Guinau language

Guinau is an extinct Arawakan language of Venezuela, formerly spoken along the Merevarí River, a tributary of the Caura River. It has been sometimes considered a dialect of closely related Baré. It is classified in the Rio Negro branch by Ramirez and França.

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968)

Loukotka gives the following basic vocabulary items for Guinau:

gloss	Guinau
head	in-chéue
eye	na-uízyi
hand	n-kábi
water	úne
fire	chéke
sun	gamũhũ
house	báni
tapir	zéma
maize	yúnu
one	abamédzya
two	abiamáka

Schomburgk (1848)

represent one sound.

Guinau	Gloss	Guinau	Gloss	Guinau	Gloss
nisi	hair	totoli	knee	yamkassi	forest
intshebu	head	katabu	leg	wamityo	savannah
teiburri	front	unkui	ankle	tshaeke-weima	firewood
‘nawisi	eyes	intshibe	foot	tsaba	mountain
intseibu	eyelashes	intshibihanshi	toes	tshiba	rock
intseibitzi	eyebrow	intshibi-arahu	large toe	tshimari-tshebi	bow
‘nawisi tate	eyelid	intshibi-hityu	little toe	tshimari	arrow
intshe	nose	abba	father	wataba	blowpipe
‘noma	mouth	amma	mother	hoih	war club
intariha	lips	papa aeyeweni	grandfather	makuri	poisoned arrow
‘nahae	teeth	paki homorra	grandmother	ennehri	poisoned blowdart
tashini	tongue	yaenari	son	takaru	basket for carrying burdens
‘nuabbi	neck	integh	daughter	tshachi	basket peculiar to the Guinau
kaukshi	cheeks	enari	husband¹	umatagh	pot
kakuta	chin	hennau	wife	urukuma	matappa
intsanima	beard	yiwieni	brother	manari	sieve for sifting cassava flour
‘noaku	shoulder	matyu	sister	tshiba	cassava rasp or grater
takanne	elbow	apaharikari, apaheu	man	manokanna	jaguar
inkabo-akui	wrist	arriekyebo, apahoko	woman	murayu	forest deer
inkabo	hand	emi	boy	purrika	"savannah deer"
kabhanshi	finger	hinahutyu	girl	karriaku	"smallest deer"
nabau-ita	fingernail	kati	earth	kwashi	dog
inkabo-yau	thumb	tsheke	fire	tsaema	tapir
inkabo	first finger	waenu	heaven	weiyurumish	agouti
inkabo-yetsebi	second finger	kamuhu	sun	weiyuru	laba
inkabo-metahi	third finger	kewari	moon	ontsaha	fish
inkabo-hityuna	little finger	yuwinti	stars	wamiri	cock
intana	arm	kaburitu	clouds	hinnau	hen
untoko	breast	awetshi	wind	merishi	collared peccary
undura	belly	hia	rain	kerauka	white-lipped peccary
taiïburu	navel	keimari	thunder	wuisha	calabash
‘nishinni	heart	kanhi	lightning	paru	plantain
pashita	ribs	oni	water	mekuru	banana
‘naeta	skin	arahauko	river	kantyeri	cassava
‘nuiya	blood	pani	house	tsari	cassava bread
‘naetina	flesh	moimahi	grass	teweshi	yam
‘nabi	back	tamon-hiha	tree	ka-uh	sweet potato
pashi	thigh	tamona-yeka	flower	urari	curare poison