The Language of the Tacana lndians (Bolivia).
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Engl i s h
Taca na
Cav in eña
Pan o
language
ana
(word)
1ail (of animals)
in.a
lzina, xina
grandmother
ana
anu
s-anu
son
Pbacun,
ebacue.
G.
ebacua
baque
matrix
ete, etai
(house)
eltare
baquenna
nete
(child-of-house)
people
epa
cai-bo
woman
epu-na
epu-na
wasp
bia
bira
bina
louse
bia
bia
llia
mosquito
tsiu
sio
butterfly
apui
puenpue
squirrel
danapa
capa
hedgehog
ida
ixa
hiza
snail
buturu .
bulo
wax
bini
vini
bui
llower
sosa
xua
camote
xariri
cari
maize
exique
dixe
sequi
barbasco
zata
sadta
beans
xixiu
Xl/SU
to p)ant
bana, evana-xi
va, vaha
bana-qui, banei
tartago (palm)
tauadaua
tau
(Tarapoto palm)
straw, plant
eatsi
xats
huasi
to burn
xuxu
utsu
wood, forest
cuati
cuati
cara
yucca
cuabe
cuabe
atsa
l!arina
(of
man-
asa
(Moseteno)
atsa-poto
dióca)
lire
cuati
etiqui
tsi
hot
cuasi
charcoal
elide
etesi
tsiste
trunk, tree
aqui
ecui, acui
huihi
ashes
etimu
tsim
tsimapu
i lame
si-cue
xuxu
utsu
moon
balri
badi
usi
sun
i¡etii
ixeti
bari
heaven
bare-pa
nai-cu
rain
nai
nei
nai-butsi-qui
air
naixe
(Moseteoo)
arrow
pisa-pisa
pia, pixda
pitsa, piia
(Jaunávo)
bow
pisa-tsue
pía
(Maxuruha)
to measure
tupu-ha
tupun-qui
measure
_tupu-na
enou~h
tupu
(
Moseteno)
liquid (water)
ena
ena
enne
milk
suma-enne
honey
quasa-ena, cf.
bee
bui-enne, cf.
wax
river
ena
ena
gene
border
ena-xe
gene-quesa
beach
ena-maxe,
cf.
tsq-
masi, patsi
maxe-xe
·rivulet
ena-baque
(river-
son)