Zamponi (2003)
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Lexicon of Betoi compiled by Zamponi (2003) from various sources:[1]
| English gloss |
Betoi |
Notes
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| earth (soil) |
dafibú, umena |
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| country |
ajabó |
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| sky |
teo-tucu |
lit. ‘house of the sun’
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| sun |
teo, theo, teo-umasoi |
lit. ‘sun-man’
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| moon |
teó-ro |
lit. ‘sun-woman’
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| star |
silicó |
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| Pleiades |
ucasú, ocasú |
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| wind |
fafuala |
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| lightning |
buní |
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| rain |
ofacú |
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| water |
ocú, ocudú, oculiba |
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| lake |
ocú |
= ‘water’
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| stone |
inakí |
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| fire |
fútui, futuit |
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| day |
munitá |
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| month |
teo-ró |
= ‘moon’
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| year |
ucasú, ocasú |
= ‘Pleiades’
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| living being (animal, rational being) |
ubad-, sg. ubadoi, pl. ubadola |
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| man |
humas-, umas-, sg. humasoi, pl. humasola |
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| woman |
ro, pl. roducajaná |
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| monkey |
sorroy |
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| jaguar |
ufi |
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| bird |
cosiú, cusí |
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| duck |
cuiviví |
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| hen |
focará |
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| k.o. mosquito |
sumí |
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| fish |
dujiduca |
duca may be the demonstrative enclitic ‘this’
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| ants (collective) |
irruqui |
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| cock |
toteleló |
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| honey |
alalaba |
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| forest |
quaja, ucaca-ajabo |
ajabo = ‘country’
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| polypody (k.o. fern) |
sorroy umucosó |
lit. ‘hand of monkey’
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| maize |
romú |
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| body |
ejebosi |
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| head |
osacá |
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| hair |
ubuca |
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| forehead |
afubá |
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| face |
afucá |
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| eye |
ufonibá |
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| nose |
iusaca |
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| mouth |
afubó |
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| lip |
afubé |
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| tooth |
oxoki |
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| tongue |
inecá |
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| throat |
emalafadá |
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| arm |
dafucá |
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| hand |
umucosó, umocoso |
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| finger |
umucurrú |
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| leg, foot |
emocá |
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| thigh |
uduba |
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| heart |
ijiba |
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| belly |
utucú |
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| shoulder |
telisá |
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| father |
babí, babbí |
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| mother |
mamá |
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| ancestors |
ojabolá |
pl.
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| house |
tucú, pl. tucujaná |
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| road |
maná |
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| needs (requirements) |
duiji |
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| spirit, devil |
memelú |
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| God |
Diosó |
< Spanish Dios
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| Father, missionary |
Babí |
= ‘father’
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| devil |
memelú-fofei |
lit. ‘bad spirit’
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| will |
ojaca, ajaca |
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| English gloss |
Betoi |
Notes
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| advise |
babasa-, o- -eba |
-eba = ‘make, do’
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| assail |
rolea- |
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| bathe |
do- |
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| be (location verb (?) and auxiliary) |
-u |
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| be (copula) |
aj- |
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| be dismayed (or astonished) |
ijuca- -uma |
Italian: ‘essere sbigottito’
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| be good |
mamiaj- |
mamí = ‘well’
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| be not (copula and auxiliary) |
re- (sg.) ~ ref- (pl.) |
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| be obedient |
obai- -omucaaj- |
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| be pitiful |
dusucaaj- |
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| bum |
fafole- |
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| call |
cofa- |
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| come |
-usa |
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| deceive |
-olea, -oloa |
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| die |
-iju, rijubi- |
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| fill |
anu- -eba |
-eba = ‘make, do’
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| forgive |
-usuca |
= ‘pay’
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| give |
-umua |
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| go |
-anu |
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| help |
-ausu |
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| illuminate |
tulu- -eba |
-eba = ‘make, do’
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| look for |
be-, cula- -atu |
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| make, do |
-ebá, sa- |
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| I must beat you |
robarriabarrarráácajú |
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| pay |
-usuca |
= ‘forgive’
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| don’t permit |
jitebometú |
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| prevent |
tu- |
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| revere |
-omea |
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| speak, say |
faá- |
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| steal |
rááquirra- |
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| take away |
cumi- |
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| take care of |
-inefá |
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| think |
o- -acaa |
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| English gloss |
Betoi |
Notes
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| beforehand |
umarrá |
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| now |
maidacasí |
maida ‘today’
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| soon, already |
maydaytú, maydaitú |
maida ‘today’
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| afterwards, later |
lojenuma |
numa may be the root ‘all’
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| yesterday |
vita |
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| today |
maidda, maida |
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| another time |
jajamú |
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| there |
fá |
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| down |
umenanú |
= ‘on earth’
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| everywhere |
ubujenuma |
numa may be the root ‘all’
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| where |
día |
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| from where |
diatú |
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| well |
mamí |
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| little by little |
caibanú |
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| casually |
foirreojanudá |
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| so |
mai, may |
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| little, a bit |
bijeasi |
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| sufficiently |
fedanú |
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| how |
day |
= ‘what, ?how much’
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| very |
naisú |
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Pronouns
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| English gloss |
Betoi |
Notes
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| I |
rau |
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| you (sg.) |
uju |
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| he, she, it |
yairi |
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| we |
raufisucá |
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| you (pl.) |
ujurrola |
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| they |
yarola |
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| this one (m.) |
irrí |
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| this one (f.) |
iú |
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| this one (n.) |
ijé |
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| the same one |
oanú |
= ‘as’
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| who (sg. m.) (interrogative and relative) |
madoi |
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| who (sg. f.) (interrogative and relative) |
mado |
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| what, which, that (sg. n.) (interrogative and relative) |
majaduca |
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| what |
day |
= ‘how, ?how much’
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Other parts of speech
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| English gloss |
Betoi |
Notes
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| this |
-ducá |
demonstrative clitic?
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| white |
cocosiajo |
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| sweet |
olisa |
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| bad |
fofei, fofej, fofey |
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| wise, prudent |
culasa |
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| other |
ed-, sg. edoi, pl. edolatu |
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| next, coming |
edasu |
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| one |
edojojoi |
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| two |
edoi |
= ‘other’
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| three |
ibutú |
= ‘and’
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| four |
ibutú-edojojoi |
lit. ‘and/three one’
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| five |
rumucoso |
lit. ‘my hand’
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| many |
maitolá |
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| all |
-numa, sg. bagenuma, pl. bolanuma |
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| how much |
daitolá |
pl.
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| above |
ubo |
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| inside |
toli |
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| and |
ibutú |
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| but |
uita |
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| because |
day |
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| as |
oanu |
= ‘the same one’
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| no |
ebamucá |
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| true! |
tugaday |
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| how did this happen? |
day día qué |
day = ‘what, how, ?how much’; día ‘where’, -qué = ‘interrogative’
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| excl. of wonder |
ayaddi |
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| excl. of admiration |
ódique |
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| excl. of desire and uncertainty |
odijá |
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| excl. of fear |
odifarracá |
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| excl. of grief |
ai asidí |
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| interrogative marker |
-qué |
day = ‘what, how, ?how much’; -qué = ‘interrogative’
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| tag-question marker |
dayqué |
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| moreover |
farrocafada, farrocafeda |
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References
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- ^ Zamponi, Raoul. 2003. Betoi. Languages of the World, 428. München: Lincom Europa.
