Matanawi language

Matanawí
Matanawí
Matanauí, Mitandua, Moutoniway
Native to	Brazil
Region	Amazonas
Era	attested 1925
Language family	Language isolate (Mura–Matanawi ?)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Linguist List	qfu
Glottolog	mata1275

Matanawi (Matanauí, Mitandua, Moutoniway) is an extinct divergent Amazonian language isolate that may be distantly related to the Muran languages. It was originally spoken on the Castanha River and Madeirinha River in Amazonas State.^[1]

Vocabulary

English	Matanawí
rainbow	turusiˈkabm
Madeira River (not a Toponyms in Matanawi)	kajaˈri
Marmelos River (not a Toponyms in Matanawi)	piruaˈri
canoe	anawˈa
oar	huˈra
Tipity	tipiˈti
path	aã
knife	juimã
hunting arch	parəˈa
strainer/filter	manaˈri
Lagenaria bowl for herbs	oˈᴐ
Matanawi	matanawˈɨ
Urupá	ʧʊakʊbm
Parintintín (a neighbor tribe)	tapakaˈra itoĕbeˈhẽ
black	mɨrɨbm / mɨˈrebn
Jarú	jaˈru
Mura people	muˈra
Mura people from Rio Branco, Acre?	jaˈhahĩ
Tamandua tetradactyla (anteater)	wiʃoˈho
Brown howler	uruˈrem / ʊruˈrəhm
parrot	awuˈru
hen	pataˈri
chameleon	ʦɨnɨˈmί
turtle	jawaˈri
Proceratophrys cururu (only word for frog)?	turuˈru
Pseudoplatystoma (catfish)	urukʊˈta / urukuˈta
Cichla ocellaris (butterfly peacock bass or Cichlid)	pariˈta / parɨˈta
ant	pakiˈpi
bee	mawˈɨ / horohoˈrᴐ
Enterolobium contortisiliquum (pacara earpod tree)	kuiˈmã iː / koiˈmɨ
head	apa zɨ
knee	atura paʃi jɨ
skin	uhᴐ zɨ
breast / chest?	mapã mətᴐ
blood	mɨĩ
heart	miʃi ta
firewood	uaː
smoke	ua risi
sky	rito
night	jamãru
ax	jaʃi
man	papɑ́
woman	mapɨwã
snake	ija
fish	mami
tree	ɨ
cotton	wakɨsi
red	awu zɨ

Comparison between Matanawí language and Pirahã:

English	Matanawí	Pirahã/Múra-Pirahã
language	ihuzɨ	ipopaj
lips	ɲaruzɨohᴐ	apipaj
ear	atahuzɨ	apopaj
hair	apa zi jaa	apapataj
thigh	aritʊzɨ, aritᴐzi	akuapaj
mouth	ɲaru zɨ	kaopaj
tooth	arɨzɨ	atopaj
nose	natuzi	itopaj
eye	tuʃiji	kupaj
arm	apiji	atoewe
hand	ũsu zɨ	upaj
nail (hand nail, singular)	ũsuzɨhᴐ	upapaj
leg	aturazɨ	ipopaj
foot	iʃijɨ	apaj
water	apɨ	pe
fire	ua	wai
rain	apɨ	pe
moon	ka	kahaiai
earth / soil?	wɨsa	bege
stone/rock	aja	aapuuj
sun	viː	wese
home/house	pi	ataj
net (probably fishing net, rede in Portuguese has many meanings)	api	apiʃara
arrow/dart	awɨ	apoahaj
comb	parata	isowe
belt	kɨnũ	pahoese
pan/pot	wata	waaj
? (own word, means "sticks for making fire")	ɨ	ie
honey	ʦɨza	ahaj
corn	iwari	tihuahaj
Manihot esculenta/Yuca/Cassava	mĩ	iʃehe
Tobacco	ɨsəki	iʧehe

A few word collected by Curt Nimuendajú in 1922, from Indian João Comprido (resident in Surupy, Lower Marmelos River)

Portuguese	Matanawi
white	tʃuenayã́, tʃueanã́
Indian	rɨnĩ́ isã́
Matanawi	matanawɨ́
Urupá	tʃʊakʊbm, tuwikə́m
Arára ( from Aripuanã River)	pik.ód
Múra-Piraha	piriaháĩ
Parintintin	tapakará; itoẽbehẽ́
Tribe from Paxiuba River (Aripuanã River)	tupiokón
Tribe from Aripuanã River	apiyipã́
black	mɨrɨ́bm, mɨrébn
angry indian (?) "indio bravo"	rɨnĩ amarizɨ́
Torá	tʊrá, turá
Jaru	yarú
Arára (Preto River)	mará
Múra	murá
Múra from (Branco River)	yaháhĩ
anthropophagic tribe in the headwaters of Preto River (Machado River)	koʃurái
Munduruku/Wuy Jugu	paiʃí

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