| Mainatari | |
|---|---|
| Maihanatari | |
| Native to | Venezuela |
| Region | Siapa River (Orinoco basin) |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Arawakan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | yaba1249 |
Mainatari (Maihanatari) is an extinct Arawakan language of Venezuela that was spoken on the Castaña-Paraná, a tributary of the Siapa River in the Orinoco basin.[1][2] It is closely related to Yabahana.
Vocabulary
Mainatari is poorly attested. Only 52 words were collected by Johann Natterer in 1831.[1]: 73 Mainatari words from Ramirez (2019), cited from Natterer (1831), are given below:[3]
Portuguese gloss
(original)English gloss
(translated)Mainatari cabeça head -júhu-dau cabelo hair -ʃehi orelha ear -tehĩn olho eye -awi nariz nose -ti boca mouth -numa dente tooth -aida pé foot -eti coxa thigh -hohi mão hand -kapi barriga belly -paga carne meat -ʃné branco (pessoa) white (person) jalanai irmão brother baaba, -iejú irmã sister meme, -tegau anta tapir ama-hingo peixe fish maʃatʃi sol sun kamóhu lua moon kamu (?) estrela star siwi água water uni casa house paigü fogo fire ikatʃe eu me no- quê? what? maĩna cão; animal de criação dog; domesticated animal biga-di anta tapir amáhingo queixada Tayassu pecari hapitʃa veado deer anhinga onça jaguar ʃawü mutum Cracidae tumuku urumutum Nothocrax urumutum ʃahimahin cujubim Pipile cujubi koragü urubu vulture wagu arara macaw itihĩn jabuti Chelonoidis tortoise ʃanaʃu peixe fish maʃatʃi jamaru (cabaça) gourd kakuhida mandioca manioc kehi / keʃi beiju beiju kai milho maize tʃono banana banana banala arco bow kurapa canoa canoe iʃaa caxiri cauim ʃaraki machado axe ʃipala pote bowl orusu rede net mengü zarabatana blowpipe watahũn
References
- 1 2 Ramirez, Henri (2020). Enciclopédia das línguas Arawak: acrescida de seis novas línguas e dois bancos de dados. Vol. 3 (1 ed.). Curitiba: Editora CRV. doi:10.24824/978652510234.4. ISBN 978-65-251-0234-4.
- ↑ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
- ↑ Ramirez, Henri (2020). Enciclopédia das línguas Arawak: acrescida de seis novas línguas e dois bancos de dados. Vol. 4 (1 ed.). Curitiba: Editora CRV. doi:10.24824/978652510231.3. ISBN 978-65-251-0231-3.
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