Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

praying mantis, stick insects

Semantic Field: flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish: mantis religiosa
Meaning Portuguese: louva-a-deus

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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	Etymology Code	Proto-Language	Loan Source	Etymology Notes	Word Structure	Word Structure Notes	Classifier	Source	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Food Source	Medicinal	Psychotropic	Traded	Dangerous	General Notes
Aguaruna	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	tukágmanchis	tukángmantʃis								See Language page
Akawaio	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	parandarai	parandaraɪ	inheritance	Akawaio, Pemon						See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Apalai	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	itupary	ituparɨ								See Language page
Baniwa	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	philíphili, páale	phiɺíphiɺi, páaɺe	unique			Also páaɺe	uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Bardi	Mantodea	lirraway	lirraway	loan direction unknown				underived?				0	0	0	0	0	no
Bora	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	tóménɨ́hjowan(T98)	tʰóménɨ́ʔxokwan								See Language page
Bunuba	Mantodea	widigi	widigi	unknown				underived				0	0	0	0	0	no
Burarra	Mantodea	missing		missing				missing				0	0	0	0	0	no
Carapana	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	yucʉ ñama	jukɨ ɲãmã								See Language page
Cofán	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	fiju	ɸihu								See Language page							phonemic transcriptions are ESTIMATIONS
Cubeo	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	ábijoco	ábihoko	unique				uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Desano	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	soari	soari	unique				uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Dhangu	Mantodea	missing		missing				missing				0	0	0	0	0	no
Dhay’yi	Mantodea	missing		missing								0	0	0	0	0	no
Dhuwal	Mantodea	missing		missing				missing				0	0	0	0	0	no
Djeoromitxi	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	tärärä	tǝrǝrǝ								See Language page
Djinang	Mantodea	missing		missing				missing				0	0	0	0	0	no
Dâw	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	kaj doóy’	kaɟ dǒj’	missing				missing			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Gooniyandi	Mantodea	garlinda		loan direction unknown				missing				0	0	0	0	0	no
Gumatj	Mantodea	missing		missing								0	0	0	0	0	no
Gupapuyngu	Mantodea	missing		missing				missing				0	0	0	0	0	no
Gurindji	Mantodea	tyanytyany	tyanytyany	unknown				underived				0	0	0	0	0	no
Guugu Yimidhirr	Mantodea	missing		missing				missing				0	0	0	0	0	no
Hup	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	pɔnǽn	pɔnǽn	unique				other complex	form suggests multimorphemic, but components not identifiable		See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Iquito	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	sicuanája paniáana (Lit: 'buscador de piojo')	sikuanáha paniáana (Lit: 'buscador de piojo')								See Language page
Jingulu	Mantodea	watyirrku	watyirrku	unknown			cf, Gur watyirrki dragonfly	underived				0	0	0	0	0	no
Kaingang	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	jòka, jòkaka	yɔka, yɔkaka								See Language page
Kakua	order Mantodea, family Mantidae		ʧawɨ́Ɂ	missing				missing			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Karajarri	Mantodea	lerwai	lerwai	loan direction unknown				underived				0	0	0	0	0	no
Kija	Mantodea	warrernji	warrernji	unknown				underived				0	0	0	0	0	no
Koko-Bera	Mantodea	missing		missing
Kuku-Thaypan	Mantodea	missing		missing				missing				0	0	0	0	0	no
Kuku-Yalanji	Mantodea	missing		missing				missing				0	0	0	0	0	no
Kurtjar	Mantodea	kabhatok	kabhatok	unique				underived		eeny		0	0	0	0	0	no
Kuuk Thaayorre	Mantodea	missing		missing				missing				0	0	0	0	0	no
Macaguan	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	akuéy amúi		missing				missing			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Makuna	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	yase	yasɛ								See Language page
Matses	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	dada chuiquid	dada tʃuikid								See Language page
Mbabaram	Mantodea	missing	missing	missing								0	0	0	0	0	no
Muinane	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	dúúmójo, éjeecuga (W97)	dúúmóxo, éxeekuga								See Language page
Ngandi	Mantodea	missing		missing				missing				0	0	0	0	0	no
Ngarinyin	Mantodea	bandarrgimalan	bandarrgimalan	unknown	proto-Worrorran			uncoded				0	0	0	0	0	no
Nimanburru	Mantodea	gologoloman	gologoloman	inheritance				reduplicated				0	0	0	0	0	no
Nyangumarta	Mantodea	yinyjiyinyji	yinyjiyinyji	loan direction unknown				reduplicated				0	0	0	0	0	no
Nyikina	Mantodea	jingarrki	jingarrki	unique				underived				0	0	0	0	0	no
Nyulnyul	Mantodea	gologoloman	gologoloman	inheritance				reduplicated				0	0	0	0	0	no
Pakanh	Mantodea	missing	missing	missing								0	0	0	0	0	no
Paresi	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	'enore kawa'lone	'enore kawa'lone								See Language page
Pemon	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	parantarai (E1980)	parantaraɪ (E1980)	inheritance	Akawaio, Pemon						See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Puinave	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	nõieʔ	nõieʔ								See Language page
Rembarrnga	Mantodea	missing		missing				missing				0	0	0	0	0	no
Ritharrngu	Mantodea	missing		missing				missing				0	0	0	0	0	no
Sirionó	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	mbaeasicha (P85)	mbaeasitʃa								See Language page
Sáliva	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	llamuhlucu	dʒamuʔluku								See Language page
Tjaapukay	Mantodea	missing	missing	missing								0	0	0	0	0	no
Uw-Olkol	Mantodea	missing	missing	missing								0	0	0	0	0	no
Uw-Oykangand	Mantodea	missing	missing	missing								0	0	0	0	0	no
Wari	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	ʔira-ʔira-ʔiwʔ (Sousa2009)	ʔira-ʔira-ʔiwʔ (Sousa2009)								See Language page
Warlpiri	Mantodea	iltywiltywe	yuljulju	loan		Arandic	Arrernte ilywiltye, iltywiltywe	underived				0	0	0	0	0	no
Wayampi	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	saʔinɛkɔnɛkɔ (G89)	saʔinɛkɔnɛkɔ (G89)								See Language page
Wayana	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	këipala	kǝipala								See Language page
Wik Ngathan	Mantodea	missing	missing	missing								0	0	0	0	0	no
Yan-nhangu	Mantodea	missing		missing				missing				0	0	0	0	0	no
Yawuru	Mantodea	yinydyiyinydyi	yinydyiyinydyi	loan direction unknown				reduplicated				0	0	0	0	0	no
Yidiny	Mantodea	yirri:lam (T; <yirrilam>)	yirri:lam (T; <yirrilam>)	unique				underived				0	0	0	0	0	no
Yir-Yoront	Mantodea	minh-kothorr; lorr-	lorr-minh-kothorr	unique				compound	The specific term minh-kothorr 'saltwater crocodile' is itself a genus-species compound.			0	0	0	0	0	no
Yukuna	order Mantodea, family Mantidae	jumane'ené	humaneʔené	unique				uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no


Aguaruna
Akawaio
Apalai
Baniwa
Bardi
Bora
Bunuba
Burarra
Carapana
Cofán
Cubeo
Desano
Dhangu
Dhay’yi
Dhuwal
Djeoromitxi
Djinang
Dâw
Gooniyandi
Gumatj
Gupapuyngu
Gurindji
Guugu Yimidhirr
Hup
Iquito
Jingulu
Kaingang
Kakua
Karajarri
Kija
Koko-Bera
Kuku-Thaypan
Kuku-Yalanji
Kurtjar
Kuuk Thaayorre
Macaguan
Makuna
Matses
Mbabaram
Muinane
Ngandi
Ngarinyin
Nimanburru
Nyangumarta
Nyikina
Nyulnyul
Pakanh
Paresi
Pemon
Puinave
Rembarrnga
Ritharrngu
Sirionó
Sáliva
Tjaapukay
Uw-Olkol
Uw-Oykangand
Wari
Warlpiri
Wayampi
Wayana
Wik Ngathan
Yan-nhangu
Yawuru
Yidiny
Yir-Yoront
Yukuna

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