Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

tinamou

Semantic Field: flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish: tinamu, perdiz, gallineta
Meaning Portuguese: inambu, inhambu

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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	Range of Term	Word Structure	Classifier	Classifier Notes	Source	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Food Source	Medicinal	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Psychotropic	Traded	Trade Notes	Distribution	Dangerous	General Notes
Achagua	family Tinamidae	áapaiwa	áapaiwa		unique								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Aguaruna	family Tinamidae	wága	wága		inheritance								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Akawaio	family Tinamidae	oroioroi(SM)	oroioroi(SM)		unique								See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no
Ashuar	family Tinamidae	waa, wáawa (small tinamou)	wa:, wa:wa										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Baniwa	family Tinamidae	hóholi, keérawa, máami, yawiíli	hóhoɺi, keéɻawa, máami, jawiíɺi		inheritance			Also keéɻawa, máami, jawiíɺi		uncoded			See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no
Bora	family Tinamidae	ááwáá (FS)	áákʷáá (FS)		doubtful loan		Tukanoan; e.g. Tanimuka ã'kaka						See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Carijona	family Tinamidae	hutuni (M2000)			unique								See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no
Cofán	family Tinamidae	fongo, macaco´va (OP79), firiccoshe (OP79)											See Language page										Widespread Amazonia		phonemic transcriptions are ESTIMATIONS
Cubeo	family Tinamidae	ãcabo (gallineta)	ãkabo (gallineta)		inheritance	East Tukanoan				uncoded			See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no
Desano	family Tinamidae	cãreña	cãreña		missing					uncoded			See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no
Djeoromitxi	family Tinamidae	otxerü, otõka, orotxi, djoi	otʃerø, otõka, orotʃi, dʒoi										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Dâw	family Tinamidae	mõò	mɔ̃̂		inheritance					missing			See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no
Eñepa	family Tinamidae	kuru (red-faced) warameñ (MM)	kuru (red-faced) warameɲ (MM)		unique			Also kuru (red-faced)					See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no
Huambisa	family Tinamidae	waa	wa:										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Hup	family Tinamidae	mɔ̌h	mɔ̌h		inheritance					underived			See Language page	0	1	0	hunted	men	boiled or smoked	0	0	meat in general was once traded extensively with Tukanoans	Widespread Amazonia	no
Iquito	family Tinamidae	pisája (Tinamus guttatus); ráana (Tinamus major); sacácuji (Crypturellus undulatus); sɨr'ɨmaaja (Crypturellus soui); sɨ'ɨca (Crypturellis cinereus); náqui im'ɨɨni siriíja (MC: compound Lit: 'perdiz de sacharruna'. Crypturellus variegatus)	pisáha (Tinamus guttatus); ráana (Tinamus major); sakákuhi (Crypturellus undulatus); sɨr'ɨmaaha (Crypturellus soui); sɨ'ɨka (Crypturellis cinereus); náki im'ɨɨni siriíha (MC: compound Lit: 'perdiz de sacharruna'. Crypturellus variegatus)		unknown								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Kabiyari	family Tinamidae	máami	máami										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Kakua	family Tinamidae	~bʉh-baj	mɨw-hûni (tinamidae tinamous tinamiformes); mɨw-bòwrɨ (red winged tinamou); mɨw-wàw- ʧám-ni (tinmus major)		doubtful loan		Hup	mɔ̃h; may mean 'river-small'		compound			See Language page	0	1	0	not collected		N/A	0	0	traded for goods with westerners	Widespread Amazonia	no
Kariña	family Tinamidae	inamu	inamu	tinamou									Courtz 2007:275										Widespread Amazonia	no
Karitiana	family Tinamidae	õhõrõrõ	õhõɾõɾõ		unknown								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Koreguaje	family Tinamidae	pʉ'koro	pʉʔkoro		unique								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Kwazá	family Tinamidae	sĩ, utetay, utetay txuhũi, kitsuty, harẽ, jũtsĩ, sirisiri?ekai (these are all names for various species of tinamou)	sĩ, utetay, utetay txuhũi, kitsuty, harẽ, jũtsĩ, sirisiri?ekai (these are all names for various species of tinamou)										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Lokono	family Tinamidae	mamu	mamu	great tinamou, maam									Fanshawe 1949:68										Widespread Amazonia	no
Maihiki	family Tinamidae	biyo aguɨ, bɨ aguɨ	bijo agɨ, bɨ agɨ		unique					uncoded	agɨ	agɨ = masculine animate	See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no
Makuna	family Tinamidae	gãjagã	gãxagã		inheritance								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Matses	family Tinamidae	sentede (large), chimbë (small)	sentede (large), tʃimbɨ (small)		unknown								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Movima	family Tinamidae	matatuare (J62)	matatuare										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Muinane	family Tinamidae	cúúváru (W97)	kúúβáru										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Muisca	family Tinamidae	sue	sue										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Murui Witoto	family Tinamidae	llotoro, ofoma	dʒotoro, oɸoma (B83)		unique								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Napo Lowland Quichua	family Tinamidae	puma yut, mansana (OP79), julera (OP79)	puma jut										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Nheengatu	family Tinamidae	inambu (other species go by this name)	inambu (other species go by this name)		inheritance	Proto-Tupi-Guarani		Reconstructed PTG Mello 2000	includes other species as well?	underived			See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no
Northern Emberá	family Tinamidae	zokorró	zokorró										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Ocaina	family Tinamidae	cooño, tiityo, xootyo	kooɲo, tiitʲo, xootyo		unique								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Paresi	family Tinamidae	mawiyetse 'nambo chororo'	mawijetse 'nambu chororo'		inheritance								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Pemon	family Tinamidae	supara	supaɾa	'gallina'	missing			Also kaɾivina, kaɾataka, glossed 'gallina'	No info				See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no
Piapoco	family Tinamidae	cùusere	kùuseɾe										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Resígaro	family Tinamidae	haagú 'perdiz', kádatú 'gallina'	haagú 'peɾdiz', kádatú 'gallina'		unique		kadatu=chicken	Also? kádatú 'gallina'		uncoded			See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no
Secoya	family Tinamidae	tontojëo (PO79), nea'anca (PO79)	tontoxɨo, neaʔanka										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Siriano	family Tinamidae	ãgã́	ãgã́										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Sirionó	family Tinamidae	nambu (P85)	nambu		inheritance								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Southern Pastaza Quechua	family Tinamidae	pirtis (Spanish loan), yutu	piɾtis, jutu										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Sáliva	family Tinamidae	llacahni	ʤakaʔni		unknown								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Tanimuca	family Tinamidae	ã'kaka	ã'kaka		inheritance								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Tariana	family Tinamidae	máːmi	máːmi		inheritance	Central North Arawak, Rio Negro branch				uncoded			See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no
Tuyuka	family Tinamidae	cãã	kãã										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Urarina	family Tinamidae	alõori	alõ:ɽi		unique								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Waimaja	family Tinamidae	ã́mbokʰo	ã́mbokʰo										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Waorani	family Tinamidae	maiwæ, tomo			unique					missing			See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no
Wapishana	family Tinamidae	mami	mami		inheritance	Northern Arawak							See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no
Wari	family Tinamidae	tam (E&K97)	tam (E&K97)										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Waurá	family Tinamidae	ulutsá (P11)	ulutsá (P11)		unknown								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Wayampi	family Tinamidae	inãmu, suwi (G89)	inãmu, suwi (G89)		inheritance								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Wayana	family Tinamidae	hololo	hololo		unique								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Yagua	family Tinamidae	pasatu	pasatu		unique								See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Yanomami	family Tinamidae	yoohoamɨ, hãshimo, horohoromɨ	joohoamɨ (tinamus guttatus), hãʃimo (tinamus major), hoɾohoɾomɨ ( tinamus tao)		unknown			joohoamɨ (tinamus guttatus), hãʃimo (tinamus major), hoɾohoɾomɨ ( tinamus tao)	Narrower (species)	underived			See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no
Yavitero	family Tinamidae	tújulu	túhulu										See Language page										Widespread Amazonia
Yukpa	family Tinamidae	kojatia											See Language page										Widespread Amazonia		Phon only in source
Yukuna	family Tinamidae	yariwapu	jaɾiwapu (Crypturellus erythropus)		unique					uncoded			See Language page	0	1	0				0	0		Widespread Amazonia	no


Achagua
Aguaruna
Akawaio
Ashuar
Baniwa
Bora
Carijona
Cofán
Cubeo
Desano
Djeoromitxi
Dâw
Eñepa
Huambisa
Hup
Iquito
Kabiyari
Kakua
Kariña
Karitiana
Koreguaje
Kwazá
Lokono
Maihiki
Makuna
Matses
Movima
Muinane
Muisca
Murui Witoto
Napo Lowland Quichua
Nheengatu
Northern Emberá
Ocaina
Paresi
Pemon
Piapoco
Resígaro
Secoya
Siriano
Sirionó
Southern Pastaza Quechua
Sáliva
Tanimuca
Tariana
Tuyuka
Urarina
Waimaja
Waorani
Wapishana
Wari
Waurá
Wayampi
Wayana
Yagua
Yanomami
Yavitero
Yukpa
Yukuna

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