Mikira language
Extinct Cahuapanan language of Peru
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Mikira (Miquirá, Shuensampi, Suensampi) is an extinct Cahuapanan language that was spoken in the single village of Maucallacta on the Paranapura River in northern Peru. It is closely related to Jebero.[1][2]
Word list
A word list of Mikira was collected by Czech explorer Enrique Stanko Vráz. At the time of the data collection, the language and tribe were already nearly extinct, as Vráz had found only five houses in the village of Maucallacta. Vráz's list was subsequently published in Loukotka (1949):[2]: 59–61
French gloss
(original)English gloss
(translated)Mikirá bande à cheveux hair band akča cannot canoe nunga chauve-souris bat mašu chien dog nini coq cock guatadi crécelle rattle gingile crocodile crocodile tára eau water íde écorce bark, skin mapa feu fire punga gourdin club, cudgel nara hamac hammock taila lune moon rúki maïs but čiči manger eat káki nuit night rupiye ornement d’escarbots scarab ornament kurišundu ornement de roseau jaune yellow reed ornament pelantse ornement de plumages et d’os de dindon turkey feather and bone ornament tayatudlú ornement de grands fruits secs large dried fruit ornament pinganamuyu pierre stone napi poison de flèches poison arrow pišuaya singe monkey kamuka soleil sun kogua tête head humato tête-trophée trophy head huma vêtement de femmes women's clothing pampayina vêtement fait de plumages de toucan clothing made of toucan feathers kalinga viande meat lulunga
