| Matanau | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Aripuanã River |
| Ethnicity | Matanau |
| Era | attested 1829 |
Tupian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | Nonesuru1262 Suruí |
Matanau is an extinct Tupian language of the Mondé group, formerly spoken at the mouth of the Aripuanã River.1 It is solely documented by an 1829 wordlist by Johann Natterer. It is very similar to Kabanaé, which was spoken in the same region.2
Vocabulary
| gloss | Matanau |
|---|---|
| cotton | a-kum-ziri |
| mouth | un-go |
| head | un-ndara |
| star | zoikab |
| fire | mukaen |
| sister | ambooi |
| lake | ikara |
| moon | gate-gat |
| axe | dabe-ʔaa |
| tree | iipui |
| wood | iib |
| hand | mabé |
| corn | meek |
| eye | un-za-kaba |
| jaguar | meko |
| ear | un-debipe |
| foot | bi-peːa |
| stone | caa |
| fish | bolib |
| white-lipped peccary | bebe |
| fox | awlöü |
| river | ikabe |
| blood | un-sziri |
| sun | gat |
| tobacco | manʃo |
| sand | a-ngiira |
| vulture | uikuu |
References
References
- Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
- Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Brijnen, Hélène B. (2014). "Natterer's Linguistic Heritage". In Weltmuseum Wien Friends (ed.). Archiv 63-64. ISBN 978-3-643-99824-8.