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The Language of the Tacana lndians (Bolivia).

113

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)