Hairúya language

Hairúya is an extinct Witotoan language that was spoken on the Tamboryaco River, a tributary of the Putumayo River, in southeastern Colombia.[1][2]

Hairúya
Native tosoutheastern Colombia
Native speakers
extinct
Witotoan
  • Hairúya
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Word list

A word list of Hairúya was collected by Czech explorer Enrique Stanko Vráz from Hairúya speakers in São Paulo de Olivença. Vráz's list was subsequently published in Loukotka (1949):[2]:5759

French gloss
(original)
English gloss
(translated)
Hairúya
blanc, unwhite manrakuiča
bongoodmareru
canardducknoko
caoutchoucrubberxiterai
cheminpathifoike
chute d’eauwaterfallnofuiko
collinehillikóñe
denttoothatíɗo
hommemanyiza
jaguarjaguarhituidé
jourdayyuičai
lancespearóte
maïsbutkobé
maisonhousehofo
massueclubbiɗevá
œufegghege
petitsmallučiyi
il va pleuvoirit will rainɗeite
poissonfishrefido
comment te portes-tu?how are you?nefo it’o
poulehenatahua
rameoariforo
rougeredtrioɗe
selsalt
serpentsnaketokúɗo
tabactobacco
tuerkilldutakai
urubû (Cathartes foetens)black vultureinó

References

  1. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  2. Loukotka, Čestmír. 1949. Sur Quelques Langues Inconnues de l'Amerique du Sud. Lingua Posnaniensis I: 53-82.


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