Koihoma language
Extinct Witotoan language
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Koihoma (Coixoma), also known ambiguously as Coto (Koto) and Oregone (Orejón), neither its actual name, is an extinct, apparently Witotoan language of Peru.[1] The name koixóma is derived from the Murui Huitoto language.[2] According to Rafael Girard (1958), the Orejón called themselves maa i, said to bean both 'sun', 'moon' and 'people'.[3]: 152
Vocabulary
| gloss | Koihoma |
|---|---|
| devil | ana |
| sky | muna |
| star | ico |
| cloud | iniridineu |
| rain | noki |
| sun | idoma |
| moon | huitsara |
| thunder | mouna |
| lightning | saitsana |
| earth | nani |
| water | ainoe |
| sand | mainita |
| tree | anaina |
| wood | grangai |
| man | comai |
| woman | erigno |
| head | huha |
| hair | hupodiki |
| eye | oi |
| forehead | houita |
| nose | hoho |
| mouth | huai |
| chin | haidaieki |
| ear | kinoleo |
| eyelash | oitka |
| neck | kimata |
| arm | narigui |
| chest | ongotaini |
| hand | onokui |
| finger | nokai |
| nail | onohaicou |
| leg | grasi |
| foot | etaiboi |
| dog | arricou |
| jaguar | huco |
| house | huaho |
| snake | taï |
| bow | otabi |
| arrow | otaki |
| spear | ruina |
| canoe | aratay |
| parrot | arumba |
| fire | raiheu |
| caiman | sanguini |
| mamoe | hugai |
| banana | titsa |
| blowgun | onia |
| monkey | amai |
| fish | jadobi |
| manatee | isetima |
| heart | ponaikiou |
| tapir | igataiman |
| macaw | coraki |
| curassow | miuki |
| flower | sariraki |
| river | maragnon |
| Pourouma cecropiifolia | ricao |
| Amazon River | Namani |
The term maragnon was also applied to the name of the river they lived on.[4]
In popular culture
In Steven Spielberg's film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Indiana Jones identifies the Koihoma language on a mysterious letter Harold Oxley wrote. However, he explains to Mutt Williams that nobody speaks that language anymore. He defines it as a "Latin American language" that became extinct centuries before Spanish and Portuguese were introduced to the Americas.
