Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

shark (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 Selachimorpha joorroo joorroo inheritance phrase 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Burarra Selachimorpha missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Dhangu Selachimorpha missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Dhay’yi Selachimorpha buḻ'manydji burl7manydyi inheritance cf “-manydyi” Yan-nhangu dyad 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Dhuwal Selachimorpha missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Djinang Selachimorpha missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Gooniyandi Selachimorpha missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Gumatj Selachimorpha missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Gupapuyngu Selachimorpha bul'mandji bul'mandji Generic for all sharks inheritance 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Guugu Yimidhirr Selachimorpha burruunh-burruunh & galga-nambarr & guliman & nhumba & ngamu & walaaynggurr & yawu burruunhburruunh & galganambarr & guliman & nhumba & ngamu & walaaynggurr & yawu estuarine shark (grey) & blind shark & black-tipped & shark sp & shark sp & white shark or hammerhead & small shark sp unique /yawu/ to GYim yawu 'stingray' and poss. to pPaman *ya(:)wa(ra) reduplicated /yungan/ 'small or immature shark' is possibly generic for sharks. 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Koko-Bera Selachimorpha kanhthérr; ko- ko-kanhthérr shark (sp. not identified; not generic) unique simplex
Kuku-Thaypan Selachimorpha amadha-añja amadha-añja loan unknown Rigsby suggests loan status but does not know source compound 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Kuku-Yalanji Selachimorpha yaburr & bilmbin yaburr & bilmbin unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Kurtjar Selachimorpha worrighith & leempik & bhirkwath worrighith & leempik & bhirkwath unique No generic underived wanhthork ~ wooy 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Kuuk Thaayorre Selachimorpha witan; ngat witan; ngat unique No colloquial English specific given, but unclear whether this is geneic underived 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Mbabaram Selachimorpha missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Miriwung Selachimorpha gayawung gayawung unknown underived 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Ngandi Selachimorpha missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Ngarinyin Selachimorpha ganamarr, ganamat ganamarr, ganamat loan *kanamarr proto-Worrorran Worrorra uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Ngumbarl Selachimorpha tcharrambul tcharrambul inheritance underived 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Nimanburru Selachimorpha lolol lolol inheritance reduplicated 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Nyangumarta Selachimorpha parlarri parlarri unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Nyikina Selachimorpha ngankoo ngankoo loan Marrngu WW %nganku underived 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Nyulnyul Selachimorpha lolol lolol inheritance reduplicated 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Pakanh Selachimorpha missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Rembarrnga Selachimorpha missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Ritharrngu Selachimorpha missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Tjaapukay Selachimorpha missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Uw-Olkol Selachimorpha missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Uw-Oykangand Selachimorpha missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Walmajarri Selachimorpha nganku nganku loan Marrngu also in Nyikina WW %nganku underived 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Wik Ngathan Selachimorpha katheng kathvng sharks & rays (generic) unique underived gerundial of kathe- 'to tie': 2nd-order generic, as in minh katheng 'tying meats, i.e. sharks & rays', katheng warp 'sawfish' 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Worrorra Selachimorpha garnamarri garnamarri inheritance *kanamarr proto-Worrorran uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Wunambal Selachimorpha gundleli unique proto-Worrorran 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Yan-nhangu Selachimorpha maranydjalk maranydjalk inheritance also stingray simplex 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Yawuru Selachimorpha wangoman wangoman unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Yidiny Selachimorpha jajinyi (C,G) ~ balbirrigan (W) jajinyi (C,G) ~ balbirrigan (W) unique underived minya 0 0 0 0 0 variable
Yir-Yoront Selachimorpha worrqo; ngar- ngar-worr7o semantic shift various spp. underived worrqo 'elder brother' as in address 0 0 0 speared (usually from hand); beginning in Post-Wet & peaking in Dry & Pre-Wet 0 0 variable