Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

termite mounds, ant hills

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 Isoptera jiidin jiidin inheritance underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Bunuba Isoptera milnggi milnggi unique mungkul cf. Miriwung mungku-ng underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Burarra Isoptera morliya moḻiya ant hill; ant bed unknown simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Dhangu Isoptera djakuḻuḻu(') dyakuḻuḻu(') unique 0 0 0 0 0 no
Dhay’yi Isoptera missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Dhuwal Isoptera mudhandi gunaŋa(') inheritance simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Djinang Isoptera wiṉḏi wirnrdi anthill unknown simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gajirrabeng Isoptera jamernde tyamernte inheritance tyamernte Jarragan underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gooniyandi Isoptera ngawagoo ngawagoo unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gumatj Isoptera djakuḻuḻu(') gunaŋa(') inheritance underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gupapuyngu Isoptera djakuḻuḻu(') gunana inheritance simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Gurindji Isoptera murnkurt murnkurt loan into protolanguage munkurr Ngumpin-Yapa Jaminjung mungkel variant in Jarragan; termites=mound polysemy WW %mungku underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Guugu Yimidhirr Isoptera gambul yangga & dambaan gambul yangga & dambaan ant's [not clear if "white"] nest & small black tree-hanging white ant's nest unique phrase /gambul/ 'stomach' 0 0 0 0 0 no
Jaru Isoptera lawari lawari unknown uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 no
Jingulu Isoptera pilaya pilaya unknown underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Karajarri Isoptera mintipa mintipa unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kija Isoptera jamentel jamentel inheritance tyamernte Jarragan underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Koko-Bera Isoptera rrvpén & tampánvng & parmán rrvpén & tampánvng & parmán antbed & antbed (big, grows around tree) & antbed (black, grows on tree) inheritance *tipa+ pPama-Nyungan (rrvpén) simplex tampánvng used to hold heat for earth-oven
Kuku-Thaypan Isoptera missing arrmo unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kuku-Yalanji Isoptera jawurraji & kabay jawurraji & kabay unique /kapay/ < local *kapay, to Tjaapukay /gabay/ 'antbed' underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kurtjar Isoptera mpoord mpoord unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Kuuk Thaayorre Isoptera pekan; yuk- & thatir; yuk- pekan; yuk- & thatir; yuk- unique underived thatir elsewhere 'frog' 0 0 0 0 0 no
Mangala Isoptera mungku inheritance 0 0 0 0 0 no
Mbabaram Isoptera missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Miriwung Isoptera munggung munggung loan Bunuba Bun milnggu; Jam munkut; Walm mungku WW %mungku underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ngandi Isoptera missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ngarinyin Isoptera dyanggi dyanggi unique proto-Worrorran uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ngarluma Isoptera muŋku inheritance 0 0 0 0 0
Ngumbarl Isoptera nyeerwa nyeerwa unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nimanburru Isoptera djididjon djididjon inheritance derived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nyangumarta Isoptera kartarra kartarra unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nyikina Isoptera jilkarr jilkarr inheritance underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Nyulnyul Isoptera tje'didjon tje'didjon inheritance derived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Pakanh Isoptera pi'i pi'i unknown underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Rembarrnga Isoptera missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Ritharrngu Isoptera yarrŋga yarrŋga inheritance 0 0 0 0 0 no
Tjaapukay Isoptera gabay & gadju kapay & kacu ant bed & ant bed on tree inheritance *kapay local To KYal /kabay/ 'small antbed'. /gaju/ pYTj *kacu; Yidiny /gaju/ 'black tree ant' underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Uw-Olkol Isoptera ebmanth & errgng; iban & ulunggungg; iban & urrgug; iban ebmanth & iban-errgng & iban-ulunggung & ug-urrgug ebmanth 'tombstone' & errgng 'cathedral' & ulunggungg 'tree-base' & urrgug 'tree fork' unique *tipan pPama-Nyungan /iban/ < pPNy *tipan underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Uw-Oykangand Isoptera ebmandh & errgng; iphan & ulunggungg; iphan ebmandh & iphan-errgng & iphan-ulunggungg ebmandh 'tombstone' & errgng 'cathedral' & ulunggungg 'tree-base' unique underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Walmajarri Isoptera mungku mungku loan into protolanguage mungku Ngumpin-Yapa Jarragan WW %mungku underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Wardaman Isoptera jarrulu jarrulu unknown uncoded 0 0 0 0 0 no
Warlpiri Isoptera mingkirri mingkirri unique mungku Ngumpin-Yapa underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Wik Ngathan Isoptera pi' pi' antbed, termite mound inheritance *pi'V pWik underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Worrorra Isoptera missing missing proto-Worrorran missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Wunambal Isoptera dilgaj dilgaj doubtful loan proto-Worrorran Nyulnyulan 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yan-nhangu Isoptera dhilirr dhilirr unique simplex 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yawuru Isoptera jilkarr jilkarr inheritance underived 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yidiny Isoptera missing missing missing 0 0 0 0 0 no
Yir-Yoront Isoptera lipn & mu-pel & yo-yethrr lipn & mu-pel & yo-yethrr inheritance *tipa (antbed) & *mungku/a (antbed) & *pirlu (hip) pPama-Nyungan (all) compound /mu-pel/ & /yo-yethrr/ are stress-second compounds; /lipn/ is simplex 0 0 1 eaten by women with newborns to stimulate lactation 0 0 no