Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

flying-fox (generic)

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) niimanburu nimanburu inheritance underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Bunuba (many species) jarringgi tyarringgi loan tyarrinyki Jarragan underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Burarra (many species) galgu galgu unknown simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Dhangu (many species) missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Dhay’yi (many species) missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Dhuwal (many species) winyiwinyi winyiwinyi unique reduplicated 0 0 0 0 0 no
Djapu (many species) garnguypa inheritance 0 0 0 0 0
Djinang (many species) waringgiṉingi warrinyu inheritance simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gajirrabeng (many species) jarinygoorlng tyarinykurlng inheritance jarinykeri Jarragan underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gooniyandi (many species) ginyma ginyma unique kinyma Bunuban underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gumatj (many species) winyiwinyi warrnyu inheritance underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gupapuyngu (many species) winyiwinyi warrnyu inheritance simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gurindji (many species) warrpawurru pilkina loan Ngaliwurru Ngaliwurru/Nungali warrba 'f-f' loan could be opposite direction compound bat's wing -HAVING in Jam or Mudburra 0 0 0 0 0 no
Guugu Yimidhirr (many species) gaambi & jungginh & thulgu & wagul & manu-wuthuga & bangguurrga gaambi & jungginh & thulgu & wagul & manuwuthuga & bangguurrga ff & ff & large black ff sp & brown ff sp & ff sp w hairy neck & small ff sp w thin fur inheritance *kaampi local To KThaaypan underived The respect term mulbuur covers both jungginh and gaambi 0 0 0 0 0 no
Jaru (many species) pan.kal pan.kal loan Jarragan WW %parnkal uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 no
Jingulu (many species) pilkina pilkina unknown underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Karajarri (many species) wadarbin nimankurru inheritance underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kija (many species) jarringkel jarringkel inheritance tyarinykuri Jarragan underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Koko-Bera (many species) KUMPÁRR; MING- & KEMP; MING- MING-KUMPÁRR & MING-KEMP BLACK FLYING FOX (KUMPÁRR) & RED FLYING FOX (KEMP) unique simplex
Kuku-Thaypan (many species) ambe (; anhye-) & a go go (anhye-) ambe & a go go inheritance *kaampi Local To GYim gaambi. Alternate hyothesis: poss. to Pakanh umpani & UOyk umpa, both black flying fox underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kuku-Yalanji (many species) kambi kambi inheritance *kaampi Local underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kurtjar (many species) rrinh & ngkeekingkek ~ maangkuath rrinh & ngkeekingkek ~ maangkuath unique underived rrinh variant rrinhirrinh is redupl, rrinhilim poss. compound; ngkeekingkek is poss redupl 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kuuk Thaayorre (many species) kant; minh- minh-kant unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Mangala (many species) ngarnakarri ngarnakarri loan direction unknown Mangala derived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Mbabaram (many species) missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Miriwung (many species) ganburinj ganburiny unknown cf. Wardaman ganben underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ngandi (many species) macur matyur unknown simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ngarinyin (many species) dyringgurr, dyaringgut dyringgurr, dyaringgut inheritance *tyarringkurr proto-Worrorran uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ngarluma (many species) waramurruŋka inheritance 0 0 0 0 0
Ngumbarl (many species) nimmanburroo balŋabi inheritance underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nimanburru (many species) wadjon nimanbur inheritance NN/Nim underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nyangumarta (many species) wartarrpiny wartarrpiny inheritance unknown 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nyikina (many species) ngarnakarra ngarnakarra loan Mangala underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nyulnyul (many species) wadjon nimanbur inheritance NN/Nim underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Pakanh (many species) woki; minha minha-woki inheritance *wuki Pteropus scapulatus; black flying fox (P. alecto) is minha-umpani; no generic ff term underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Rembarrnga (many species) warrinju warrintyu doubtful loan Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yolngu Yol simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ritharrngu (many species) gaṉguypa warrnyu inheritance simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Tjaapukay (many species) guginy kukiñ flying fox inheritance *kukiñu pYTj To Yidiny. Loss of V3 regular? Cf /ganyarra/ 'croc/ < *kañarra. underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Uw-Olkol (many species) agnggoy; inh- inh-agnggoy little red flying-fox unique Pteropus scapulatus; black flying fox; no generic ff term underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Uw-Oykangand (many species) agnggoy; inh- inh-agnggoy little red flying-fox unique Pteropus scapulatus; black flying fox (P. alecto) is inh-obmb; no generic ff term but inh-atolmbor is 'wing of [any[ ff'. underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Walmajarri (many species) papaku papaku unknown underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Wardaman (many species) ganben ganben unknown uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 no
Warrwa (many species) nyamunei unique 0 0 0 0 0
Wik Ngathan (many species) chuurr & keemp ~ keeynkeeyn ~ piken cuurr & keemp ~ keeñkeeñ ~ pikvn black ff & brown ff unique /keemp/ < pPaman *ka:mpi reduplicated keeñkeeñ; others are simplex minh Generic in compounds, for all entries 0 0 0 0 0 no
Worrorra (many species) miniwarra 'gawarri (FM) unknown proto-Worrorran Gurindji? Don' know this from Gur uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 no
Wubuy (many species) warnkutypa unknown 0 0 0 0 0
Wunambal (many species) jariŋu inheritance proto-Worrorran 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yan-nhangu (many species) missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yawuru (many species) nimanburu nimanbur inheritance underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yidiny (many species) gugi:ny (TC; <guginyU>) kuki:ñ inheritance *kukiñu pYTj To Tjaap /guginy/ 'flying fox' underived minya 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yir-Yoront (many species) kiltin; minh- minh-kiltin unique Not a generic as far as I can tell. See 'bat' above regarding minh-manglh. underived 0 0 cooked on open fire or in earth-oven 0 shotguns; sticks; Post-Wet, peaking in Dry, Pre-Wet men; ?women cooked on coals or in earth-oven 0 0 no