Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

humpback whale

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 Megaptera novaeangliae miinimbi miinimbi doubtful loan into protolanguage Worrorra WW %miinimbi underived 1 1 0 0 0 no
Burarra Megaptera novaeangliae missing wuymurra unique missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Dhangu Megaptera novaeangliae missing burarrwaŋa unique missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Dhay’yi Megaptera novaeangliae missing mirinyuŋu unique 1 1 0 0 0 no
Dhuwal Megaptera novaeangliae missing missing missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Djinang Megaptera novaeangliae missing missing missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Gumatj Megaptera novaeangliae missing mirinyuŋu unique 1 1 0 0 0 no
Gupapuyngu Megaptera novaeangliae missing wuymirri unique missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Guugu Yimidhirr Megaptera novaeangliae yalmbunyja yalmbuñja whale loan direction unknown *yalmpu+ Local To KYal /yalmburrajaka/ derived Etymologically yalmbu + nyja 1 1 0 0 0 no
Karajarri Megaptera novaeangliae yaṛi yaṛi loan Pilbara underived 1 1 0 0 0 no
Koko-Bera Megaptera novaeangliae NGULM NGULM WHALE unique Poss. to *ngulma (KKaper ngum 'diver') simplex
Kuku-Thaypan Megaptera novaeangliae missing missing missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Kuku-Yalanji Megaptera novaeangliae yalmburrajaka yalmburrajaka loan direction unknown *yalmpu+ Local To GYim /yalmbunyja/ derived Etymologicalically yalmbu + rrajaka 1 1 0 0 0 no
Kurtjar Megaptera novaeangliae kuaanidhincherr & thirirdancherr kuaanidhincherr & thirirdancherr unique compound kuaan 'grass' + dhi.ncherr 'burner' & thirgh 'smoke' + rda.ncherr 'thrower' wanthork ~ wooy 1 1 0 0 0 no
Kuuk Thaayorre Megaptera novaeangliae thaa+thomp; yuk- OR ngat- thaa+thomp; yuk- OR ngat- calque Yir-Yoront YYoront tha+thorrnh to KThaay, or vice versa compound thaa 'mouth' + thomp'smoke, vapour', an allusion to spouting 1 1 0 0 0 no
Mangala Megaptera novaeangliae yari inheritance missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Mbabaram Megaptera novaeangliae missing missing missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Ngandi Megaptera novaeangliae missing missing missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Ngarluma Megaptera novaeangliae kartarra unique missing 1 1 0 0 0
Ngumbarl Megaptera novaeangliae loolooloo semantic shift missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Nimanburru Megaptera novaeangliae minimb minimb doubtful loan into protolanguage Bardi WW %miinimbi missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Nyikina Megaptera novaeangliae lololo semantic shift missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Nyulnyul Megaptera novaeangliae minimp minimp doubtful loan into protolanguage Bardi WW %miinimbi missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Pakanh Megaptera novaeangliae missing missing missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Rembarrnga Megaptera novaeangliae missing missing missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Ritharrngu Megaptera novaeangliae missing missing missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Tjaapukay Megaptera novaeangliae missing missing missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Uw-Olkol Megaptera novaeangliae missing missing missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Uw-Oykangand Megaptera novaeangliae missing missing missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Walmajarri Megaptera novaeangliae yari yari loan =maggots, insect in Jaru; cf. Bunuban etc piyirn? missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Wik Ngathan Megaptera novaeangliae aathe-moericheyn ~ wale-moericheyn aathvmöricvñ ~ walvmöricvñ whale (synonyms) unique compound aath 'cheek', wal 'cheek' + moericheyn 1 1 0 0 0 no
Worrorra Megaptera novaeangliae murnumbanya murnumbanya inheritance *murnumpa proto-Worrorran gender suffix -nya uncoded 1 1 0 0 0 no
Wubuy Megaptera novaeangliae niŋkulurrŋu unique missing 1 1 0 0 0
Yan-nhangu Megaptera novaeangliae missing missing missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Yawuru Megaptera novaeangliae missing missing missing missing 1 1 0 0 0 no
Yidiny Megaptera novaeangliae ngunanggarra (C) ngunanggarra (C) unique underived ? minya 1 1 0 0 0 no
Yir-Yoront Megaptera novaeangliae thathorrnh or thathorrvnyvrr thathorrnh or thathorrvnyvrr calque mutual calque, Local; KThaay thaa+thomp to YYoront, or vice versa compound /tha/ 'mouth' + /thorrnh ~ thorrnyrr/ < /thorrchn/ 'smoke, vapour', an allusion to its spouting 1 1 0 0 0 no