Pauxi language

Pauxi
Native toBrazil
RegionPará
Eraattested 1900[1]
Cariban
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologpaux1235

Pauxi is an extinct Cariban language of Brazil, once spoken on the right bank of the middle course of the Erepecurú River (Cuminá River) in Brazil.[2][1]

Vocabulary

Pauxi vocabulary[1]
Gloss Pauxi
sun icire
moon noune
star siriké
day oménoro
night coco
rain cono-on
thunder capo
sky topeu
water touna
river touna icouaca
man tolo
woman orice
child moriré
brother yacono
my husband ouamo
my wife iama
fish coumata
hook yamta
cassava jouro
manioc flour (couac) caïama
arrow préou
dog aouara
tapir ouaou
doe gouchaou
tiger caïcousso
egg pomo
chicken caïtara
curassow paouïs
macaw couyara
trahira aïmara
yellow-spotted river turtle chaouaro
piranha poune
small acatapico
large acane
to eat mamaou
wait for me camaïto
make fire miouto
to leave machiconé

References

  1. ^ a b c Coudreau, Olga (1901). Voyage au Cuminá: 20 avril- 7 septembre 1900 (in French). Paris: A. Lahure. pp. 132–133.
  2. ^ "Glottolog 5.2 - Pauxi". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-10-17.