Language name and location ː Gavião of Rondônia, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 戎多尼亚加维奥语 (Gavião do Jiparaná 语), 巴西

1. móòy (litː 'one', monomorphemic )     

2. paá-ya-káàp (litː 'our eyes' )

3. ãʔá sáno óõ̀p ( litː 'this without a brother' )

4. ãá sáno píra mát ( litː this with brother' )

5. móòy pábe ( litː 'one hand' )

6. móòy maʔã́ pa-bábe pí (litː 'get one from our hand' )

7. paá-ya-káàp maʔã́ pa-bábe pí (litː 'get our eyes from our hand' )

8. ãʔá sáno óõ̀p maʔã́ pa-bábe pí (litː 'get this without brother from our hand' )

9. ãá sáno píra mát maʔã́ pa-bábe pí (litː 'get this with brother from our hand' )

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Denny Moore, Museu Goeldi-DCH, Belem, Para, Brazil, January 19, 2009.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Denny Moore, 2009 年 1 月 19 日.

Other comments: Gavião of Rondônia or Gavião do Jiparaná has sort of a counting system, but it is metaphorical except for 'one'. The use of 'pair' or 'couple' or 'brothers' for 3 and 4 is very common-- there was a discussion recently. Not sure what they do over 30. Interestingly, numbers can be both verbs or nouns. The number systems are variable between dialects and do not seem to have much time depth.