Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

speckled catfish

Semantic Field: flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish: surubí, pintadillo
Meaning Portuguese: surubim, sorubim

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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	Etymology Notes	Range of Term	Word Structure	Word Structure Notes	Source	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Food Source	Medicinal	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Psychotropic	Traded	Distribution	Dangerous	General Notes
Achagua	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	kuliri	kuliri								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Akawaio	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	wara (large catfish); reekkö (small catfish)	wara; rekkö	large catfish	inheritance	Akawaio, Pemon					See Language page	0	1	0				0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Andoke	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	kodidi	kodidi								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Apalai	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	surui	surui								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Baniwa	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	kolíri	koɺíɻi		inheritance	Proto-Arawak (North and South)			uncoded		See Language page	0	1	0				0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Bare	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	kuɻí	kuɻí								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Cavineña	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	tucunu (C&L89)	tukunu								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Cofán	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	cugupa'cho (variety of catfish with "yellow spots")	kɯgɯpaʔtʃo								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia		phonemic transcriptions are ESTIMATIONS
Djeoromitxi	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	minõtxikorü	minõtʃikorø								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Dâw	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	poóy	pɔ̌j		missing				missing		See Language page	0	1	0				0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Hodï	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	uli abiyë mojto, bagre rayao (P. fasciatum) (Zent 08)			unique		cf. bagre rayao (P. fasciatum)		uncoded		See Language page	0	1	0				0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Hup	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	hɔ̃pɔ̌y	hɔ̃pɔ̌j		unique		from hɔ̃p pɔj 'fish ?'		compound	fish-?	See Language page	0	1	0	fished	mostly men	boiled or smoked	0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Kabiyari	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	kúriri	kúɾiɾi								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Kakua	Pseudoplatystoma sp.		keh-beɁ-~wɨ́d-at ('fish-grow-die-nmlz' Pseudoplatystoona fasciatum)		missing				missing		See Language page	0	1	0				0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Kamayurá	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	uruwi (K12)	uruwi (K12)								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Kariña	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	uruwi	uruwi	fish sp.							Courtz 2007:416									Widespread Amazonia	no
Karitiana	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	ipimyj	ipimɨj								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Kotiria	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	~boko (generic)	mõkõ (generic)		unique				uncoded		See Language page	0	1	0				0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Makiritare	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	kudi:di (KH) (means 'catfish')	kudi:di		loan direction unknown						See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Mandawaka	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	kulíːri	kulíːɾi								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Matses	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	mësianquid bëdi-bëdidapa	mɨsiankid bɨdi-bɨdidapa								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Muinane	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	tánóoba (W97)	tánóoba								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Murui Witoto	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	inaɨ̀da	inaɯ̀da (B83)								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Nadëb/Roçado dialect	Pseudoplatystoma sp.		wɯːw		unique						See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Nheengatu	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	çurubĩ	suɾubĩ		inheritance	Proto-Tupi-Guarani	Reconstructed PTG Mello 2000		underived		See Language page	0	1	0				0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Ocaina	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	un̈áánhun	un:ã́ã́ʔɯ̃								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Paresi	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	ˈkoye kaloreze	ˈkuje kaloreθe								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Pemon	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	wara (large catfish) (A1981); eerekkö (small catfish) (E1980)	wara (A1981); erɛʔkö (E1980)	large catfish' (unclear what type)	inheritance	Akawaio, Pemon		No info			See Language page	0	1	0				0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Piapoco	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	culìri	kulìri								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Piaroa	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	nɨ'ɨ'wa' (K76)	nɨʔɨʔwaʔ								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Sikuani	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	kajuyalitopa (15)			unique				uncoded		See Language page	0	1	0				0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Sirionó	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	sɨra quibi, rara je, sɨra cuasa (P85)	sɨra kibiˌ rara heˌ sɨra kuasa								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Tariana	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	daɾúyu, kulíɾi	daɾúju, kulíɾi		unique		Also kulíɾi		uncoded		See Language page	0	1	0				0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Tikuna	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	djô-tá (Alv44)	dʒoʔtá								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Tukano	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	oreró	oreró		unique				uncoded		See Language page	0	1	0				0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Wari	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	ʔara-tarawan (Sousa2009)	ʔara-tarawan (Sousa2009)								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Waurá	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	tulukumalu (sapo grande; M99)	tulukumalu (sapo grande; M99)								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Wayampi	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	suluwi (G89)	suluwi (G89)								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Wayana	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	huluwi	huluwi								See Language page									Widespread Amazonia
Yanomami	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	araremɨ	aɾaɾemɨ		unique				underived	possibly derived: ara- = to smoke/be smoked (as in fish), -remi (similar to ending on term) = suffix forming a noun from a verb denoting the female agent of the action.	See Language page	0	1	0				0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no
Yukuna	Pseudoplatystoma sp.	kuríri (R01)	kuríri (R01)		missing				missing		See Language page	0	1	0				0	0	Widespread Amazonia	no


Achagua
Akawaio
Andoke
Apalai
Baniwa
Bare
Cavineña
Cofán
Djeoromitxi
Dâw
Hodï
Hup
Kabiyari
Kakua
Kamayurá
Kariña
Karitiana
Kotiria
Makiritare
Mandawaka
Matses
Muinane
Murui Witoto
Nadëb/Roçado dialect
Nheengatu
Ocaina
Paresi
Pemon
Piapoco
Piaroa
Sikuani
Sirionó
Tariana
Tikuna
Tukano
Wari
Waurá
Wayampi
Wayana
Yanomami
Yukuna

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