Language name and locationː Baniwa, Venezuela, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区巴尼瓦语, 委内瑞拉南部和哥伦比亚接壤的亚马逊州及巴西境内  

 

1. apa-da

2. dzama-da

3. madaɬi-da

4. likwadaka

5. pema-pa-kapi (litː pa-ima-pa-kapi 'one (side) of (one's) hand')

6. pemapakapi apada pemanakuɬe (litː 'one hand (and) one on the other')

7. pemapakapi dzamada pemanakuɬe (litː 'one hand and two on the other')

8. pemapakapi madaɬida pemanakuɬe (litː 'one hand and three on the other')

9. pemapakapi likwadaka pemanakuɬe (litː 'one hand and four on the other')

10. dzamema pake pakapi ( litː 'two hands')

11. dzamema pakapi pa-ipa -naku-ɬe (litː 'two hands and (one) on the foot')

12. dzamema pakapi dzamada paipanakuɬe

13. dzamema pakapi madaɬida paipanakuɬe

14. dzamema pakapi likwadaka paipanakuɬe

15. dzamema pakapi apema pa-ipa (litː 'two hands and one (side of a) foot')

16. dzamema pakapi apema paipa apemanakuɬe

     (litː 'two hands, side of a foot (and) on the other foot')

17. dzamema pakapi apema paipa dzamada apemanakuɬe

18. dzamema pakapi apema paipa madaɬida apemanakuɬe

19. dzamema pakapi apema paipa likwadaka apemanakuɬe

20. paita newiki (litː 'one person')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, July 14, 1992.

提供资的语言: Prof. Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, 1992 年 7 月 14 日.

 

Other comments: Baniwa or Baniba, Banibo, Baniua do Içana, Baniva, Baniwa do Içana is a moribund language spoken by approximately 600 speakers out of 6,000 ethnic population in Amazonas state: Colombia border area, between Curipaco and Guarequena language areas, Venezuela as well as Brazil. The above data was based on Hohodenê dialect of Baniwa of Içana spoken in Aiari River. Baniwa of Içana has original numerals only up to 4, but Hohodenê dialect has developed numerals up to 100. Below are the higher numerals 21 to 29, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 100.

21. paita newiki paitanakuɬe (litː 'one man (and one) on the other')

25. paita newiki apemapakapi paitanakuɬe (litː 'one person and one hand of the   other')

26. paita newiki aphewi apemanakuɬe (litː 'one person and one (finger) on the other side')

29. paita newiki likuw likwehwiaka paitanakuɬe

30. paita newiki dzamema pakapi paitanakuɬe (litː 'one person and two hands
     on the other')

40. dzamahepa newiki (litː 'two persons')

50. dzamahepa newiki dzameme pakapi paitanakuɬe

60.  newiki madaɬida

100. pemapakapi newiki


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