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]
Documentation
Guachi is known only from 145 words collected by Francis de Castelnau from March to early April 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 1 agua water euak 2 lago lake tawicha 3 estrella star aati 4 posiblemente día day ? aanau-, naau- 5 diente tooth iava 6 labios lips iapé 7 ojo eye iataya 8 ceja eyebrow iticha 9 cabeza head iotapa 10 hombro shoulder -eu (< iolai-eu) 11 cabello hair ioatriz 12 mentón chin irak 13 comer eat iik 14 dormir sleep amma 15 golpear, batir hit, beat sapak 16 sentarse sit down ineche 17 posiblemente indígena indigenous ? -euleuc 18 hijo son inna 19 dos two eu-echo 20 no no an 21 gallina hen wokaake 22 pipa pipe ouchete 23 posiblemente otra vez again ? -way 24 posiblemente negación léxica negation ? ag- 25 posiblemente posesivo de 1ª. p. sing. 1.SG possessive ? i- 26 posiblemente plural nominal nominal plural ? -i 27 posiblemente femenino feminine ? -jen 28 lluvia rain fou-é 29 calor hot o-outé 30 pierna leg iacté 31 matar kill outei 32 hambre hungry yawookta 33 anciano old man seera 34 demasiado excessively euaité 35 pez fish aney 36 lagartija lizard kaliske 37 papagayo parrot calicheechee 38 tucán toucan iacat 39 armadillo armadillo tatae sia 40 sable saber nasakanate 41 luna moon o-alete 42 tierra earth leek 43 nariz nose ia-note 44 pierna leg iacalep 45 muslo thigh iakamnan 46 posiblemente uno one ? -kailau 47 tres three eu-echo-kailau 48 hablar talk ieuech 49 cansarse become tired ya-weul 50 cocinar cook ayai 51 sufijo derivativo de significado posible ‘parecido a’ suffix < ‘alike’ ? -tok 52 caballo horse ometok 53 papagayo (Arara) parrot (Arara) caga 54 casa house poecha 55 canoa canoe nook 56 fusil rifle ta-ai 57 maza, porra club, bludgeon palley 58 piedra stone sitrat 59 frío cold catate 60 garganta throat iracheu 61 vientre belly iet 62 leche milk lachouway 63 mano hand -mason (< iolaimason) 64 morder bite apa-eu
References
Wiktionary has a word list at Appendix:Guachi word list
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Guachi". Glottolog 4.3.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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. Vol. 2. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 59–166. ISBN 978-3-11-025513-3.
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