| Potiguara | |
| States: | Brazil |
| Ethnicity: | Potiguara people |
| Extinct: | Early 1970s |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Fam1: | Tupian |
| Fam2: | Tupí–Guarani |
| Fam3: | Tupi languages |
| Fam4: | Tupí |
| Iso3: | pog |
| Glotto: | spurious |
| Glotto2: | poti1237 |
| Glottorefname2: | Potiguara |
Potiguara is an extinct Tupi language formerly used by the Potiguara people of Brazil. It is comnsidered by Glottolog to be a dialect of Tupinamba.
Potiguára words collected from an elderly male rememberer living in São Francisco, Pernambuco by Paul Wagner in 1961:[1]
| Portuguese gloss (original) | English gloss (translated) | Potiguára | |
|---|---|---|---|
| casa | house | ɔka | |
| comida feita da mandioca | 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 |