Mehináku
Mehináku is an Arawakan language spoken in Brazil, by about 230 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Mehináku (Meinaku) is an Arawakan language spoken by the Mehinaku people in the Xingu Indigenous Park of Brazil. One dialect, Waurá-kumá, is "somewhat intelligible" with Waurá due to influence from this language.
From Wikipedia · Mehinaku language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Mehináku
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | nup3na* | |
| eye | ut3tai* | |
| ear | tului* | |
| nose | kiri* | |
| tooth | tewei* | |
| tongue | nei* | |
| hand | w3S3kui* | |
| blood | 3Sai* | |
| bone | napi* | |
| skin | mai* | |
| knee | Cetui* | |
| breast | 3h3* | |
| liver | panai* | |
| water | 'unɨ | |
| fire | icei* | |
| sun | kam3* | |
| star | kalut3* | |
| stone | t3pa* | |
| mountain | keh3t3kuma* | |
| tree | ata* | |
| leaf | atapana* | |
| night | yeyawa* | |
| dog | awayalukuma* | |
| fish | kupati | |
| louse | netei* | |
| one | pawicawa* | |
| two | mipiyama* | |
| I | natu* | |
| you | piCu* | |
| we | aiCu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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