Mikira language

Mikira (Miquira, 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]

Mikira
Shuensampi
Native toPeru
RegionJeberos
Extinct(date missing)
Cahuapanan
  • Mikira
Language codes
ISO 639-3

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 cheveuxhair bandakča
cannotcanoenunga
chauve-sourisbatmašu
chiendognini
coqcockguatadi
crécellerattlegingile
crocodilecrocodiletára
eauwateríde
écorcebark, skinmapa
feufirepunga
gourdinclub, cudgelnara
hamachammocktaila
lunemoonrúki
maïsbutčiči
mangereatkáki
nuitnightrupiye
ornement d’escarbotsscarab ornamentkurišundu
ornement de roseau jauneyellow reed ornamentpelantse
ornement de plumages et d’os de dindonturkey feather and bone ornamenttayatudlú
ornement de grands fruits secslarge dried fruit ornamentpinganamuyu
pierrestonenapi
poison de flèchespoison arrowpišuaya
singemonkeykamuka
soleilsunkogua
têteheadhumato
tête-trophéetrophy headhuma
vêtement de femmeswomen's clothingpampayina
vêtement fait de plumages de toucanclothing made of toucan featherskalinga
viandemeatlulunga

References

  1. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  2. Loukotka, Čestmír. 1949. Sur Quelques Langues Inconnues de l'Amérique du Sud. Lingua Posnaniensis I: 53-82.


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