Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

Australian pelican

Semantic Field
flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish
Meaning Portuguese

Languages

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
Bardi Pelecanus conspicillatus jalingmarr jalingmarr inheritance underived? 0 0 0 0 0 no
Bunuba Pelecanus conspicillatus mayada mayada loan Worrorran Also >Nyikina,Walmajarri WW %mayarta underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Burarra Pelecanus conspicillatus nanyja nanydya unknown cf ṉanydyak nose in Gumatj, Yan-nhangu simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Dhangu Pelecanus conspicillatus warnyuŋbi warnyuŋbi unique simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Dhay’yi Pelecanus conspicillatus missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Dhuwal Pelecanus conspicillatus gäḻumay(') ga:ḻumay(') inheritance simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Djapu Pelecanus conspicillatus ga:rlumay(7) inheritance 0 0 0 0 0
Djinang Pelecanus conspicillatus mula mula unique simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gajirrabeng Pelecanus conspicillatus marri-marring marri-marring unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gooniyandi Pelecanus conspicillatus mayarda mayarda loan into protolanguage mayarta Bunuban Worrorran also in Nyikina WW %mayarta underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gumatj Pelecanus conspicillatus gäḻumay(') ga:ḻumay(') inheritance underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gupapuyngu Pelecanus conspicillatus buruŋgurr galumay inheritance Also has “burunggurr”, “Australian pelican” 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gurindji Pelecanus conspicillatus taparung taparung loan Miriwung WW %taparu underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Guugu Yimidhirr Pelecanus conspicillatus bilu-warra biluwarra pelican [also 'lame person'] unique A number of Australian-language 'pelican' terms contain 'hip', a reference to their awkward walk [P Sutton]. KYal /biluwarra/, probably mistranslated as 'spoonbill', is a loan from this. compound Noun (bilu 'hip') + Adj (warra 'bad, no good'): 'hip no-good' 0 0 0 0 0 no
Jaru Pelecanus conspicillatus dabaruŋa dabaruŋa loan Jarragan migi 'large black ant' WW %taparu uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 no
Jingulu Pelecanus conspicillatus walanybirri walanybirri unknown WW %walanypirri underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Karajarri Pelecanus conspicillatus bilari bilari loan direction unknown Pilbara underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kija Pelecanus conspicillatus taparuny taparuny inheritance taparu Jarragan also tapawariny, tapariny, taparungany (?) walakiny WW %taparu underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Koko-Bera Pelecanus conspicillatus máthvrr; mi- mi-máthvrr pelican inheritance *maacurr pPaman simplex
Kuku-Thaypan Pelecanus conspicillatus alpayrrmba alpayrrmba unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kuku-Yalanji Pelecanus conspicillatus bulwarra bulwarra unique See note to 'spoonbill' below. compound 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kurtjar Pelecanus conspicillatus mponyungkuath ~ maatinkuath mponyungkuath ~ maatinkuath unique compound mpoony 'fishing net' + ngkuath 'big' eeny 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kuuk Thaayorre Pelecanus conspicillatus thaarr+muthurr; minh- thaarr+muthurr; minh- unique compound thaarr poss < thaarrn 'strong, sturdy, hard' 0 0 0 0 0 no
Mangala Pelecanus conspicillatus mayarta mayarta loan WW WW %mayarta underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Mbabaram Pelecanus conspicillatus kunumbirra kunumbirra unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Miriwung Pelecanus conspicillatus dabarung dabarung inheritance taparu underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ngandi Pelecanus conspicillatus gologolk gu:lu:gu:lk inheritance reduplicated 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ngarinyin Pelecanus conspicillatus dagaw dagaw unique proto-Worrorran uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ngarluma Pelecanus conspicillatus ŋurluwarnta unique 0 0 0 0 0
Ngumbarl Pelecanus conspicillatus jallingmur, tchallingmer jallingmur, tchallingmer inheritance underived? 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nimanburru Pelecanus conspicillatus maiad maiad loan Nyikina source a guess WW %mayarta underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nyangumarta Pelecanus conspicillatus pilarri pilarri loan direction unknown Pilbara underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nyikina Pelecanus conspicillatus mayarda mayarda loan areal WW WW %mayarta underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nyulnyul Pelecanus conspicillatus jarlinymarr jarlinymarr inheritance underived? 0 0 0 0 0 no
Pakanh Pelecanus conspicillatus moothe; minha moothe; minha inheritance *ma:thurr pPaman underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Rembarrnga Pelecanus conspicillatus korlh-korlk gorlgorlk inheritance reduplicated 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ritharrngu Pelecanus conspicillatus gaḻagaḻk garlagarlk loan Rembarrnga reduplicated 0 0 0 0 0 no
Tjaapukay Pelecanus conspicillatus wurrmbul wurrmpul pelican semantic shift *wurr(m)pulV pPaman Sound-correspondence problematic; poss. contamination from a pre-Tjaapukay form (cf. Yidiny <wurrgulV> 'pelican'(. Reflex in YYoront, /worrpol/, is 'white-brested sea eagle' underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Uw-Olkol Pelecanus conspicillatus athur; inh inh-athur pelican, Australian pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus inheritance *ma:thurr pPaman underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Uw-Oykangand Pelecanus conspicillatus athur; inh inh-athur pelican, Australian pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus inheritance *ma:thurr pPaman underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Walmajarri Pelecanus conspicillatus mayarta mayarta loan Bunuban WW WW %mayarta underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Wardaman Pelecanus conspicillatus jarnarran jarnarran unknown uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 no
Warlpiri Pelecanus conspicillatus wa(r)lany- walanypirri inheritance walany- in Ngumbin (except Gurindji); unknown where -pirri(r) is from underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Warrwa Pelecanus conspicillatus maiada maiada loan Walmajarri WW %mayarta 0 0 0 0 0
Wik Ngathan Pelecanus conspicillatus poowken(h) poowkvn(h) pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus unique underived minh 0 0 0 0 0 no
Worrorra Pelecanus conspicillatus mayarda mayarda inheritance *mayarta proto-Worrorran WW %mayarta uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 no
Wubuy Pelecanus conspicillatus pa:lmi unknown 0 0 0 0 0
Wunambal Pelecanus conspicillatus gaḍunuŋu gaḍunuŋu unique proto-Worrorran unknown 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yan-nhangu Pelecanus conspicillatus yirryirrŋu na:ndya doubtful loan Burarra simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yawuru Pelecanus conspicillatus dyalinymarr, birlari dyalinymarr, birlari inheritance underived? 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yidiny Pelecanus conspicillatus wurrgu:l (C; <wurrgulV> wurrgu:l (C; <wurrgulV> unique underived minya 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yir-Yoront Pelecanus conspicillatus pelkolvlh; minh minh-pelkolvlh unique Sutton: 'pelican' words commonly comtain 'hip'. Should this be classed as calque? compound with pel 'hip' 0 0 0 all seasons, peaking in post-Wet 0 0 no