Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

catfish

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 (many species) ngooloorl ngooloorl unique underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Bunuba (many species) mulurru mulurru inheritance mulurru Bunuban underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Burarra (many species) missing warrwarrnya unique missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Dhangu (many species) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Dhay’yi (many species) missing manbiri inheritance 0 1 0 0 0 no
Dhuwal (many species) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Djinang (many species) djamuḻpaṉḏi dyamurlparnrdi unknown complex? 0 1 0 0 0 no
Gajirrabeng (many species) jajan tyatyan inheritance tyatyan Jarragan underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Gooniyandi (many species) goolamangaddi goolamangaddi inheritance kulumangarri Bunuban other complex same structure in Walmajarri 0 1 0 0 0 no
Gumatj (many species) missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Gupapuyngu (many species) liyabandany ganŋal loan direction unknown Ngandi 0 1 0 0 0 no
Gurindji (many species) tyarlarlka tyarlarlka loan with meaning change Jaminjung Jam 'big catfish' underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Guugu Yimidhirr (many species) muurrar muurrar black catfish, fw (also 'mud-cod' unique unknown 0 1 0 0 0 no
Jaru (many species) pintyawintya pintyawintya unique WW %pinytyawinytya uncoded 0 1 0 0 0 no
Jingulu (many species) kirirni kirirni unknown underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Karajarri (many species) wirtany wirtany inheritance underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Kija (many species) ngerntany ngerntany unique also ngirntany WW %kurrakurra underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Koko-Bera (many species) karréngkvrr; ko- & wvrrkérrvm (; ko-) ko-karréngkvrr & (ko-) wvrrkérrvm catfish (sp., freshwater) & catfish (sp., saltwater) unique simplex
Kuku-Thaypan (many species) arrmbil arrmbil unique underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Kuku-Yalanji (many species) kanyaji (Nyungkul) ~ julaji (Yalanji) & walarrji & kijukum kanyaji (Nyungkul) ~ julaji (Yalanji) & walarrji & kijukum unique underived kanyali, julaji, and kijukum are simplex; walarrji is walarr 'whiskers, beard' + ji 'having' and is apparently generic for FW catfish 0 1 0 0 0 no
Kurtjar (many species) choword & mooethimpak & gheerdibird & ligh & ngalanch ~ ngaalinch & nuaampird & thaarrim & ncharard choword & mooethimpak & gheerdibird & ligh & ngalanch ~ ngaalinch & nuaampird & thaarrim & ncharard unique underived wanhthork ~ wooy thaarrim 'small-sized catfish of any sp.' 0 1 0 0 0 no
Kuuk Thaayorre (many species) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Mangala (many species) parrulu parrulu loan Nyikina underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Mbabaram (many species) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Miriwung (many species) djadjan djadjan inheritance tyatyan Jarragan underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Ngandi (many species) missing bartyar unique missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Ngarinyin (many species) gunala gunala inheritance proto-Worrorran Bunuban? uncoded 0 1 0 0 0 no
Ngumbarl (many species) booganool booganool unique underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Nimanburru (many species) bingemer bingemer inheritance underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Nyangumarta (many species) wirtan wirtan inheritance underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Nyikina (many species) barooloo barooloo inheritance underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Nyulnyul (many species) barol barol inheritance underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Pakanh (many species) poykola; nga'a nga'a-poykola unknown underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Rembarrnga (many species) karlkki k@rnhk@rnh unknown reduplicated 0 1 0 0 0 no
Ritharrngu (many species) missing manbiri inheritance missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Tjaapukay (many species) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Uw-Olkol (many species) ewudndanych; uy uy-ewudndañc shovel-nosed catfish, Arius midgleyi; a.k.a. boofhead, salmon catfish; also long-nosed catfish, sharp-headed catfish unique compound ew 'mouth' + udnañc 0 1 0 0 0 no
Uw-Oykangand (many species) ogelghal; uy uy-ogelghal shovel-nosed catfish, Arius midgleyi; a.k.a. boofhead, salmon catfish unique compound With /og/ 'water'??? 0 1 0 0 0 no
Walmajarri (many species) kurlumajarti kurlumajarti inheritance kurluma+ Ngumpin-Yapa kurluma 'spike' cf.kirli 'thorn' compound spike-HAVING 0 1 0 0 0 no
Wardaman (many species) ginyang ginyang unknown different fish sp. In Gur electric? uncoded 0 1 0 0 0 no
Warrwa (many species) barrulu inheritance 0 1 0 0 0
Wik Ngathan (many species) milng milng sharp-nosed catfish unique underived minh 0 1 0 0 0 no
Worrorra (many species) ngamangama unique proto-Worrorran reduplicated 0 1 0 0 0 no
Wubuy (many species) kirtikirti unique missing 0 1 0 0 0
Wunambal (many species) gunala inheritance proto-Worrorran 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yan-nhangu (many species) min'kalarrŋu munburri inheritance suffixed 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yawuru (many species) birnkaman birnkaman inheritance underived 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yidiny (many species) galbiy (TC) & milgir (T) ~ wujurrwujurr (C) galbiy (TC) & milgir (T) ~ wujurrwujurr (C) unique underived minya 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yir-Yoront (many species) kopvrrlh [FW lagoons; flat forehead, thick flat tail] & koqvlt [SW] & kunvlh [FW; Tandanus tandanus] & manl [small; FW & SW] & ngolpuwl [black, a bit big] & ngothor [SW, small mouth] & nhalvlt [blue] & pirrp [short-nosed] & pung [coppery red like sun, big kopvrrlh [FW lagoons; flat forehead, thick flat tail] & koqvlt [SW] & kunvlh [FW; Tandanus tandanus] & manl [small; FW & SW] & ngolpuwl [black, a bit big] & ngothor [SW, small mouth] & nhalvlt [blue] & pirrp [short-nosed] & pung [coppery red like sun, big unique underived all 0 1 0 All seasons, peaking in Wet 0 0 no