Potiguara
Native toBrazil
EthnicityPotiguara people
ExtinctEarly 1970s[1]
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3pog
Glottolog(insufficiently attested or not a distinct language)
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Potiguara is an extinct Tupi language formerly used by the Potiguara people of Brazil.

Vocabulary

Potiguára words collected from an elderly male rememberer living in São Francisco, Pernambuco by Paul Wagner in 1961:[2]

Portuguese gloss
(original)
English gloss
(translated)
Potiguára
casahouseɔka
comida feita da mandiocafood made from cassavapatʰιšə
farinha de mandioca (mandioca mole)cassava flour (soft cassava)pisikʰa
mandioca numa bola para guardarcassava ball (for storage)kařimə
manipueira da mandiocacassava plantkənšikə
animal (teiú)animal (Tupinambis lizard)dzižuảsu
arma de pescafishing weaponləndʷa; šɔkʰI; phusa
ave (perdiz)bird (partridge)nʌmbu
bichoinsectmʌʔmʌndʷa
bicho da lamatype of insectlɔʰhɔřu
cama de pauwooden bedkảtảtảu
camarão (espécie)shrimp (species)ařatʰʌya
caracolsnailmasuñi
comida do matobush foodpokumə
frutinhasmall fruitkřařwata
ostraoystermařiskʰo

References

  1. Potiguara at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Meader, Robert E. (1978). Indios do Nordeste: Levantamento sobre os remanescentes tribais do nordeste brasileiro (in Portuguese). Brasilia: SIL International.


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