	Lontra longicaudis	fògfènh	fɔgfɛnx										See Language page
Kakua	Lontra longicaudis		~wed		inheritance				underived				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Kanamarí	Lontra longicaudis	kotsiyah	kotʃijah	lontra									Magalhães 2018:358
Kariña	Lontra longicaudis	saroro	saroro	southern river otter									Courtz 2007:364						no
Karitiana	Lontra longicaudis	toro	toɾo		unknown								See Language page
Kokama	Lontra longicaudis	yawara pana miri	jawaɾa pana miɾi										See Language page
Koreguaje	Lontra longicaudis	cha'o	dʒaʔo		inheritance								See Language page
Kotiria	Lontra longicaudis	di'a tĩ'bĩ	di'a tĩ'bĩ		inheritance	East Tukanoan		Means both giant otter and small otter across various ET languages; not clear which meaning may have been original	uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Kwazá	Lontra longicaudis	mãtete txihỹte (generic otter)	mãtete txihỹte (generic otter)										See Language page
Macaguan	Lontra longicaudis		bóni		missing				missing				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Maihiki	Lontra longicaudis	yao ago	jao ago		inheritance	West Tukanoan			uncoded		ago	ago = feminine animate	See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Matses	Lontra longicaudis	bosen	bosen		unknown								See Language page
Minica Witoto	Lontra longicaudis	ïɸú.e	ɯɸú.ɛ										See Language page
Muinane	Lontra longicaudis	súkku	súkku										See Language page
Murui Witoto	Lontra longicaudis	ïɸu.e, jitorocɨño (B83)	ɯɸu.ɛ, hitorokɯɲo (B83)		inheritance								See Language page
Nadëb/Rio Negro dialect	Lontra longicaudis		ʔajɔ̰ːg										See Language page
Nadëb/Roçado dialect	Lontra longicaudis		ʔajo̰ːk̚		inheritance								See Language page
Napo Lowland Quichua	Lontra longicaudis	pishna	piʃna										See Language page
Nheengatu	Lontra longicaudis	bakúyari	bakújari		unknown				No info				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Northern Emberá	Lontra longicaudis	nútri [loan Sp]	nútri										See Language page
Nukak	Lontra longicaudis	wԑn4 daawa4			inheritance				uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Nɨpode Witoto	Lontra longicaudis	ïpó.e	ɯpó.ɛ										See Language page
Ocaina	Lontra longicaudis	hitóóro; jɨɨturu (R95)	hitóóro		inheritance								See Language page
Paresi	Lontra longicaudis	i'nyai	i'njai		unknown								See Language page
Pemon	Lontra longicaudis	aparuuwa (Lutra macrodus) (E1980)	aparuwa (E1980)		doubtful loan, direction unknown		Yucuna apatuhmé; shared Akawaio?						See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Piapoco	Lontra longicaudis	machéeruli	matʃé:ɾuli										See Language page
Piaroa	Lontra longicaudis	iwɨrɨ'ahéca, mɨkuɨbɨh	iwɨrɨɁahésa, mɨkuɨbɨh		unique								See Language page
Playero	Lontra longicaudis		bohónawi										See Language page
Puinave	Lontra longicaudis	yeu	ieu		loan		Arawak jé:wi						See Language page
Páez	Lontra longicaudis	yoxsi	yoʃi										See Language page
Resígaro	Lontra longicaudis	husóodó	husóodó		unique				uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Sanumá	Lontra longicaudis	plolo	plolo		inheritance			also hadamɨ a	uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Sikuani	Lontra longicaudis	menetsamuito, matsírali (lutra sp., rk83)	bohónawi		inheritance; loan		Piapoco	also? menetsamuito, matsírali (lutra sp., rk83)	uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Siona	Lontra longicaudis	ya'o güenji, arara	jaʔo güenhi, arara		inheritance								See Language page
Siriano	Lontra longicaudis	diáñárã	diáɲáɾã										See Language page
Southern Pastaza Quechua	Lontra longicaudis	nutri (loan)	nutɾi										See Language page
Sáliva	Lontra longicaudis	tahbu	taʔbu		unique								See Language page
Tanimuca	Lontra longicaudis	eʔ'sua	eʔ'sua		unique								See Language page
Tariana	Lontra longicaudis	ɲéːwi	ɲéːwi		inheritance		Ptenonura?	In some other Central North Arawak languages this means 'Giant otter' (could be due to poor data)	uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Taushiro	Lontra longicaudis	vayo	wajo										See Language page
Tikuna	Lontra longicaudis	ma-iguá (Alv44)	maʔiguá		unique								See Language page
Tiriyó	Lontra longicaudis	caro	caro		inheritance								See Language page
Tukano	Lontra longicaudis	diátibĩ	diátibĩ		inheritance	East Tukanoan		Means both giant otter and small otter across various ET languages; not clear which meaning may have been original	uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Tuyuka	Lontra longicaudis	díatĩmi	díatĩmi										See Language page
Urarina	Lontra longicaudis	asisi	asisi		unique								See Language page
Wai Wai	Lontra longicaudis	saroro (SM)	saroro (SM)		inheritance								See Language page
Waimaja	Lontra longicaudis	díadžò	díadʒò										See Language page
Waurá	Lontra longicaudis	e'weʂe (Mori2005)	e'weʂe (Mori2005)		unknown								See Language page
Wayampi	Lontra longicaudis	sɔlɔlɔ (G89)	sɔlɔlɔ (G89)		loan		Carib: cf. Wai Wai saroro						See Language page
Wayana	Lontra longicaudis	jukini	jukini		unknown								See Language page
Yagua	Lontra longicaudis	janay, jasutyu	xãnaj, xãsutju		unique								See Language page
Yanomami	Lontra longicaudis	proro	pɾoɾo		inheritance				underived				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Yavitero	Lontra longicaudis	wanáyali	wanájali										See Language page
Yuhup	Lontra longicaudis	jɔk	jɔk		inheritance				underived				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Yukpa	Lontra longicaudis	sarora	sarora										See Language page							Phon only in source
Yukuna	Lontra longicaudis	apatujmé	apatuhmé		doubtful loan, direction unknown		Carib: Pemon/Akawaio aparuuwa		uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Záparo	Lontra longicaudis	anasuihya	anasuihja										See Language page


Aguaruna
Apalai
Ashuar
Baniwa
Barasano
Bora
Candoshi-Shapra
Carijona
Cavineña
Cofán
Cubeo
Cuiva
Desano
Djeoromitxi
Dâw
Eñepa
Guayabero
Huambisa
Hup
Ingá
Iquito
Kabiyari
Kaingang
Kakua
Kanamarí
Kariña
Karitiana
Kokama
Koreguaje
Kotiria
Kwazá
Macaguan
Maihiki
Matses
Minica Witoto
Muinane
Murui Witoto
Nadëb/Rio Negro dialect
Nadëb/Roçado dialect
Napo Lowland Quichua
Nheengatu
Northern Emberá
Nukak
Nɨpode Witoto
Ocaina
Paresi
Pemon
Piapoco
Piaroa
Playero
Puinave
Páez
Resígaro
Sanumá
Sikuani
Siona
Siriano
Southern Pastaza Quechua
Sáliva
Tanimuca
Tariana
Taushiro
Tikuna
Tiriyó
Tukano
Tuyuka
Urarina
Wai Wai
Waimaja
Waurá
Wayampi
Wayana
Yagua
Yanomami
Yavitero
Yuhup
Yukpa
Yukuna
Záparo

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