| Yabutian | |
| Also Known As: | Jabutian |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Glotto: | jabu1249 |
| Glottorefname: | Jabuti |
| Child1: | Arikapú (Maxubí) |
| Child2: | Djeoromitxi (Yabutí/Jabotí) |
| Map: | Jabutian languages.png |
The Yabutian or Jabutian languages are two similar moribund languages of southern Rondônia, Brazil, namely Arikapú (Maxubí) and Djeoromitxi (Yabutí/Jabotí). They are members of the Macro-Je language family.
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Yabutian language varieties.[1]
| gloss | Yabutí | Aricapú | Mashubi | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | nichi | owá | ||
| two | yämbo | krokro | ||
| three | kamekü | |||
| ear | hi-nĩpí | chi-nipoaró | chi-nipuré | |
| tooth | hi-dö | shi-shakriá | maishambishi | |
| hand | hi-nikú | chi-nuhu | chi-nikaimu | |
| woman | páko | pakohä | chininika | |
| water | bzirú | bi | yú | |
| fire | pichä | pikö | piku | |
| sun | tõhõ | töhã | tadzyó | |
| maize | tsitsi | chichi | kokoví | |
| tapir | huá | nowö | chimoré | |
| house | híkö | arikó | erikoná |
| Proto-Jabutí | |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Ancestor: | Proto-Macro-Jê |
| Target: | Yabutian languages |
Proto-Jabutí reconstructions by van der Voort (2007):[2]
| gloss | Proto-Jabutí | |
|---|---|---|
| 'kind of yam' |
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| 'sun' |
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| 'moon' | (*kupa) | |
| 'water (n); liquid' |
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| '' |
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| '' |
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| '' | (*εnɨ̃) | |
| 'classifier (skin)' |
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| '' |
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| '' |
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| '' |
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| 'to remove' |
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| 'water, liquid' | (*ɨ) | |
| 'to squeeze liquid' |
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| 'needle' |
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| 'to hang (up), to tie (up)' |
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| 'clay for making pots and dishes' |
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| 'INTENS.' |
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| 'container, large leaf, bag' |
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| 'bench, mat' |
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| 'belly' |
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| 'shell, nutshell, bug/beetle' |
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| 'tooth' |
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| 'mouth' |
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| 'arm, branch' |
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| 'to play' |
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| 'earring' |
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| 'monkey species (Callithrix jacchus)' (macaco sauim) |
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| 'robust capuchin monkey' (macaco prego) |
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| 'hair on backside (?)' |
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| 'way, path' |
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| 'field' |
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| 'meat; flesh' |
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| 'classifier (meat)' |
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| 'tick' |
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| 'hole; classifier (hole)' |
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| 'small basket' |
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| 'to cry/weep/sing/shout' |
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| 'to suck' |
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| 'to rain' |
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| 'cicada' |
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| 'clear; light (n)' |
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| 'snake' |
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| 'calango (kind of lizard)' |
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| 'lizard genus (Tupinambis)' |
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| 'to cover' |
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| 'to give' |
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| 'to take away, to get, to catch' |
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| 'to eat; to bite' |
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| 'to eat' |
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| 'pamonha (traditional food), food; classifier (pamonha, food)' |
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| '' |
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| 'to add; ' |
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| 'to give orders, to command' |
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| 'to tell, to teach' |
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| 'heart' |
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| 'haircut, lap/flap' |
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| 'to boil' |
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| 'termite' |
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| 'to heal/cure, to pray' |
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| 'agouti' |
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| 'finger' |
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| 'to keep/have, to put, to stash/hide' |
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| 'to lie (down)' | (*...rãj) | |
| 'son, daughter, cub, offspring' |
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| 'son' |
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| 'niece' |
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| 'to hurt; ill, sour/harsh, strong' |
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| 'to sleep' |
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| 'leaf, thorn; classifier (thorn)' |
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| 'to stretch/pull/arrange' |
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| 'liver' |
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| 'cord, rope' |
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| 'string, cord' |
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| 'song/singing (?)' |
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| 'breechcloth string' |
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'tucuma palm
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| 'arrow shaft' |
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| 'arrow splinter' |
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| 'flower' |
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| 'tree, log, stick' |
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| 'fire' |
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| 'ashes' |
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| 'eye' |
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| 'fat, grease' |
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| 'aunt' |
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| 'to put/insert; to change clothes' |
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| '' |
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| 'to go, to walk' | (*kərεj) | |
| 'tayra (weasel species)' (irara, papa-mel) |
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| 'older sister' |
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| 'new, young' |
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| 'blackbird genera (Psarocolius)' (japu, rubixá) |
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| 'jug' |
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| 'pot, pan, jug' |
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| 'walking palm leaf' |
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| 'peach palm' |
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| 'kind of indigenous frame for grilling meat or fish' |
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| 'to grill on a jirau' |
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| 'knee' |
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| 'tongue' |
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| 'female, mother' |
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| 'wife' |
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| 'grandmother' |
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| 'manioc' |
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| 'hand' |
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| 'to chew' |
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| 'to kill (by blow)' |
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| 'worm, larva; classifier (worm)' |
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| 'young girl' |
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| 'to grind' |
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| 'mosquito' |
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| 'woman' |
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| 'to bathe' |
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'
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| 'no' |
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| 'bone' |
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| 'night' |
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| 'name' |
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| 'cloud' |
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| 'ear' |
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| 'other; companion' |
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| 'to hear; to know' |
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| 'egg' |
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| 'male; father' |
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| 'husband' |
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| 'grandfather' |
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| 'foot' |
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| 'stone' |
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| 'breasts, chest' |
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| 'skin, leather, bark; classifier (leather, skin)' |
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| 'body hair, down, hair' |
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| 'little' |
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| 'to throw, to lose, to drop, to spill' | (*k...aj) | |
| 'to get lost' |
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| 'to weigh; heavy' |
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| 'neck' |
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| 'peanut' |
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| 'aricuri kernel' |
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| 'cluster of aricuri coconuts' |
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| 'Brazil nut tree' |
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'aricuri
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| 'well (spring)' |
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| 'bridge' |
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| 'door' |
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| 'tired' |
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| 'we ' |
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| 'you (/)' |
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| 'lung' |
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| 'pus' |
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| 'to burn (tr. v)' |
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| 'hot' |
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| 'round' |
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| 'classifier (round)' |
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| 'lips; spit/saliva' |
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| 'toad' | (*.ka) | |
| 'dry' |
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| 'seed, kernel' |
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| 'classifier (seed, kernel)' |
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| 'to go away' |
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| 'on (top)' |
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| 'snuff, tobacco, cigarette' |
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| 'tamanduá' | (*patʃuri) | |
| 'tortoise' |
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| 'armadillo' |
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| 'to fear' |
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| 'land, earth' |
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| 'yard, square' |
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| 'testicles' |
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| 'all ('finished')' | (*...tã) | |
| 'claw, nail' |
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| 'vulture' |
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| 'deer' |
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| 'old' |
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| 'to see' |
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| 'green' |
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| 'red' |
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| 'to come (arrive)' |
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| 'to come back/return' |
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| 'to want' |
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| 'fish' |
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| 'slowly' |
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| 'reed' |
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| 'half' |
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| 'genipap fruit' |
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| '"right?", "isn't it?"' |
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| 'hat' |
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| 'Brazilian tinamou bird' (inambu relógio) |
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| 'general term for the tinamou bird genus' |
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| 'cotton' |
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| 'place' |
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| 'big cará (kind of yam)' |
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| 'achiote' |
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| 'to salt' |
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| 'nettle' |
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| 'tree species (Vochysia haenkeana)' (escorrega-macaco) |
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| 'sticky' |
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| 'arrowleaf elephant's ear (plant)' (taioba) |
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| 'lamp, candle, torch; tar/pitch' |
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| 'sugar, cane' |
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| 'to pour, to flow/run, to throw' |
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| 'yellow' |
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| 'to stir, to row; mixture' |
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| 'point' |
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| 'hawk' |
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| 'plug for the nose' |
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| 'small larva' |
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| 'aricuri larva' |
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| 'hog plum (tree)' (cajá) |
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| 'fish poison plant' (timbó) |
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| 'to beat (fish poison); to knock/bring down' |
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| 'stump' |
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| 'tree species (Cecropia)' (umbaúba) |
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| 'to form/shape, to weave, to draw up' |
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| 'ingá (tree genus)' |
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| 'to bring/bear' |
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| 'ripe, to ripen' |
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| 'necklace' |
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For a list of Proto-Jabutí reconstructions by Nikulin (2020),[3] see the corresponding Portuguese article.