Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

short-beaked echidna

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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

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	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Food Source	Medicinal	Psychotropic	Traded	Dangerous
Bardi	Tachyglossus aculeatus	gamaraŋinj	gamaraŋinj		loan					WW	%kamaranginy		underived?			0	2	0	0	0	no
Bunuba	Tachyglossus aculeatus	gayangurru	gayangurru		unique								underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Burarra	Tachyglossus aculeatus	gajarrkcharrk	gadyarrktyarrk		unknown								reduplicated			0	2	0	0	0	no
Dhangu	Tachyglossus aculeatus	djirrmaŋa(')	dyirrmaŋa(')		inheritance				“dyirr” seems to be a popular Yolŋu beginning for animal words							0	2	0	0	0	no
Dhay’yi	Tachyglossus aculeatus	missing			missing											0	2	0	0	0	no
Dhuwal	Tachyglossus aculeatus	djirrmaŋa(')	dyirrmaŋa(')		inheritance											0	2	0	0	0	no
Djapu	Tachyglossus aculeatus		dhipmirri		inheritance											0	2	0	0	0
Djinang	Tachyglossus aculeatus	djirrmanga	dyirr		inheritance											0	2	0	0	0	no
Gajirrabeng	Tachyglossus aculeatus	galaminang	kalaminang		inheritance	kalamina	N.Jarragan						underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Gooniyandi	Tachyglossus aculeatus	minaji	minaji		unique								underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Gumatj	Tachyglossus aculeatus	djirrmaŋa(')	dyirrmaŋa(')		inheritance											0	2	0	0	0	no
Gupapuyngu	Tachyglossus aculeatus	djirrmaŋa(')	djirrmaŋa		inheritance				both “djirr” and “mangu” seem to be possible affixes?				derived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Gurindji	Tachyglossus aculeatus	tyuŋkuwurru	tyuŋkuwurru		loan			Jarragan					compound	elbow (Jarr) -HAVING (Jam)		0	2	0	0	0	no
Guugu Yimidhirr	Tachyglossus aculeatus	balin-ga & barrathal	balin.ga & barrathal	porcupine & porcupine	unique								underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Jaru	Tachyglossus aculeatus	ginandyi	ginandyi		loan	loan		Jarragan		WW	%kinanytyi		uncoded			0	2	0	0	0	no
Jingulu	Tachyglossus aculeatus	nyinawurtirni	nyinawurtirni		unknown								underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Karajarri	Tachyglossus aculeatus	djinboga	djinboga		unique								compound			0	2	0	0	0	no
Kija	Tachyglossus aculeatus	kernanyjel	kernanyjel		loan		Jarragan	Ngarinyin	possibly loan from Ngarinyin via Nyikina	WW	%kinanytyi		underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Koko-Bera	Tachyglossus aculeatus	thvmél+thàmpmvr kàlk-ków; minh-	minh-thvmél+thàmpmvr kàlk-ków	echidna	calque				Calque statues attributed on basis of /kalk/ 'spear'; there is much more material in this word				compound
Kuku-Thaypan	Tachyglossus aculeatus	akyurrya (; anhye-)	akyurrya (; anhye-)		loan direction unknown				to UOlkol egorag				underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Kuku-Yalanji	Tachyglossus aculeatus	ngangkin	ngangkin		unique								underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Kurtjar	Tachyglossus aculeatus	alka.dilwa	alka.dilwa		calque								compound			0	2	0	0	0	no
Kuuk Thaayorre	Tachyglossus aculeatus	kirk+pik; minh-	kirk+pik; minh-		calque			Yir-Yoront	YYoront to KThaay or vice versa; HOWEVER, in view of Kukatj kalkapurrk 'echidna', possibilities also include independent invention and (assuming trandcription vagaries) full cognation (kalka+pirrki). /kirk/ 'spear' < kalka; /perr/ poss. < pirrki orpik				compound	kirk 'spear' a reference to the spines		0	2	0	0	0	no
Mangala	Tachyglossus aculeatus	cawakarraci	cawakarraci		unique								unknown			0	2	0	0	0	no
Mbabaram	Tachyglossus aculeatus	nganggín	nganggín		loan			Kuku-Yalanji	KYal /ngangkin/; poss. Dyirbal?				underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Miriwung	Tachyglossus aculeatus	galaminang	galaminang		inheritance	kalamina	N.Jarragan						underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Ngandi	Tachyglossus aculeatus	manapun	manaŋgula		unknown											0	2	0	0	0	no
Ngarinyin	Tachyglossus aculeatus	nyorrgan (nyindi) (piebald snake)	kulantyi		unique		proto-Worrorran						uncoded	(nyindi, F classifier)		0	2	0	0	0	no
Ngarluma	Tachyglossus aculeatus	tyiripuka	tyiripuka		loan				tyiri prickle							0	2	0	0	0
Ngumbarl	Tachyglossus aculeatus	kammerangoo	kammerangoo		inheritance					WW	%kamaranginy		underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Nimanburru	Tachyglossus aculeatus	gamaraŋinj	gamaraŋinj		loan					WW	%kamaranginy		underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Nyangumarta	Tachyglossus aculeatus	manganya	manganya		loan direction unknown								underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Nyikina	Tachyglossus aculeatus	kinanyji	kinanyji		loan direction unknown					WW	%kinanytyi		underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Nyulnyul	Tachyglossus aculeatus	gamaran_anj XXngl W	gamaran_anj XXngl W		loan					WW	%kamaranginy		underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Pakanh	Tachyglossus aculeatus	kekoywa; minha-	minha-kekoywa		calque			Unknown					compound	With keka 'spear'		0	2	0	0	0	no
Rembarrnga	Tachyglossus aculeatus	djirrmangah	battahyi		unknown											0	2	0	0	0	no
Ritharrngu	Tachyglossus aculeatus	djirrŋama'	dyirrŋama7		inheritance											0	2	0	0	0	no
Tjaapukay	Tachyglossus aculeatus	missing	missing		missing											0	2	0	0	0	no
Uw-Olkol	Tachyglossus aculeatus	egorag; inh-	inh-egorag	porcupine, echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus	unique								underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Uw-Oykangand	Tachyglossus aculeatus	ekorak; inh-	inh-ekorak	porcupine, echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus	unique								underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Walmajarri	Tachyglossus aculeatus	minaji	minaji		inheritance	mina-tyi	Ngumpin-Yapa		mina 'nest, lair, shell' Warlpiri				underived			0	2	0	0	0	no
Warlpiri	Tachyglossus aculeatus	jilka-marda	jilka-marda		unique								compound	prickle-HAVING (prickle jtylkarla)		0	2	0	0	0	no
Warrwa	Tachyglossus aculeatus	kenayinyji	kenayinyji		loan direction unknown					WW	%kinanytyi					0	2	0	0	0
Wik Ngathan	Tachyglossus aculeatus	punkench (~ puun-kunch)	punkvñc (~ puunkuñc)	echidna	unique								compound	puun 'head' + kunch 'penis'	minh	0	2	0	0	0	no
Worrorra	Tachyglossus aculeatus	mirimiringarrinya	mirimiringarrinya		unknown		proto-Worrorran					reduplication and gender suffix -nya	uncoded			0	2	0	0	0	no
Wubuy	Tachyglossus aculeatus		yurrmaŋa		unknown											0	2	0	0	0
Wunambal	Tachyglossus aculeatus	gunanji	gunanji		loan direction unknown		proto-Worrorran			WW	%kinanytyi					0	2	0	0	0	no
Yan-nhangu	Tachyglossus aculeatus	missing			missing								missing			0	2	0	0	0	no
Yawuru	Tachyglossus aculeatus	djinboga	djinboga		loan			Karajarri					compound			0	2	0	0	0	no
Yidiny	Tachyglossus aculeatus	yagu:ny (TC; <yagunyU.A>) ~ yagu:nyang (G; <yagunyang?) ~ yagu:nya (W; <yagunya>)	yagu:ny (TC; <yagunyU.A>) ~ yagu:nyang (G; <yagunyang?) ~ yagu:nya (W; <yagunya>)		unique								underived		minya	0	2	0	0	0	no
Yir-Yoront	Tachyglossus aculeatus	kalqperr; minh-	minh-kal7perr		calque			Unknown	YYoront to KThaay or vice versa; HOWEVER, in view of Kukatj kalkapurrk 'echidna', possibilities also include independent invention and (assuming trandcription vagaries) full cognation (*kalka+pirrki)				compound	/kalq/ 'spear' < kalka; /perr/ poss. < pirrki orpikirrkalq 'spear' < kalka; perr poss. < pirrki orpikirr. /kalq/ 'spear' is a reference to the spines		0	2	0	0	0	no


Bardi
Bunuba
Burarra
Dhangu
Dhay’yi
Dhuwal
Djapu
Djinang
Gajirrabeng
Gooniyandi
Gumatj
Gupapuyngu
Gurindji
Guugu Yimidhirr
Jaru
Jingulu
Karajarri
Kija
Koko-Bera
Kuku-Thaypan
Kuku-Yalanji
Kurtjar
Kuuk Thaayorre
Mangala
Mbabaram
Miriwung
Ngandi
Ngarinyin
Ngarluma
Ngumbarl
Nimanburru
Nyangumarta
Nyikina
Nyulnyul
Pakanh
Rembarrnga
Ritharrngu
Tjaapukay
Uw-Olkol
Uw-Oykangand
Walmajarri
Warlpiri
Warrwa
Wik Ngathan
Worrorra
Wubuy
Wunambal
Yan-nhangu
Yawuru
Yidiny
Yir-Yoront

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