Guachi language

Guachí (Wachí) is an extinct, apparently Guaicuruan language of Argentina. It is usually classified as one of the Guaicuruan languages, but the data is insufficient to demonstrate that.[1]

Guachí
Wachí
Native toArgentina
Extinct(date missing)
Guaicuruan?
  • Eastern
    • Guachí
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qfk
Glottologguac1239[1]

Documentation

Guachi is known only from 145 words collected by Francis de Castelnau from March to early April of 1845 in the Miranda area of Argentina.[2][3]

Classification

Viegas Barros (2004) proposes that Guachi, as well as Payaguá, may be a Macro-Guaicurúan language.[3] However, Campbell (2012) classifies Guachi as a language isolate.[4]

Vocabulary

Guachi words and affixes listed in Viegas Barros (2004):[3]

no.Spanish gloss
(original)
English gloss
(translated)
Guachi
1aguawatereuak
2lagolaketawicha
3estrellastaraati
4posiblemente díaday ?aanau-, naau-
5dientetoothiava
6labioslipsiapé
7ojoeyeiataya
8cejaeyebrowiticha
9cabezaheadiotapa
10hombroshoulder-eu (< iolai-eu)
11cabellohairioatriz
12mentónchinirak
13comereatiik
14dormirsleepamma
15golpear, batirhit, beatsapak
16sentarsesit downineche
17posiblemente indígenaindigenous ?-euleuc
18hijosoninna
19dostwoeu-echo
20nonoan
21gallinahenwokaake
22pipapipeouchete
23posiblemente otra vezagain ?-way
24posiblemente negación léxicanegation ?ag-
25posiblemente posesivo de 1ª. p. sing.1.SG possessive ?i-
26posiblemente plural nominalnominal plural ?-i
27posiblemente femeninofeminine ?-jen
28lluviarainfou-é
29calorhoto-outé
30piernalegiacté
31matarkilloutei
32hambrehungryyawookta
33ancianoold manseera
34demasiadoexcessivelyeuaité
35pezfishaney
36lagartijalizardkaliske
37papagayoparrotcalicheechee
38tucántoucaniacat
39armadilloarmadillotatae sia
40sablesabernasakanate
41lunamoono-alete
42tierraearthleek
43nariznoseia-note
44piernalegiacalep
45muslothighiakamnan
46posiblemente unoone ?-kailau
47tresthreeeu-echo-kailau
48hablartalkieuech
49cansarsebecome tiredya-weul
50cocinarcookayai
51sufijo derivativo de significado posible ‘parecido a’suffix < ‘alike’ ?-tok
52caballohorseometok
53papagayo (Arara)parrot (Arara)caga
54casahousepoecha
55canoacanoenook
56fusilrifleta-ai
57maza, porraclub, bludgeonpalley
58piedrastonesitrat
59fríocoldcatate
60gargantathroatiracheu
61vientrebellyiet
62lechemilklachouway
63manohand-mason (< iolaimason)
64morderbiteapa-eu

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Guachi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Castelnau, Francis de 1850-1. Expédition dans les parties centrales de l’Amérique du Sud: de Rio de Janeiro á Lima, et de Lima au Para, executée par ordre du Gouvernement franais pendant les années 1843 á 1847. Histoire du Voyage, París: P. Bertrand, vol. 2 & 5.
  3. Viegas Barros, José Pedro. 2004. Guaicurú no, macro-Guaicurú sí: Una hipótesis sobre la clasificación de la lengua Guachí (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil). Ms. 34pp.
  4. Campbell, Lyle (2012). "Classification of the indigenous languages of South America". In Grondona, Verónica; Campbell, Lyle (eds.). The Indigenous Languages of South America. The World of Linguistics. 2. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 59–166. ISBN 978-3-11-025513-3.
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