Waimaha
Waimaha is a Tucanoan language spoken in Brazil and Colombia, by about 500 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Waimajã (Waimaha), generically known as Bará or (Northern) Barasano, is a Tucanoan language of Colombia and Brazil. As of 1971, the population of speakers generally lived along the rivers of Colombia, namely, Colorado, Yapu, Inambu, Macucu, and Tiquie.
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Words in Waimaha
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | bahoka* | |
| name | wabe* | |
| eye | kapea* | |
| ear | abopero* | |
| nose | ikia* | |
| tooth | upiga* | |
| tongue | yebero* | |
| hand | abo* | |
| blood | di* | |
| bone | owa* | |
| skin | kahero* | |
| knee | yikakobea* | |
| breast | opea* | |
| liver | yebediti* | |
| water | o'ko | |
| fire | pekabe* | |
| sun | 3b3rikobak3buipu* | |
| star | yokoaw3* | |
| stone | 3ta* | |
| mountain | buro* | |
| tree | yuk3g3* | |
| leaf | puro* | |
| night | yabi* | |
| dog | ekarik3yai* | |
| fish | wai* | |
| louse | kiab3* | |
| one | hika* | |
| two | p3a* | |
| I | y373* | |
| you | b3b3* |
* 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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