Aroaqui language
Aroaqui is an extinct Arawakan language of Brazil that was spoken in the lower Rio [Negro |Rio Negro] region, probably on the banks of the Cuieiras [River |Cuieiras River]. Some Aroaqui groups were also located around the mouth of the Amazon River near Macapá.
Aroaqui and Parawana are closely related, and may be the same language.
Vocabulary
Aroaqui vocabulary collected by Johann Natterer in Airão:| English | Aroaqui |
| giant armadillo | aʃana |
| long-nosed armadillo | kabau |
| South American tapir | waʃapi |
| white-lipped peccary | uʃabɨ |
| collared peccary | biiʃa |
| deer | botʃu |
| jaguar | itanamale |
| cougar | witʃalaule |
| dog | juba |
| manatee | habɨna |
| duck | uluma |
| Columbidae | jakokoa |
| Cracidae | pawi |
| chicken | paikula |
| red-and-green macaw | hana |
| blue-and-yellow macaw | kaliba |
| Psittacidae | huaru |
| Psophia | kolüma |
| Tinamous | mami |
| alligator | atule |
| Chelonoidis | khooli |
| sepia-capped flycatcher | koati |
| fish | wöni |
| piraíba | polauiwa |
| redtail catfish | dumma |
| Pseudoplatystoma | kulötʃi |
| pirarucu | metauü |
| yam | dɨtʃu |
| manioc | kanöti |
| boiled and grounded manioc leaves | kabünakadi |
| mbeju | tʃüi |
| tapioca | haiwei |
| grass | kabatʃai |
| corn | kawitʃi |
| banana | awaʃi |
| tobacco | lɨbaʃada / pɨtumaʃe |
| arch | obɨduwai |
| arrow | nobɨne |
| club | khoipeda |
| witch | jadama |
| acoustic horn | nopole |
| canoe | kanoa |
| cauim | jalakö |
| demon | maiʃé |
| God + Mary, [mother of Jesus] | Kawale + Menétʃu |
| knife | malia |
| axe | tauwai |
| jug | janawi |
| Mouriri | oaʃanai |
| fishing net | amaka |