Potiguara language
Potiguara is an extinct Tupi language formerly used by the Potiguara people of Brazil.
| Potiguara | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Potiguara people |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pog |
| Glottolog | (insufficiently attested or not a distinct language)poti1237[1] |
Vocabulary
Potiguára words collected from an elderly male rememberer living in São Francisco, Pernambuco by Paul Wagner in 1961:[2]
| Portuguese gloss (original) | English gloss (translated) | Potiguára |
|---|---|---|
| casa | house | ɔka |
| comida feita da mandioca | food made from cassava | patʰιšə |
| farinha de mandioca (mandioca mole) | cassava flour (soft cassava) | pisikʰa |
| mandioca numa bola para guardar | cassava ball (for storage) | kařimə |
| manipueira da mandioca | cassava plant | kənšikə |
| animal (teiú) | animal (Tupinambis lizard) | dzižuảsu |
| arma de pesca | fishing weapon | ləndʷa; šɔkʰI; phusa |
| ave (perdiz) | bird (partridge) | nʌmbu |
| bicho | insect | mʌʔmʌndʷa |
| bicho da lama | type of insect | lɔʰhɔřu |
| cama de pau | wooden bed | kảtảtảu |
| camarão (espécie) | shrimp (species) | ařatʰʌya |
| caracol | snail | masuñi |
| comida do mato | bush food | pokumə |
| frutinha | small fruit | křařwata |
| ostra | oyster | mařiskʰo |
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References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Potiguara". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Meader, Robert E. (1978). Indios do Nordeste: Levantamento sobre os remanescentes tribais do nordeste brasileiro (in Portuguese). Brasilia: SIL International.
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