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Malibú language

Malibú (Malebú) is an extinct and poorly attested language formerly spoken in Magdalena Department in Colombia. The name "Malibú" is the word for cacique in Malibú itself. Malibú was spoken along the Magdalena River.

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Malibú
Malebú
Native toColombia
RegionMagdalena Department
Extinct(date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologmali1242

Malibú (Malebú) is an extinct and poorly attested language formerly spoken in Magdalena Department in Colombia.1 The name "Malibú" is the word for cacique in Malibú itself. Malibú was spoken along the Magdalena River.2

Vocabulary

Malibú vocabulary2
French gloss English translation Malibú
arbre manzanillo manchineel
(Hippomane mancinella)
tahana
cacique, chef espagnol cacique, Spanish chief malibu
canot canoe man
chicha chicha man
diable, divinité devil, deity ytaylaco, yteylaco, yntelas, ytaylas
espagnol Spanish tinchan
manioc manioc entaha, enbutac
nariguera d'or golden nariguera mayun
prêtre indigène, sorcier Indigenous priest, sorcerer mayhan, maihan
résine, appelée par les Espagnols cararia [scribal error for caraña], qui sert à la peinture du corps, distincte de la bija ordinaire ou roucou resin, called by the Spanish caraña, used for body painting and distinct from Bixa orellana napo
réunion pour boire meeting for drinking entai
sève du manzanillo, qui sert de poison de flèche manchineel sap used for arrow poison enta
References

References

  1. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian Languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center. pp. 244–5.
  2. Rivet, Paul (1947). "Les indiens Malibú". Journal de la Société des Américanistes de Paris. 36: 139–144. doi:10.3406/jsa.1947.2360.