Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

termite mounds, ant hills

Semantic Field: flora-fauna
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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	Word Structure	Word Structure Notes	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Food Source	Food Notes	Medicinal	Medicinal Notes	Psychotropic	Traded	Dangerous
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


Bardi
Bunuba
Burarra
Dhangu
Dhay’yi
Dhuwal
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
Wardaman
Warlpiri
Wik Ngathan
Worrorra
Wunambal
Yan-nhangu
Yawuru
Yidiny
Yir-Yoront

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