Potiguara language
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Potiguara | |
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Native to | Brazil |
Ethnicity | Potiguara people |
Extinct | Early 1970s[1] |
Tupian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pog |
Glottolog | (insufficiently attested or not a distinct language)poti1237 |
Potiguara is an extinct Tupi language formerly used by the Potiguara people of Brazil.
Vocabulary
[edit]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 |
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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 |
References
[edit]- ^ Potiguara at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Meader, Robert E. (1978). Indios do Nordeste: Levantamento sobre os remanescentes tribais do nordeste brasileiro (in Portuguese). Brasilia: SIL International.