Mainatari
Maihanatari
Native toVenezuela
RegionSiapa River (Orinoco basin)
Extinct(date missing)
Arawakan
  • Northern
    • Mainatari
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologyaba1249

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
cabeçahead-júhu-dau
cabelohair-ʃehi
orelhaear-tehĩn
olhoeye-awi
nariznose-ti
bocamouth-numa
dentetooth-aida
foot-eti
coxathigh-hohi
mãohand-kapi
barrigabelly-paga
carnemeat-ʃné
branco (pessoa)white (person)jalanai
irmãobrotherbaaba, -iejú
irmãsistermeme, -tegau
antatapirama-hingo
peixefishmaʃatʃi
solsunkamóhu
luamoonkamu (?)
estrelastarsiwi
águawateruni
casahousepaigü
fogofireikatʃe
eumeno-
quê?what?maĩna
cão; animal de criaçãodog; domesticated animalbiga-di
antatapiramáhingo
queixadaTayassu pecarihapitʃa
veadodeeranhinga
onçajaguarʃawü
mutumCracidaetumuku
urumutumNothocrax urumutumʃahimahin
cujubimPipile cujubikoragü
urubuvulturewagu
araramacawitihĩn
jabutiChelonoidis tortoiseʃanaʃu
peixefishmaʃatʃi
jamaru (cabaça)gourdkakuhida
mandiocamaniockehi / keʃi
beijubeijukai
milhomaizetʃono
bananabananabanala
arcobowkurapa
canoacanoeiʃaa
caxiricauimʃaraki
machadoaxeʃipala
potebowlorusu
redenetmengü
zarabatanablowpipewatahũn

References

  1. 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.
  2. Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
  3. 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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