Language name and locationː Kuikúro, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 奎库罗语, 巴西

 

1. ɐ'ɛtsi

2. tɐ'kikɔ / tɐ'kɛkɔ

3. ti'lɐkɔ

4. tɐtɐkɛ'ʀ̆ɛni *

5. ɲɐ'tɨi

6. ɐ'ɛtsi iŋɡuʀ̆ɛ'tɔhɔ ( litː 'one made for to cross' -iŋɡuʀ̆ɛ 'cross' -tɔhɔ nominalizer' )

7. tɐ'kikɔ / tɐ'kɛkɔ iŋɡuʀ̆ɛ'tɔhɔ ( litː 'two made for to cross' )

8. ti'lɐkɔ iŋɡuʀ̆ɛ'tɔhɔ ( litː 'three made for to cross' )

9. tɐtɐkɛ'ʀ̆ɛni iŋɡuʀ̆ɛ'tɔhɔ ( litː 'four made for to cross' )

10. tiˈmɨhɔ  ( litː 'two hands' )

11. ɐ'ɛtsi hɨ'ʀ̆ɐpɛ  ( litː 'one of the foot' )

12. tɐ'kikɔ / tɐ'kɛkɔ hɨ'ʀ̆ɐpɛ

13. ti'lɐkɔ hɨ'ʀ̆ɐpɛ
14. tɐtɐkɛ'ʀ̆ɛni hɨ'ʀ̆ɐpɛ
15. ɲɐ'tɨi hɨ'ʀɐ̆pɛ ( litː 'five of the foot')
16. ɐ'ɛtsi iŋɡuʀ̆ɛ'tɔhɔ hɨ'ʀ̆ɐpɛ ( litː 'one of the foot made for to cross' )
17. tɐ'kikɔ iŋɡuʀ̆ɛ'tɔhɔ hɨ'ʀ̆ɐpɛ
18. ti'lɐkɔ iŋɡuʀ̆ɛ'tɔhɔ hɨ'ʀ̆ɐpɛ
19. tɐtɐkɛ'ʀ̆ɛni iŋɡuʀ̆ɛ'tɔhɔ hɨ'ʀ̆ɐpɛ
20. tɐ'tutɛ hɨ'ʀ̆ɐpɛ ( litː 'all foot' )

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Bruna Franchetto, The National Museum in Rio de Janeiro (Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Brazil, April 10, 2009.

提供资的语言学家: Dr. Bruna Franchetto, 2009 年 4 月 10 日.

 

Other comments: Kuikúro has a counting system up to twenty using hands and feet.

Please note that R with the diacritic [ʀ̆] is a new symbol not yet in IPA; it represents

an uvular flap, present only in the Carib Upper Xingu language (and all its variants). We have already sent an article on this to the Journal of Phonetic Sciences.


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