Pamigua language

Pamigua
Native toColombia
RegionMeta Department
Extinctc. 1930s
Tiniguan
  • Pamigua
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qpl
Glottologpami1248

Pamigua (sometimes called Pamiwa) is an extinct language of Colombia, related to Tinigua.[1] It was spoken at the mission of San Concepción de Arama in Meta Department, Colombia.[2]

Vocabulary

Pamigua vocabulary[3]
gloss Pamigua
eye sete, xete
water nikagé
fire ekísa
woman nixtá
dog xannó
jaguar xiñaga
corn xukxá
manioc xoayoa
let's go menáxa
salt saxa
good morning ayoxagua
plantain mandotá
enemy kinoxá
man piksiga
five saksu-kuaxa
eleven čipsé ipa-kiaxi

Ernst (1891)

Pamigua vocabulary[4]
gloss Pamigua
god chimaja, chuimaja
man picsiga
woman nixtá
boy mecvé
girl nixtá-mecvé
spirit amayijagá
body gocuá
head blusteá
fire equisá
water nicagué
salt saja
let's go menája
good morning, good night ayojagua
friend comijaguiga
enemy quinojá
band-tailed guan nontacá
jaguar jiñagá
banana mandotá
manioc joayoa
corn jucjá
dog jannó
eye sete (jete?)
one chijance
two sajancesá
three sajance, sanchicanse
four chijastijance
five saksu-kuaxa
six coadsucuaja ayipaquiaji
seven sabsepsa ayipaquiaji
eight sabsepsa chibsuaja
nine chiastipsa ipaquiaji
ten patsucuaja ipaquiaji
eleven chipsé ipaquiaji
twenty cinchiná ipaquiaji

References

  1. ^ de Castellví, Marcelino (1940). "La lengua tinigua". Journal de la société des américanistes. 32 (1): 93–101. doi:10.3406/jsa.1940.2324.
  2. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  3. ^ Epps, Patience; Michael, Lev, eds. (2023). Amazonian Languages: Language Isolates. Volume II: Kanoé to Yurakaré. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-043273-2.
  4. ^ Ernst, A. (1891). "Ueber einige weniger bekannte Sprachen aus der Gegend des Meta und oberen Orinoco". Zeitschrift für Ethnologie. 23: 1–13. ISSN 0044-2666.