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.

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

Vocabulary

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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
cabeça head -júhu-dau
cabelo hair -ʃehi
orelha ear -tehĩn
olho eye -awi
nariz nose -ti
boca mouth -numa
dente tooth -aida
foot -eti
coxa thigh -hohi
mão hand -kapi
barriga belly -paga
carne meat -ʃné
branco (pessoa) white (person) jalanai
irmão brother baaba, -iejú
irmã sister meme, -tegau
anta tapir ama-hingo
peixe fish maʃatʃi
sol sun kamóhu
lua moon kamu (?)
estrela star siwi
água water uni
casa house paigü
fogo fire ikatʃe
eu me no-
quê? what? maĩna
cão; animal de criação dog; domesticated animal biga-di
anta tapir amáhingo
queixada Tayassu pecari hapitʃa
veado deer anhinga
onça jaguar ʃawü
mutum Cracidae tumuku
urumutum Nothocrax urumutum ʃahimahin
cujubim Pipile cujubi koragü
urubu vulture wagu
arara macaw itihĩn
jabuti Chelonoidis tortoise ʃanaʃu
peixe fish maʃatʃi
jamaru (cabaça) gourd kakuhida
mandioca manioc kehi / keʃi
beiju beiju kai
milho maize tʃono
banana banana banala
arco bow kurapa
canoa canoe iʃaa
caxiri cauim ʃaraki
machado axe ʃipala
pote bowl orusu
rede net mengü
zarabatana blowpipe watahũn

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas Archived 2021-04-18 at the Wayback Machine. 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. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-04-08.