Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

native bee

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) moonga jirra joorroo moonga jirra joorroo unique phrase 0 0 0 0 0 no
Bunuba (many species) wida wida inheritance wita underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Burarra (many species) missing missing missing 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) missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Djinang (many species) missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gajirrabeng (many species) nanggaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng nangkaleng na inheritance nangkale Jarragan ground honey; beeswax in different languages? Nang+kale WW %nangkale underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gooniyandi (many species) wida wida inheritance wita Bunuban underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gumatj (many species) missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gupapuyngu (many species) missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gurindji (many species) nama nama semantic shift nama Ngumpin-Yapa Warlpiri nama=ant underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Guugu Yimidhirr (many species) mula & thuru & gutha & ngaymburr & walarr mula & thuru & gutha & ngaymburr & walarr bee sp (generic for bee and honey) & native bee sp & bee sp (black) & very small bee sp and honey & yellow bee sp and honey semantic shift *mula pEastern Cognates mean 'blood', 'red paint', 'white paint', 'oil', 'pus'; attested as far south as Yuwaalaraay. Poss. pPama-Nyungan /walarr/ is cognate w KYal /walarr/ 'honey bee sp' underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Jaru (many species) nama nama semantic shift nama Ngumpin-Yapa nama = ant in Warlpiri uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 no
Jingulu (many species) wangkurra wangkurra unknown underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Karajarri (many species) piyarapin piyarapin loan Pilbara compound 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kija (many species) muwal muwal unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Koko-Bera (many species) rrelmpélvny; ma- ma-rrelmpélvñ sugarbag unique compound compound Stress-second compound? Or simplex?
Kuku-Thaypan (many species) ari ari unique This is generic for a number of native bee spp and also the English bee underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kuku-Yalanji (many species) walarr & nakawarra & mawal & kuja & kalburiji walarr & nakawarra & mawal & kuja & kalburiji loan direction unknown *walarr local To GYim /walarr/ 'yellow bee sp and its honet' underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kurtjar (many species) laang & nteermingk & thorr laang & nteermingk & thorr unique underived nteermingk ? maay 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kuuk Thaayorre (many species) rat; may- rat; may- unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Mangala (many species) mawukarra mawukarra loan Walmajarri mawu 'hum' = -karra underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Mbabaram (many species) agwo & dwol agwo & dwol unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Miriwung (many species) nanggaleng nanggaleng inheritance nangkale Jarragan ground honey' 'beswax' in other languages WW %nangkale underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ngandi (many species) missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ngarinyin (many species) angabirriya, nyanguburriya angabirriya, nyanguburriya inheritance *angupurru proto-Worrorran derived a- v ny- indicates gender, -iya can be a collective suffix 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ngarluma (many species) wanpari inheritance 0 0 0 0 0
Ngumbarl (many species) ngooloo ngooloo unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nyangumarta (many species) piyarapin piyarapin loan Pilbara unknown 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nyikina (many species) ikaja ikaja unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nyulnyul (many species) djur% djur% inheritance underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Pakanh (many species) wi'a; mayi- & kuuyen; mayi- mayi-wi'a & mayikuuyen unknown underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Rembarrnga (many species) missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ritharrngu (many species) missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Tjaapukay (many species) mugay mukay bee, honeycomb unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Uw-Olkol (many species) ubanych; egng- & oret; egng- & eyach; egng & awin; egng & ont; egng & uyenakem; egng rgng-ubañc & egng-oret & egng-eyac & egng-awin & egng-ont & egng-uyenakem sugarbag bee, Trigona spp.; ubañc is T. hockingsi & uyenakem is T. fusco balteata unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Uw-Oykangand (many species) ubanyj; egng- & ored; egng- & eyach; egng & awin; egng & ond; egng & engarrj; egng egng-ubañj & egng-ored & egng-eyac & egng-awin & egng-ond & egng-engarrj sugarbag bee, Trigona spp.; ubañj is T. hockingsi & engarrj is T. fusco balteata unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Walmajarri (many species) mawukarra mawukarra unique mawu- 'buzz' underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Wardaman (many species) yigawarl yigawarl unknown uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 no
Warlpiri (many species) jurlarda jurlarda unknown cf. Gurindji jularta 'kingfisher' underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Wik Ngathan (many species) wimp ~ woemp wimp ~ wömp sugarbag, wild honey, wild bees (generic), Trigona spp. unique Partial syn. wirrk ~ woerrk connotes abundance & has cognate in WMng underived may 0 0 0 0 0 no
Worrorra (many species) a:inangga a:inangga unknown proto-Worrorran Kajirrabeng? uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yan-nhangu (many species) missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yawuru (many species) biyarrambin biyarrambin unique compound? 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yidiny (many species) wariwari (TC) & ban.ga (TC) & diwu (TCW) & muruy (TG) ~ wunba (C) & wulubaga (G) wariwari (TC) & ban.ga (TC) & diwu (TCW) & muruy (TG) ~ wunba (C) & wulubaga (G) unique reduplicated mayi ? 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yir-Yoront (many species) ngamvlwurrvw; may- may-ngamvlwurrvw inheritance *wurrupa pPaman Sound correspondences are problematic and attestation is sparse. compound ngaml (poss. 'big') + wurrvw 0 0 0 chop tree down; pre-Wet & Wet 0 0 no