Anauyá language
Arawakan language of Brazil
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Anauyá is an extinct, poorly attested and unclassified Arawakan language of Venezuela, originally spoken on the Castaña River in Amazonas.[2] Its only documentation comes from a 1928 book.[3]
Classification
Vocabulary
| gloss | Anauyá | gloss | Anauyá |
|---|---|---|---|
| hand | nun-kapi | my plantation | nun-kaniká-sirra |
| eye | nun-hinihahy | my house | nun-hána |
| head | nun-húida | your house | hi-ána |
| hair | nun-huíssihin | canoe | ide |
| ear | nun-tašihin | oar | šanahurri |
| nose | nun-hírri | people | ase |
| mouth | nun-uma | stone | yahôko |
| tongue | na-nene | wood | ada |
| leg | nun-sarrái | cotton | kanarisi |
| thigh | nun-hônin | thread | kanari |
| foot | nú-niti | knife | harrohorri |
| knee | nun-édorro | axe | čífara |
| arm | nun-kano | banana | parána |
| bone | nun-korokorô-ni | pot | orîso |
| neck | nun-orri | fish | undrrimani |
| beard | nun-sanuma | jaguar | šaáui |
| tooth | ná-ida | tapir | šurauirri |
| eyebrows | nau-itâme | wild pig | aíša |
| eyelashes | nau-isêrri | sheep | uahika |
| rain | yánaui | 1 | ahiari |
| dog | onimináu | 2 | mahôrene |
| house | ahirri | 3 | marahurraka |
| mountain | hadásí | 4 | arrimâhi |
| river | uni | 5 | akayuhaka |
| water | green woodpecker | serrierri | |
| fire | ríkárri | chili pepper | atido |
| tobacco | sierro | woman | inanaí |
| red | mitsai | boy | yanênaui |
| manioc | kamikási | old person | koinašôa |
