Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

opossum

Semantic Field
flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish
zarigüeya, rabipelado, zorro, zorrillo
Meaning Portuguese
mucura

Languages

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
Akawaio family Didelphidae awaree aware inheritance - WW Northern Carib? %jawari Likely loan Carib > Wapishana /jawari/; Hodï /yowale/; Yanomami /awaɾe/, Piaroa yäväre See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Baniwa family Didelphidae walíitshi waɺíitshi inheritance Central North Arawak, Rio Negro Branch uncoded See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Carijona family Didelphidae aware (SM) inheritance - WW Northern Carib? %jawari Likely loan Carib > Wapishana /jawari/; Hodï /yowale/; Yanomami /awaɾe/, Piaroa yäväre See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Cubeo family Didelphidae jʉjʉve; mate (R95) xɨxɨve unique Also mate (R95) uncoded See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Dâw family Didelphidae weèy wæ̂j doubtful loan - WW %yawari e.g. Wapishana jawari WW %jaware underived See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Desano family Didelphidae oa oa doubtful loan into protolanguage, direction unknown East Tukanoan Tikuna Tikuna öwa uncoded See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Eñepa family Didelphidae awanke awanke inheritance - WW %jawari See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Hodï family Didelphidae uli jowale (Zent 05) yowale; abaʰtuhã loan - WW %jawari Compare Wai Wai " yawari"; see also , Pemon avare, Wapishana " jawari", Yanomami " awaɾe". Cf. abaʰtuhã (Rodman) WW %jaware uncoded See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Waorani family Didelphidae kõgãye unique uncoded See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Hup family Didelphidae caʔmáy caʔmáj unique other complex lexicalized cV- prefix? See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Kakua family Didelphidae ~jâ-~dep ~jâ-~dep unknown opossum-? compound See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Nheengatu family Didelphidae mikura mikura inheritance Proto-Tupi-Guarani Reconstructed PTG Mello 2000 underived See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Pemon family Didelphidae avare (A1981); awaree (E1980) avare (A1981); aware (E1980) inheritance - WW Northern Carib? %jawari Likely loan Carib > Wapishana /jawari/; Hodï /yowale/; Yanomami /awaɾe/, Piaroa yäväre See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Resígaro family Didelphidae itsíigí itsíigí inheritance Central North Arawak, Rio Negro Branch uncoded See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Sanumá family Didelphidae pumodomɨ a, pumodomɨ tanama a pumodomɨ a, pumodomɨ tanama a unique uncoded See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Sikuani family Didelphidae tsica (rk83, Didelphus marsupialis) unknown subgroup: Sikuani-Cuiva Piapoco Piapoco isìri uncoded See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Tariana family Didelphidae ínaɾi ínaɾi unique uncoded See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Tukano family Didelphidae oá oá doubtful loan into protolanguage, direction unknown East Tukanoan Tikuna Tikuna öwa uncoded See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Wapishana family Didelphidae yawari jawari loan - WW %jawari Likely loan Carib (Wai Wai?) > Wapishana /jawari/; Hodï /yowale/; Yanomami /awaɾe/, Piaroa yäväre WW %jaware See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yanomami family Didelphidae aware, nẽro (JF86) awaɾe, nẽɾo loan - WW %jawari, via Venezuelan Carib Carijona, Akawaio, Pemon aware; alternative term nẽɾo WW %jaware underived See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yukuna family Didelphidae ichirí (rk83); majechí (R95) inheritance Central North Arawak, Rio Negro Branch Also majechí (R95) uncoded See Language page 0 1 0 0 0 no
Piapoco family Didelphidae isìri (rk83) See Language page
Kabiyari family Didelphidae t̪iírí t̪iíɾí See Language page
Wayuu family Didelphidae kačapouľu See Language page
Paresi family Didelphidae 'mene 'mene unknown See Language page
Waurá family Didelphidae iyula ijula unknown See Language page
Cha'palaa family Didelphidae 'šiɲi See Language page
Bora family Didelphidae óówaá, áájaba (T98) óókwaá, ááxaba inheritance See Language page
Muinane family Didelphidae uuga (R95) úuga See Language page
Apalai family Didelphidae zare zare unknown See Language page
Wayana family Didelphidae panasisiwa panasisiwa unique See Language page
Tiriyó family Didelphidae aware aware inheritance - WW %jawari See Language page
Makiritare family Didelphidae dawāde (IDS); dawa:de (KH) dawa:de inheritance - WW %jawari See Language page
Wai Wai family Didelphidae yawari yawari inheritance - WW %jawari See Language page
Yukpa family Didelphidae yare (SM) yare (SM) See Language page Phon only in source
Barí family Didelphidae kahkū See Language page
Northern Emberá family Didelphidae bõsã'ĩ (IDS) bõsã'ĩ (IDS) See Language page
Epena family Didelphidae poo'sãi ~ poro'sãi See Language page
Cuiva family Didelphidae 1. tsica; 2. churche (R95, didelphus marsupialis) 1. Scientific name: Didelphus marsupialis, in Spanish: fara/rabipelado/chucha/zarigüeya 1. Kondo 1983:118
Cofán family Didelphidae carachopa, pando karatʃopa See Language page phonemic transcriptions are ESTIMATIONS
Candoshi-Shapra family Didelphidae xopzi tʂopʂi unique See Language page
Páez family Didelphidae chucha See Language page
Tikuna family Didelphidae öwá; ngó-ua (Alv44) öwá, ŋóʔua doubtful loan, direction unknown East Tukanoan See Language page
Andoke family Didelphidae siéñe çiéɲe unique See Language page
Pumé family Didelphidae toyaβarɛ See Language page
Puinave family Didelphidae wan-si-han wan-si-han unique See Language page
Ashuar family Didelphidae kujáncham kuxanʧam See Language page
Huambisa family Didelphidae kujancham kuxantʃam See Language page
Aguaruna family Didelphidae kujáncham kuxántʃam inheritance See Language page
Nadëb/Roçado dialect family Didelphidae ɟawaːj doubtful loan - WW %yawari See Language page
Nadëb/Rio Negro dialect family Didelphidae ɟawaːj See Language page
Matses family Didelphidae mapiocos mapiokos inheritance? See Language page
Kakataibo family Didelphidae ma'ṣ̌u See Language page
Katukina family Didelphidae pisi mačo See Language page
Yaminahua family Didelphidae išanãpa; maṣ̌o-tɨnɨ-roa See Language page
Yagua family Didelphidae sivyara sibjarã unique See Language page
Quechua Ayacuchano family Didelphidae qarachupa qaɾatʃupa See Language page
Piaroa family Didelphidae yaváre; yäväre (R95) javáre; jævære (R95) loan - WW See Language page
Sáliva family Didelphidae mejapu mehapu See Language page
Barasano family Didelphidae oa (R95) oa (R95) See Language page
Carapana family Didelphidae owa ɔwa See Language page
Makuna family Didelphidae oa oa doubtful loan into protolanguage, direction unknown Tikuna See Language page
Siriano family Didelphidae oá oá See Language page
Tuyuka family Didelphidae o'a oʔa See Language page
Siona family Didelphidae ëto së'nsë; sɨʔsi (R95) ɨto sɨʔnsɨ; sɨʔsi (R95) unknown See Language page
Wayampi family Didelphidae mɨku mɨku inheritance See Language page
Aché family Didelphidae kune inheritance See Language page
Paraguayan Guaraní family Didelphidae mɨkurẽ See Language page
Sirionó family Didelphidae mbicu (P85) mbiku inheritance See Language page
Ocaina family Didelphidae jáátitso, fayivoñaco, moñáxatyo háátitso, fajivoɲaco, moɲáxatʲo unique See Language page
Murui Witoto family Didelphidae jimenacɨ; tuìro jimɛnakɨ; tuìro unique See Language page
Iquito family Didelphidae múrina (Didelphis marsupialis) múrina (Didelphis marsupialis) unique See Language page
Záparo family Didelphidae sunaku / sunakaw sunaku / sunakaw See Language page
Wari family Didelphidae watʃik (Sousa2009) watʃik (Sousa2009) See Language page
Cavineña family Didelphidae ijahua (C&L89) ihawa See Language page
Central Aymara family Didelphidae ačupalʸa See Language page
Itonama family Didelphidae o-kočˀo See Language page
Kwazá family Didelphidae husi husi See Language page
Mosetén-Chimané family Didelphidae wa'riši See Language page
Movima family Didelphidae pusa-ra pusa-ra See Language page
Kaingang family Didelphidae nɛr-kɔkrɛ; ɲɔr-kɔkrɛ (IDS) nɛr-kɔkrɛ; ɲɔr-kɔkrɛ See Language page
Djeoromitxi family Didelphidae dji dʒi See Language page
Mocoví family Didelphidae ʔalolek See Language page
Pilagá family Didelphidae ʔal-ole-k See Language page
Toba family Didelphidae ʔal See Language page
Lengua family Didelphidae pokwe See Language page
Sanapaná/Dialect Angaité family Didelphidae piɬwamin See Language page
Sanapaná/Dialect Enlhet family Didelphidae pakweʔ See Language page
Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay family Didelphidae lap'ʔi See Language page
Lokono family Didelphidae yawáre jaware yawarri, opossum Fanshawe 1949:74 no
Kariña family Didelphidae aware aware apossum Courtz 2007:248 no