Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

brush-tailed possum

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 Trichosurus vulpecula langgarr/langgurr langgarr/langgurr inheritance underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Burarra Trichosurus vulpecula warragul warragul Northern Brushtail Possum unknown simplex 0 1 0 0 0 no
Dhangu Trichosurus vulpecula missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Dhay’yi Trichosurus vulpecula rupu rupu unique underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Dhuwal Trichosurus vulpecula missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Djinang Trichosurus vulpecula missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Gajirrabeng Trichosurus vulpecula gooman kuman unique underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Gooniyandi Trichosurus vulpecula jambiyindi jambiyindi loan tyampiyinti Bunuban Walmajarri changed from Unique, CB underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Gumatj Trichosurus vulpecula missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Gupapuyngu Trichosurus vulpecula marrŋu marrŋu Northern Brush-Tail unknown simplex 0 1 0 0 0 no
Gurindji Trichosurus vulpecula jangana jangana inheritance p-NGY jangan; jangana Mudb? Also tyakulatyi loan from Jaminjung cf. Jingulu tyakulatyki underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Guugu Yimidhirr Trichosurus vulpecula gulaan gulaan opossum inheritance *kulan pPaman Attested also in Biri (Maric) and Yugambeh. Long V2 in Yimithirr (GHav; KLH recorded short V2) indicates former 3rd syllable, apparently not supported in other evidence except nearby Almura underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Jaru Trichosurus vulpecula giri giri unique also jang inheritance NGY uncoded 0 1 0 0 0 no
Jingulu Trichosurus vulpecula tyakulatyki tyakulatyki inheritance underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Karajarri Trichosurus vulpecula läŋgur läŋgur loan Yawuru underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Kija Trichosurus vulpecula nangkuny nangkuny inheritance nangku Jarragan underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Koko-Bera Trichosurus vulpecula welmp; mi- mi-welmp possum inheritance *wulmpi pPaman Poss. *wulnpi simplex
Kuku-Thaypan Trichosurus vulpecula alon (;anhye-) alon (;anhye-) inheritance *kulan pPama-Maric Attested as far south as Yugambeh (non-PM) underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Kuku-Yalanji Trichosurus vulpecula yawa yawa unique underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Kurtjar Trichosurus vulpecula bhonchorgh bhonchorgh unique underived eeny 0 1 0 0 0 no
Kuuk Thaayorre Trichosurus vulpecula kuln; minh- & thutp; minh- kuln; minh- & thutp; minh- inheritance *kulan pPama-Maric *kulan attested as far south as Yugambeh underived see Other Notes 0 1 0 0 0 no
Mangala Trichosurus vulpecula cinapapi cinapapi unique unknown 0 1 0 0 0 no
Mbabaram Trichosurus vulpecula alnhdha alnhdha unique underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Miriwung Trichosurus vulpecula guman guman inheritance kuman Jarragan also nanggung cf Kija underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Ngandi Trichosurus vulpecula du7 du:ru:w7 unknown simplex 0 1 0 0 0 no
Ngarinyin Trichosurus vulpecula bulgumbi bulgumbi inheritance *purlkumpV proto-Worrorran uncoded 0 1 0 0 0 no
Ngarluma Trichosurus vulpecula walampari unique 0 1 0 0 0
Ngumbarl Trichosurus vulpecula langoor langoor inheritance underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Nimanburru Trichosurus vulpecula laanggurr laanggurr inheritance underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Nyangumarta Trichosurus vulpecula marlalparra marlalparra unique unknown 0 1 0 0 0 no
Nyikina Trichosurus vulpecula kirriwi kirriwi unique underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Nyulnyul Trichosurus vulpecula langgurr langgurr inheritance underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Pakanh Trichosurus vulpecula yoome'; minha- minha-yoome' unknown underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Rembarrnga Trichosurus vulpecula missing rtuh unique 0 1 0 0 0 no
Ritharrngu Trichosurus vulpecula barrandji' barrandyi7 unique 0 1 0 0 0 no
Tjaapukay Trichosurus vulpecula gayarra & gububuru & bidul kayarra & kupupuru & pitul possum & black and white possum & scrub possum inheritance To *kacarra underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Uw-Olkol Trichosurus vulpecula albmb; inh- inh-albmb brush-tail possum, Trichosurur vulpecula inheritance *wulmpi pPaman Possibly Local (not pPaman); poss. pPaman *wulnpi underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Uw-Oykangand Trichosurus vulpecula albmb; inh- inh-albmb brush-tail possum, Trichosurur vulpecula inheritance *wulmpi pPaman Possibly Local (not pPaman); poss. pPaman *wulnpi underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Walmajarri Trichosurus vulpecula jampiyinti jampiyinti unique same as skin name; also jangan (inheritance) in E. compound? 0 1 0 0 0 no
Wardaman Trichosurus vulpecula dilygun dilygun unknown uncoded 0 1 0 0 0 no
Warlpiri Trichosurus vulpecula janganpa janganpa inheritance tyangan Ngumpin-Yapa underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Warrwa Trichosurus vulpecula laŋura inheritance underived 0 1 0 0 0
Wik Ngathan Trichosurus vulpecula koerpinch körpiñc possum sp. unique unknown 0 1 0 0 0 no
Worrorra Trichosurus vulpecula burlgumba burlgumba inheritance *purlkumpV proto-Worrorran uncoded 0 1 0 0 0 no
Wubuy Trichosurus vulpecula yirrkiny unknown 0 1 0 0 0
Wunambal Trichosurus vulpecula burgumba (C40), garimba (C40) inheritance proto-Worrorran 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yan-nhangu Trichosurus vulpecula waṉ'kurra waṉ'kurra semantic shift? “waṉ'kurra” in Gupapuyngu meaning “possum” simplex 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yawuru Trichosurus vulpecula langgurr langgurr inheritance underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yidiny Trichosurus vulpecula yabi (TC) yabi (TC) unique underived minya 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yir-Yoront Trichosurus vulpecula mirtin; minh- minh-mirtin loan Dyirbal Dyirbal or poss. pre-Yidiny; either or both likely via song underived 0 1 0 grabbed from holes in trees 0 0 no