| Potiguara | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Potiguara people |
| Extinct | Early 1970s[1] |
Tupian
| |
| 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
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 |
References
- ↑ 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.
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