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

言名称和分布地区马基里塔里语 (耶库纳Ye'kwana),  委内瑞拉南部与巴西 接壤的玻利瓦州和亚马逊州及巴西境内

 

1. to:ni

21.  to:ni soto de'wë toːni

2. a:kë  

22.  to:ni soto de'wë a:kë

3. aduwaːwë

23.  to:ni soto de'wë aduwaːwë

4. aːkëi'chea

24.  to:ni soto de'wë aːkëi'chea

5. hyaːtodea

25.  to:ni soto de'wë hyaːtodea

6. toːni amohato

26.  to:ni soto de'wë toːni amohato

7. a:kë amohato

27.  to:ni soto de'wë a:kë amohato

8. aduwaːwë amohato

28.  to:ni soto de'wë aduwaːwë amohato

9. aːkëi'chea amohato

29.  to:ni soto de'wë aːkëi'chea amohato

10. amohadë (litː ''hands'')

30.  to:ni soto de'wë amohadë

11. amohadëto de'wë toːni (hands+1)

40.  aːkë soto de'wë amohadë

12. amohadëto de'wë a:kë

50.  aːkë soto

13. amohadëto de'wë aduwaːwë

60.  aduwaːwë soto

14. amohadëto de'wë aːkëi'chea

70.  aduwaːwë soto de'wë amohadë 

15. huhatono

80.  aːkëi'chea

16. huhatono de'wë toːni amohato

90.  aːkëi'chea de'wë amohadë

17. huhatono de'wë a:kë amohato

100. hyaːtodea

18. huhatono de'wë aduwaːwë amohato

200. amohadë soto

19. huhatono de'wë aːkëi'chea amohato

 

20. to:ni soto (lit: ''one person'')

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Marie-Claude Mattéi Muller, The Central University of Venezuela (Universidad Central de Venezuela), Venezuela, August 21, 2009.

提供资的语言: Prof. Marie-Claude Mattéi Muller, 2009 年 8 月 21 .

 

Other comments: Maquiritari or Ye'kwana, Ye’cuana is spoken by approximately 6,600 speakers in Bolívar and Amazonas states: Brazilian border area on upper Auaris, Caura, Cuntinamo, Cunucunuma, Erebato, Matacuni, Padamo, mid-Paragua, and upper Ventuari rivers, Venezuela as well as Brazil. Maquiritari or Ye'kwana has a quinary-vigesimal system.

Note that: amo or amë= 'hand', amohato or amehato, -hato is a sufix. de'wë or deːwë is postposition means ''upon''. amohadëto de wë toːni is literally ''1 upon 10''. ''hu''=foot, so 15 huhatano could be refer to one foot, -no is a nomalizer. ''soto''=person. and

 ë = IPA [ə]


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