Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

palm for roof thatch

Semantic Field: flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish: pui, irapay, hoja de irapay, caraná
Meaning Portuguese: caraná

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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	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Psychotropic	Traded	Distribution	Dangerous	General Notes
Akawaio	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	padawaiya ek	padawaija ek	chocolate palm (used for thatching); Jessema sp.	unknown								See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Apalai	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	marariary	marariarɨ										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Ashuar	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	arápia, irápia, chúuku, achúuku	arapia, irapia, ʧu:ku, aʧu:ku										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Baniwa	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	ttíña	t̪íɲa		unique				uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Bora	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	ajɨ (T98)	axɨ										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Candoshi-Shapra	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	yarápaya	jaɾápaja										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Carapana	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	mui	mũi										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Cubeo	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	chínañʉ	tʃínaɲʉ		loan direction unknown		Unknown	Baniwa "t̪íɲa", different forms attested in other Arawak lgs in database.	uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Desano	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	mujire	muhire		missing				missing				See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Dâw	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	poòy	pɔ̂j		unique				underived				See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Guayabero	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	bam'øf			missing				missing				See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Hup	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	tɔ̌p-g'æt	tɔ̌p-g'æt		unique			'house-leaf'	compound	house[archaic]-leaf			See Language page	0	0	0	gathered	men	grows in particular places, may require a long trek	0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Iquito	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	ijáhuɨɨmɨ (Lepidocaryum tenue)	iháwɨɨmɨ (Lepidocarjum tenue)										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Kabiyari	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	t̪íija	t̪íija										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Kakua	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	~dʉw	~ʧêj-~dɨ́w		unknown				underived				See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Kariña	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	tasi	tasi	palm									Yamada 2010:809									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no
Kokama	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	pinawa	pinawa										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Kotiria	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	mujiõ (Waltz)	muhiõ (Waltz)		inheritance	Proto-Tukanoan		Same morpheme found in 'sun/moon'; probable cognate in Orejon	uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Maihiki	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	mɨi ñi ja	mɨi ɲi xã		inheritance	Proto-Tukanoan			uncoded		xã	xã (orth. ja) = inanimate	See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Matses	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	tanac	tanak										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Muinane	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	jáje (W97)	xáxe										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Murui Witoto	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	cuareìreì	kuarɛìrɛì (B83)										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Nadëb/Rio Negro dialect	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana		tapɔːɲ										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Nadëb/Roçado dialect	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana		kapɔːɲ		unique								See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Napo Lowland Quichua	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	irapai	iɾapai										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Nheengatu	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	karanã, kawayá	karanã, kawajá		unknown			Also: kawayá	underived				See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Ocaina	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	ayííviro	ajííβiro										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Paresi	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	kaˈlana; malamala	kaˈlana; malamala										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Pumé	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	udi 'thatch'											See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Resígaro	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	kaádó	kaádó		inheritance			Attested Yucuna, Resigaro	uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Sikuani	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	malenae (31)	malénaé		missing				missing				See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Tariana	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	punepina	punepina		unique				uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Taushiro	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	ahan	ahan										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Tikuna	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	tchú-ná (Alv44)	tʃúʔná										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Tukano	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	muhî	muhî		inheritance	Proto-Tukanoan		Same morpheme found in 'sun/moon'; probable cognate in Orejon	uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Wapishana	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	dyɨwɨẓɨadaʔɨ (IDS)			missing								See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Wari	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	torot (Sousa2009)	torot (Sousa2009)										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Yagua	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	code	kõnde										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Yanomam	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	kuai si (WM99)	kuai si		loan		Carib kuwai (Mauritia sp.)	Nheengatu kawajá; si = CLF "palm" (Ferreira)	uncoded		si	si = "palm" (Ferreira)	See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Yanomami	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	kohere, ikiyare	koheɾe, ikijaɾe		unique				underived		si	CLF associated with beings with feathers/fur, certain grasses, and basketry with a large surface (Ramirez 94)	See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Yavitero	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	hu'ne¢i (thatch roof)	huʔnetsi (thatch roof)										See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		palm
Yuhup	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	mɔy-k'ǽt	mɔy-k'ǽt		unique			'house-leaf'	compound				See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm
Yukpa	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	kuamo, kubamo, karana											See Language page									Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests		Phon only in source palm
Yukuna	Mauritiella armata OR Lepidocaryum tenue (irapay), Mauritius carana	karu	kaɾu		inheritance			Attested Yucuna, Resigaro	uncoded				See Language page	0	0	0				0	0	Mauritia carana is limited principally to the Rio Negro and Upper Orinoco regions; dry catinga forests	no	palm


Akawaio
Apalai
Ashuar
Baniwa
Bora
Candoshi-Shapra
Carapana
Cubeo
Desano
Dâw
Guayabero
Hup
Iquito
Kabiyari
Kakua
Kariña
Kokama
Kotiria
Maihiki
Matses
Muinane
Murui Witoto
Nadëb/Rio Negro dialect
Nadëb/Roçado dialect
Napo Lowland Quichua
Nheengatu
Ocaina
Paresi
Pumé
Resígaro
Sikuani
Tariana
Taushiro
Tikuna
Tukano
Wapishana
Wari
Yagua
Yanomam
Yanomami
Yavitero
Yuhup
Yukpa
Yukuna

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