Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

snail

Semantic Field: flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish: caracol, churo (Peru)
Meaning Portuguese: caracol

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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	Classifier	Classifier Notes	Source	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Food Source	Medicinal	Psychotropic	Traded	Dangerous	General Notes
Achagua	class Gastropoda	waláluta	waláluta		inheritance							See Language page
Aché	class Gastropoda		tɨta		inheritance							See Language page
Aguaruna	class Gastropoda	tejés, kúgku	tɨxɨs, kúngku		unique; inheritance							See Language page
Akawaio	class Gastropoda	kuuiiwa	kuiwa		inheritance	Akawaio, Pemon	cf. TG uluwa					See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Araona	class Gastropoda		zemo									See Language page
Ashuar	class Gastropoda	kúngku (from soil), pukuáng, wawík (from water) tsúntsu	kuŋku, pukuaŋ, wawik, tsuntsu									See Language page
Ayoreo	class Gastropoda		'haro									See Language page
Baniwa	class Gastropoda	kerátto, tsikówa	keɻát̪o, tsikówa		inheritance	Central North Arawak		Also tsikówa	uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Barasano	class Gastropoda	sʉ̃hʉ										See Language page
Barí	class Gastropoda		kiugtū									See Language page
Baure	class Gastropoda	čoris	tʃoris		loan - WW		%tʃuru					See Language page
Bora	class Gastropoda	ḯtsʰïkʰo	ɯ́tsʰïkʰo		inheritance							See Language page
Candoshi-Shapra	class Gastropoda	gópogó	nkóponkó		doubtful loan		Jivaroan kuŋku; pukuaŋ					See Language page
Carapana	class Gastropoda	jʉ̃ʉ	xɨ̃ɨ, jʉ̃ ʉ̃ (FS)									See Language page
Cavineña	class Gastropoda	hemo (also means "shell")	hemo									See Language page
Central Aymara	class Gastropoda		čˀuru									See Language page
Cha'palaa	class Gastropoda		'kuu'walʸu									See Language page
Chiriguano	class Gastropoda		ǰatɨta		inheritance							See Language page
Chorote, Iyojwa'ja	class Gastropoda		laʔpix (m.)									See Language page
Chácobo	class Gastropoda	kosɨ	kosɨ		unknown							See Language page
Cofán	class Gastropoda	choro	tʃoro									See Language page							phonemic transcriptions are ESTIMATIONS
Cubeo	class Gastropoda	cavarʉ	kavalʉ		doubtful loan		Arawak? see Cayapa; shared Tanimuca		uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Djeoromitxi	class Gastropoda	minio	minio									See Language page
Dâw	class Gastropoda	kõj	kɔ̃ɟ		inheritance				missing			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Epena	class Gastropoda		kʰooro									See Language page							Also means 'knob'. Cf. 'ankle' 04.371.
Ese Ejja	class Gastropoda		sixaxa; šemo									See Language page
Ese Ejja/Huarayo	class Gastropoda	šemo	šemo									See Language page
Eñepa	class Gastropoda	waʔka	waʔka		unique							See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Hodï	class Gastropoda	a'nu ka'nuhtu	ʰkalũʰtu		loan		Arawak, cf. Baniwa kerátto	a'nu *G&C)	uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Huambisa	class Gastropoda	churu, pukuang,	tʃuru, pukuaŋg									See Language page
Hup	class Gastropoda	g'ɔ́̃j	g'ɔ́̃ɟ		inheritance				underived			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Ignaciano	class Gastropoda		kiya									See Language page
Ingá	class Gastropoda	churu										See Language page
Iquito	class Gastropoda	asihuáriica (gen.); ajuúcu (sp.)	asiwáriika (gen.); ahuúku (sp.)		unique							See Language page
Itonama	class Gastropoda		u-tˀuʔdu									See Language page							Refers to a water snail.
Kakataibo	class Gastropoda		nočo; noβo									See Language page							Latter is 'large river snail'. Also ʔa'βũku 'kind of snail'; pi'nĩ; či'rumpini (dial.) 'land snail'; βu'tũ, u'tũ (dial.) (congompe) a large snail'. Panoan noʔčo; *noβo.
Kakua	class Gastropoda	~j'ʉ̂j'	~ʧɨ̂j̃ʔ		doubtful loan		East Tukanoan	e.g. Siriano sɨ̃ɨ̃ĩ́ ['snail' is widely borrowed]	underived			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Kalapalo	class Gastropoda	iñu	iñu		unknown		cf. Waura					See Language page
Karajá	class Gastropoda		brobure									See Language page
Kariña	class Gastropoda	atita	atita	snail								Courtz 2007:246						no
Karitiana	class Gastropoda	nõrõnh	nõɾõnh		unknown							See Language page
Katukina	class Gastropoda		noβo									See Language page							Refers to a common type; no generic name.
Koreguaje	class Gastropoda	ca	ka		unknown							See Language page
Kotiria	class Gastropoda	~su'i	~suʔi		inheritance	East Tukanoan			uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Kwazá	class Gastropoda	hɛlotxi, kile	hɛlotxi, kile									See Language page
Lengua	class Gastropoda		akpoŋ									See Language page
Maca	class Gastropoda		lok (f.)									See Language page
Macaguan	class Gastropoda	kíwat	kíwat		doubtful loan (into protolg?)		Carib, cf. Pemon kuuiwa	e.g. Pemon kuuiwa	uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Maihiki	class Gastropoda	a ago	a ago		unknown				uncoded	ago	ago = feminine animate	See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Makiritare	class Gastropoda	memu (IDS, KH)	memu		inheritance							See Language page
Mapudungun	class Gastropoda		pɨθko									See Language page							From Augusta 1915.
Matses	class Gastropoda	nunti [land], dëco [water]	nunti [land], dɨko [water]		unknown							See Language page
Mocoví	class Gastropoda		ǰi let-aʔge lʸ-ik									See Language page							Lit. 'the 3p actor(zero)- moisten-along 3p possessor-trail'.
Mosetén-Chimané	class Gastropoda		wo'ont									See Language page
Movima	class Gastropoda	mehɬa	mexɬa									See Language page
Muinane	class Gastropoda	xɨ́siku	xɨ́siku									See Language page
Muisca	class Gastropoda	biza	βitʂa									See Language page
Murui Witoto	class Gastropoda	llodogɨ, burugɨ, llodocoño	dʒodogɯ, burugɯ, dʒodokoɲo (B83)		unique							See Language page
Napo Lowland Quichua	class Gastropoda	churu	tʃuɾu									See Language page
Nheengatu	class Gastropoda	uruá (generic term for water snails)	urua (generic term for water snails)	water snail	inheritance				underived			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Ninam	class Gastropoda	krawkraw (gom)	kɾawkɾaw (gom)		unique				uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Nivaclé	class Gastropoda		ɬeɬ; wintɔx; klapˀi									See Language page							Respectively: a white snail; brown snail; water snail.
Northern Emberá	class Gastropoda	korogó	korogó									See Language page
Ocaina	class Gastropoda	cáánhxo	kã́ã́ʔxo		unique							See Language page
Paraguayan Guaraní	class Gastropoda		ǰatɨta; ǰatevu									See Language page
Paresi	class Gastropoda	ˈwalo	ˈwalɔ		inheritance							See Language page
Pemon	class Gastropoda	koime (A1981); kuuiwa (E1980)	koime (A1981); kuɪwa (E1980)		inheritance	Akawaio, Pemon		Also kuɪwa (E1980)				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Piapoco	class Gastropoda	calàsu	kalàsu									See Language page
Piaroa	class Gastropoda	kʰæriou	kʰæriou		doubtful loan		Arawak kera- forms					See Language page
Pilagá	class Gastropoda		na'siyo									See Language page
Puinave	class Gastropoda	sək (=scorpion)	sək (=scorpion)		unique							See Language page
Pumé	class Gastropoda	kʰaeko; čʰɛtɛ; õãrara 'snail shell'										See Language page
Páez	class Gastropoda	xsape, xsita	ʃape, ʃita									See Language page
Qawasqar	class Gastropoda		taḳˀoyawes									See Language page							Also c̷akʰe; yamakʰas. Ag, Em record takwak. All forms refer to sea snails.
Quechua Ayacuchano	class Gastropoda	churu	tʃuɾu									See Language page
Sanapaná/Dialect Angaité	class Gastropoda		mamatik; akpoŋ									See Language page							Respectively: land snail; water snail.
Sanapaná/Dialect Enlhet	class Gastropoda		kelpaʔloom; akpoŋ; maateyempehek									See Language page
Selknam	class Gastropoda		č-è-awitṣ									See Language page
Sikuani	class Gastropoda	kiwa (2); kará (sp.; Melendez: Ar loan)	kíwa; kará (sp.; Melendez: Ar loan)		doubtful loan (into protolg?); loan		Carib, cf. Pemon kuuiwa; Arawak, Achagua karakara (Melendez)	e.g. Pemon kuuiwa	uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Siona	class Gastropoda	churu	tʃuru		loan - WW		%tʃuru					See Language page
Siriano	class Gastropoda	sʉ̃ʉ̃ĩ́	sɨ̃ɨ̃ĩ́									See Language page
Sirionó	class Gastropoda	urukʷa; urukʷa rama	urukʷa; urukʷa rama		inheritance							See Language page
Sáliva	class Gastropoda	fahlẽda	ɸaʔlẽda		unknown							See Language page
Tacana	class Gastropoda		ď̶emo; botoro									See Language page
Tanimuca	class Gastropoda	koʔ'be ro'ka	koʔ'be ro'ka		doubtful loan		Arawak? see Cayapa; shared Cubeo					See Language page
Tikuna	class Gastropoda	nha-tégo-ni-ú (Alv44)	ñaʔtégoʔniʔú		unique							See Language page
Toba	class Gastropoda		našiyo									See Language page
Tukano	class Gastropoda	sɨ̃'ɨ̃	sɨ̃'ɨ̃		inheritance	East Tukanoan			uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Tuyuka	class Gastropoda	sʉ̃ʉ̃	sɨ̃ɨ̃									See Language page
Wai Wai	class Gastropoda	Φooto	Φooto		unique							See Language page
Waorani	class Gastropoda	tiwæ̃-kade			unique				uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Wapishana	class Gastropoda	uwaɨ	uwaɨ		unique			Similarity to Akawaio kuiwa, but no clear relationship.				See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Wari	class Gastropoda	ʔatyn (Sousa2009)	ʔatɨn (Sousa2009)									See Language page
Waurá	class Gastropoda	walu; itʸuwi; ɨtɨžu	walu; itʸuwi; ɨtɨžu		inheritance; unknown		cf. Kalapalo iñu					See Language page
Wayampi	class Gastropoda	uluwa; minuʔa	uluwa; minuʔa		inheritance							See Language page
Wayana	class Gastropoda	konoto, kulewe, kuwe	konoto, kulewe, kuwe		loan; inheritance?		Arawak; cf. Baniwa kerátto					See Language page
Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay	class Gastropoda		naho'kʷeʔ									See Language page
Yabarana	class Gastropoda		memu									See Language page
Yagua	class Gastropoda	juritarya	xũritarja		unique							See Language page
Yaminahua	class Gastropoda		sãka; nočo; nopoṣ̌; βõto									See Language page
Yanomam	class Gastropoda	sinokoma aka (WM99, giant land snail)	sinokoma aka		unique				uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Yanomami	class Gastropoda	warora (IDS)	waɾoɾa (IDS)		loan		North Arawak, e.g. Yukuna waroro	See Yucuna waɾoɾo	underived			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Yavitero	class Gastropoda	karakólu	karakólu									See Language page
Yine	class Gastropoda		šišrikapi									See Language page							Also xitʸri; yonwaľoxi.
Yukpa	class Gastropoda	suru (SM)	suru (SM)									See Language page							Phon only in source
Yukuna	class Gastropoda	waroro	waɾoɾo		inheritance	Proto-Arawak (North and South)		Loan INTO Yanomami	uncoded			See Language page	0	0	0	0	0	no
Záparo	class Gastropoda	maaha (also a word for an older woman)	maːha									See Language page


Achagua
Aché
Aguaruna
Akawaio
Araona
Ashuar
Ayoreo
Baniwa
Barasano
Barí
Baure
Bora
Candoshi-Shapra
Carapana
Cavineña
Central Aymara
Cha'palaa
Chiriguano
Chorote, Iyojwa'ja
Chácobo
Cofán
Cubeo
Djeoromitxi
Dâw
Epena
Ese Ejja
Ese Ejja/Huarayo
Eñepa
Hodï
Huambisa
Hup
Ignaciano
Ingá
Iquito
Itonama
Kakataibo
Kakua
Kalapalo
Karajá
Kariña
Karitiana
Katukina
Koreguaje
Kotiria
Kwazá
Lengua
Maca
Macaguan
Maihiki
Makiritare
Mapudungun
Matses
Mocoví
Mosetén-Chimané
Movima
Muinane
Muisca
Murui Witoto
Napo Lowland Quichua
Nheengatu
Ninam
Nivaclé
Northern Emberá
Ocaina
Paraguayan Guaraní
Paresi
Pemon
Piapoco
Piaroa
Pilagá
Puinave
Pumé
Páez
Qawasqar
Quechua Ayacuchano
Sanapaná/Dialect Angaité
Sanapaná/Dialect Enlhet
Selknam
Sikuani
Siona
Siriano
Sirionó
Sáliva
Tacana
Tanimuca
Tikuna
Toba
Tukano
Tuyuka
Wai Wai
Waorani
Wapishana
Wari
Waurá
Wayampi
Wayana
Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay
Yabarana
Yagua
Yaminahua
Yanomam
Yanomami
Yavitero
Yine
Yukpa
Yukuna
Záparo

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