mato

cassava dough (resulted from grating and washing the cassava).


maru

Ijimʉ moare ãñʉ maru, ãmeno nʉcʉyʉme.

If the patient eats fish, he will get worse.


jau

Yavimi jarayʉ jau aiyame.


muja

red dye (from the cooked leaves of the mujamu vine, to paint the body and some crafts and musical instruments).


maquinó

Maje cʉ̃rami maquinó ðacʉyume jipacʉ.


chomo

sound made by throwing something into water.


põecʉ

head

põecʉ m (plural põeva, feminine põeco, feminine plural põenomiva)

põeva (plural)
põeco (feminine)
põenomiva (feminine plural)

põecʉ ʉ̃i baju bácarõ.

põeva caipʉ̃cajĩna.


põenomiva

[põˈẽnõmĩw̃ã]


ãða

From ã + -ða (“classifier for concave objects”).


abeyʉ

Jʉeðova jʉtʉrare abeðama.
The children are eating the fariña by the handful.


joroðayʉ

Jipocamia ñʉje nomiva joroðaima.

In the past our women made clay appliances.


abayʉ

Yavimi ababi mʉre.


abitacʉ

loquat tree, gum tree (Achras zapota L.)


cojʉjovayʉ

Jʉeðocʉ oyʉre teiyabeare jíni cojʉjovabi.

He made a crying child stop crying by giving them candy.

pacify, calm (pains, storms, fights, but not wars).

Veavʉare jatʉóiye báquede cojʉjovabico.


curuca

catumare, catarijana (it has three sides and is tied at the back).


joyʉ

Ʉ̃ jorĩ jajovayʉbe.

float (swimming or sitting in a floating canoe).


coðaivʉ

Pẽoibʉ coðavʉ.

go out, turn off (for candles, lamps, engines, recorders, stoves)


abiácocʉ

head

abiácocʉ m (plural abiácova, feminine abiácoco, feminine plural abiácorõmiva)

abiácova (plural)
abiácoco (feminine)
abiácorõmiva (feminine plural)


obedinʉñʉ

Ãvʉé yainí, caivʉ obedinʉimaða.

They say that when they were hungry everyone moved at the same time.


abitacũaðo

Eriobotrya japonica
Eriobotrya japonica#Translingual

heart of the loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica) (used to make the columns of the house and the arches).


vaibocomivʉyocʉ

vaibocomivʉyocʉ m (plural vaibocomivʉyova or vaivʉyova)

vaibocomivʉyova (plural)
vaivʉyova (plural)


túrubo

a certain planted bush (several species, some are used to poison and others to cure).


bajuteivʉ

Buraino mácarõ bajutevʉ yʉre.


évañʉ

Pambil palm, of species Iriartea deltoidea


chĩteñʉ

/t͡ʃĩˈtejɨ̃/

Ʉ̃ cʉ̃rabore chĩtemi jãðoidʉque.
He broke the stone with a mallet.

mash, crush, crumble (can be done with cassava, seeds, fish, stones, soil and fruits).


buʉcõpiyo

Gnathodolus bidens, a species of headstander fish.


javecarõ

Javecacũmu jiaðocũ.

old (in the sense of the opposite of new, not the opposite of young).


ácʉ

Ácʉ ʉ̃mʉ páyʉ quéda jẽniari jã́ri oabe bajuta teimaða; pare bojecʉteavʉ̃ die neo.

They say that no man could get gasoline because it was very expensive.


dureyʉ

Yópe cʉiba durejaco.

Muturu ãmeteiye boje durecʉyʉme.

Because the engine doesn't work he is going to break it down.


cʉreyʉ

Cʉiba doarĩ cʉrevʉ yʉ.


ẽtabeibo

ẽtabeibo m (plural ẽtabeiva, feminine ẽtabeico)

rat, mouse (medium; dark brown head, back, and tail, white stomach; lives in houses)


vaivéyʉ

Poðare vaivéðobe.


ṍremamajiñʉ

banana shoot, plantain shoot (for sowing).


Ĩ́parari

Santa Cruz de Guadacapurí (Vaupés) (proper name; traditional birthplace for the Cubeos).


jatayʉ

Jiare jatajacʉ jiaðocũque.


coboivʉ

Ʉjʉrʉ̃mʉ vea coboiyavʉ̃.

mature, ripen (of grains: corn, rice, barley, wheat and similar things).


biacobe

mound of earth (gradually accumulated around the base of chili bushes).


mácatoabʉ

inedible ant (stings with its tail; medium; black; they live in pairs in the jungle in little holes they make in the ground; they eat spiders and crickets).


jãpiáñʉ

Pichana ãinore jecʉcʉ jãpiámi yʉre.

The cat who is stingy with his food scratched me.


macaãicʉ

a snake of genus Eunectes (long and large; stained brown and dirty white; lives mostly in the mountains; when it goes down to a river it is dangerous).


cãrurʉacʉ

/kãˈɾuɾɨakɨ/

tree (large with medium leaves and scaly stick; the shell is used to make cargoes).


nariáyabe

fruit of the nariácʉ tree (small with a little tail; medium hard and green shell that turns brown when ripe; the flesh is light brown and eaten raw).


jãpiápañʉ

Pare ãcʉrini cṹcorovare jãpiápañʉme ʉ̃.

He scratches a lot where his chilblains itched.


mʉvañʉ

Ʉ̃mʉcajaraðore mʉvavʉ.

to lift, to raise, to carry up, make rise (as in lifting an antenna or a rat carrying pieces of cloth to its nest in the roof).


yayʉjovacʉ

Cajedocʉ yayʉjovabi.

to be very ugly, unpleasant, smelly, dirty or terrible.


cũavicʉ

cũavicʉ m (plural cũaviva or cũavibocomiva)

termites (small; light gray; lives well inside the sticks of any dry tree; eats hard wood from the jungle and houses; makes its hard nest inside the ground).


jajʉóyʉ

Jʉtʉra jajʉóðobe õ.

sift (of flour so to remove the core of the cassava).


ãcʉriojʉmecarʉ

ãcʉriojʉmecarʉ (plural ãcʉriojʉmecarʉa or ãcʉriojomecarʉa)

ãcʉriojʉmecarʉa (plural)
ãcʉriojomecarʉa (plural)

fruit of the ãcʉriojʉmecacʉ tree (small like coffee seed; black; eaten by several birds).


Cʉ̃rapicomu

Mandi (name of a place by the Vaupes river, lit. stone-tail).


mujaðayʉ

Jʉeðojĩnare mujaðaibico népaco jioi ne nʉrajiye jipocai.

The mother paints her little children with red dye before taking them to the farm.


coyʉmʉ

brother-in-law (the brother of one's wife and the husband of a man's sister, only used by men)


dápuacʉ

tree (large with medium leaves; used to make boards).


cõjeipõecʉ

cõjeipõecʉ m (plural cõjeipõeva, feminine cõjeipõeco, feminine plural cõjeipõenomiva)

cõjeipõeva (plural)
cõjeipõeco (feminine)
cõjeipõenomiva (feminine plural)


cõchino

Ʉ̃i cʉ̃rami cõchino jiai cʉvʉ.


cõmovejicʉ

mosquito (small; black; stinging; comes out early in the morning, between 5:30 and 8:30 and late in the afternoon, between 4:30 and dusk and sometimes at night when the moon shines).


ẽmeóvañʉ

Òrecũare burarĩ bʉojarĩ, ẽmeóvami ʉ̃.

He put down the bunch of bananas after cutting it.


abujubiacacʉ

wasp of genus Polistes (medium; black; very brave; makes its nest close to the ground)


caðai

Cʉ̃rami caðai jápurama yaviva ñamine.

At night you can hear jaguars near the house.


boabéjevʉ

boabéjevʉ m (plural boabéjevʉva, feminine boabéjevʉco)

boabéjevʉva (plural)
boabéjevʉco (feminine)

Bucco capensis (collared puffbird), a species of bird (medium; black with white stomach; perched seems lazy or sleepy).


apeida

Cójijiniburu yóboi, apeida dápiavʉ yʉ.

After the meeting I thought differently.


cójʉjeovayʉ

Muiñucarʉre cójʉjeovacʉbe ũmu.

Evidently the green conoto made the cumare thread tangled.


jedevacobe

entrance, portal (the opening and not the door itself).


ʉrajipobʉ

trumpet of the ancestors (name of an ancestor; ceremonial use, women and children cannot look at it or they will get sick and eat dirt).


ẽpamuuchicʉ

ẽpamuuchicʉ m (plural ẽpamuuchiva or ẽpamuva)

wasp (large; black head, yellow and black striped body, transparent wings; lives in a hole made in the beach).


tubacʉ

Ãcabo cavabʉi cãri tubacʉbe.

The mountain redfish rests asleep on a branch.

to perch, to sit (generally of birds and animals; humans in special cases).


tubacʉ

Tãramacũre tubabeima nomiva.

carry, use, put on (of a crown or a headdress).


javateyʉ

Javateyʉbe quĩ́jinora cãrijini dápiayʉ.

He feeds himself a little eagerly thinking about doing something.


jiabuchicʉ

leech (aquatic; long, skinny; black; attacks turtles).


pipeibʉ

pot (ceramic into which drips fall when squeezing and washing cassava).


jãmʉóñʉ

/xãbɨ̃ˈojɨ̃/

Bueipõeva madera jãmʉóivʉbu jabʉóvaijãravʉre.


oejĩñʉ

Pare oejĩvʉ yʉ didoáre.

to feel sorry, to feel disappointment (such as losing your shoes, a big fish, or a loved one)


duivʉ

Yavimi parayʉre mamʉrʉa durĩ coedavavʉya.

They say that when the umaris fell because of their own weight they woke up the dog.


jãðatʉyʉ

Õ naðañʉre jãðatʉbico.


cãreja

Apeno ĩmarocavʉ dabeteimaða cãreja.

They say that the people from the other community have not arrived yet.


numejarabo

cigar holder (ceremonial; used by men; forked at one end to hold the cigar and pointed at the other to leave it upright on the floor of the house; not used now).


máre

Yʉ́ máre nʉñʉmu.


popovayʉ

Popovaivʉ pãucʉ yacʉricʉre.


yʉ́cacʉ

yʉ́cacʉ m (plural yʉ́cavʉ, feminine yʉ́caco)

my partner, my helper, my worker (any person who is a good partner, not a relative, someone's helper or worker).


mamayaboivʉ

Marzo baji mamayaboiyavʉ̃ Ijiyare.
In March the rivers rise for the first time in the Vaupés.

to flood, to raise the water level (for the first time).


chimaco

chimaco (plural chimaromiva or chimapõenomiva)

chimaromiva (plural)
chimapõenomiva (plural)


yʉrʉvedʉ

yʉrʉvedʉ m (plural yʉrʉveva, feminine yʉrʉveco)

swallow (Cypseloides spp., Streptoprocne zonaris, Aeronautes montivagus, Panyptila cayennensis, Reinarda squamata, Micropanyptila furcata, Neochelidon tibalis griseiventris, Notiochelidon spp., Atticora spp., Progne spp.).


jureboco

Leptotila verreauxi
Leptotila verreauxi#Translingual

Leptotila rufaxilla
Leptotila rufaxilla#Translingual

grey-fronted dove (Leptotila verreauxi, Leptotila rufaxilla)


dʉreyʉ

Yavimine jobore dʉrevʉ.


abujumujariyocʉ

Bixa orellana
Bixa orellana#Translingual

achiote tree (it has very hard wood; it is used to make oars) (Bixa orellana)


Jayuyaijichidʉ

Puerto Casanare (place near Cuduyarí, lit. wrapped in leaves)


dapuyʉ

Ũcuiye ũcuñʉ mácʉ upiáe dapuyʉbe ʉ̃.

The one who drank chicha exhales a sour smell.


jãjacocʉ

inedible ant (brave, bites; small; gray; they eat what they find in the bush)


cʉipũñuabo

quiñapira, spicy sauce (manioc leaves chopped or grated in water with chili and salt)


pũimicʉ

pũimicʉ m (plural pũimiva, feminine pũimico, feminine plural pũiminomiva)

pũimiva (plural)
pũimico (feminine)
pũiminomiva (feminine plural)


juyʉ

Borica doriñʉre jurãjarama.
The guaracúes are going to enter the trap.


jitajupicʉ

inedible caterpillar (large; gray; smooth; large beak and eyes; they live alone in reservoirs; they fall into the water to hide if people approach)


Boricajiacʉporʉ

San Javier (name of a place near Cuduyarí, lit. mouth of the guaracú river)


cõjamʉarʉ

larva (large; dark brown; eaten roasted)


cʉ̃rarubʉ

/kɨ̃ˈɾaɾubɨ/

fruit of the cʉ̃rarucʉ tree (brown; a hole is left when the seed falls; people do not eat it but some animals do)


abujucʉitẽmutarabʉ

abujucʉitẽmutarabʉ m (plural abujucʉitẽmutarabʉa)

inedible caterpillar (of various sizes; of various colors, some striped; smooth; walks jumping; some people think that if they let it walk on their fingers it will make it easier for them to play the guitar or use a typewriter)


cõjʉñoñʉ

/kõˈxɨjõjɨ̃/

Parituyo ẽnuyo bácarõre cõjʉñoino mávʉ, pẽorajiye jipocai.

Using a wet match, rub it in your hands before lighting.


dárãicʉ

Syntermes molestus, a species of termites (edible; medium; reddish with shiny head; has teeth and bites; found in the Querarí and Isana rivers but not in the Cuduyarí and Vaupés rivers; eats leaves and soil)


pẽpejeñʉ

Pãucʉre pẽpejevʉ.

to fold (of clothes, hammocks, blankets, paper)


juayʉ

Jiobare juavʉ.


pẽvañʉ

Ʉ̃ jiaðocũre pẽvañʉme.
He crushes the canoe.

Ãðamateivʉ pẽvaðama na.

pẽvari yajuidʉ


jiaðavimeneme

guaba (short and thin; it has a shell with short red hairs, edible)


docʉmijimu

yage, banisterium (used to prepare a hallucinatory drink)


cocorovayʉ

Uchicʉ cocorovabi yʉre.


jõmʉcaca

tuber (medium; white; cooked to eat or make chicha)


jurajẽoñʉ

Jurajẽorama cʉ̃́va.


javeyʉ

Ijimarare javeðaima na.


jẽoñʉ

Chĩ́nabojʉare jẽoivʉbu.

to add, to tie, to hang (e.g., tying straw to the roof of the house or a beam to a stick).

Cuitótecajede jẽomico.


yíruco

a species of cricket (sings during the day saying: yi-yi-yi)


cõmiávarʉ

cõmiávarʉ m (plural cõmiávava or cõmióvaiva)

sardine (several species), such as Seichonodon insignis, Tetragonopterus argenteus


tʉyʉyʉco

frog (scientifically it is a frog, but the Cubeans consider it a toad; they do not eat it; very small; white; when the rivers rise it sings whistling and saying: tʉ́yʉyʉyʉ-tʉ́yʉyʉyʉ)


cabocõe

cabocõe m (plural cabocõeva, feminine cabocõeco)


ũmetʉyʉ

“Mi cʉbobare burarĩ jarʉvaiye jaʉvʉ”, jʉoipõecʉ ʉ̃i aiyede ãðai cũimʉ mácʉre, ũmetʉavʉ̃ya ʉ̃́re.

They say that when the doctor told him that he would have to amputate his foot because of the snake bite, he became depressed.


ẽmʉñʉ

Jia yaborĩ ẽmʉvʉ, earãjivʉ jívacʉi cʉ̃rami.

We climbed over the flooded part to reach my son-in-law's house.


doayʉ

Õ jʉoiyede doarĩ me majicobe ãmuvede, tõarʉre máre.

She knows well how to give injections in both the arm and the buttock.

to puncture, to inject (puncture with a needle, a thorn or similar).

Camichare doajaco míyocʉre.


doayʉ

Cʉibare doabico.


ẽmimoeporʉ

ẽmimoeporʉ (plural ẽmimoeporʉa or ẽmimueporʉa)

ẽmimoeporʉa (plural)
ẽmimueporʉa (plural)


aipinʉmʉ

Aipinʉmʉ ji dainʉmʉ dacʉyʉmu yʉ.

Aipinʉmʉ dabecʉbu yʉ.

¿Aipinʉmʉ

whenever (it works as adv. temp.; with v. interrogation it implies that the action is not going to occur; with v. neg. it means “never”)


cõrepipicacʉ

cõrepipicacʉ m (plural cõrepipicava or cõrepipiva)

cõrepipicava (plural)
cõrepipiva (plural)

inedible ant (brave, bites; small; light brown; they walk in groups, live in a little hole in the ground, eat what they find in the mountains and the pulp of sugar cane)


coreipõecʉ

coreipõecʉ m (plural coreipõeva, feminine coreipõeco, feminine plural coreipõenomiva)

coreipõeva (plural)
coreipõeco (feminine)
coreipõenomiva (feminine plural)


yavicõreco

striped-bearded royal woodpecker
striped-bearded royal woodpecker

striped-bearded royal woodpecker. Dryocopus lineatus


cõpijeðovʉyocʉ

cõpijeðovʉyocʉ m (plural cõpijeðovʉyova)


mecacʉ

Pĩcocʉ mecacʉre ãiyʉrivʉbu ñʉja.

soft, smooth, flexible (used for solid foods)


mecacʉ

Moacʉ mecatebi.


dátajĩbʉ

dátajĩbʉ (plural dátajĩbʉa or rátajĩbʉa)


ñʉjacacʉ

ñʉjacacʉ m (plural ñʉjacavʉ, feminine ñʉjacaco)

our companion, our helper, our worker (any person who is a good companion, not a relative, someone's helper or worker)


toabʉ

blight (piece of burnt wood, it does not matter if it has gone out or if it still glows)


quĩ́jico

Cáyujĩco quĩ́jico báco yaibícoða.


ṍcacʉ

her companion, her helper, her worker (any person who is a good companion, not a relative, someone's helper or worker)Ǒ


vaʉváuchibo

vaʉváuchibo (plural vaʉváuchiboa or vaʉváboa)

vaʉváva wasp nest (closed; large; sits on top of a very high branch and has the entrance above; made from parts of dry trees mixed with their saliva).


ʉcʉ

Yʉre yapibʉ ijié boje ãinore ʉbevʉ.

I don't want food because my stomach hurts.


toivayʉ

Cʉ̃rami jʉribare toivacʉñʉmu.

I'm going to paint the front wall of the house.


toivayʉ

Paperayocare jipacʉre toivavʉ yʉ.


yocameacʉ

wasp (small; white; makes its nest attached to the underside of tree leaves; it does so with rotten wood mixed with its saliva; it is very thin and breaks easily).


ñavañʉ

Ji borojapiaibore ñavaquemavʉ.


jedevai

Cʉ̃rami jedevai jʉeðova yajuivʉbu.

The children are playing outside the house.


boropateyʉ

Ocore boropateibi ʉ̃́cachĩa.

It's going to rain, but you don't pay attention and you get wet.

Yavimi moare ãiyede mímacʉ boropateibi, cʉ̃ramine ʉ̃i biebe boje.

Your son is to blame for the dog eating the fish, because he didn't close the door.


boabéãcʉriocʉ

inedible caterpillar (medium; white and gray striped; hairy; they live in large groups, during the day they are on the sticks of the tree of the same name, at night they climb to eat the leaves; their hair makes people scratch).


boabéãcʉriocʉ

tree (large and tall with medium leaves; from the jungle).


toavaridoacʉ

toavaridoacʉ m (plural toavaridoava, feminine toavaridoaco)

toavaridoava (plural)
toavaridoaco (feminine)


cainainu

Cainainu moa boarã́nʉivʉbu.


nacajañʉ

“Ecojacʉ” arĩ, nacajari nʉri, ñʉaca davavʉ.

Telling him “Go on,” I stood up and brought a bench.


cajedojãravʉ

short summer (functions as adv. temp.; July and August, when caterpillars are born, grow and change into butterflies and moths).


paivʉ

Vaibó diyare jocʉcʉa paivʉ.


meajojayʉ

Nomiva meajojarãnʉivʉbu macarõi.

The women go to the mountains to remove ants from their nests.

to remove ants (use a long grass stalk to remove ants from their nests)


jãñʉvañʉ

Jãñʉvaivʉ abucuyare yaimeque.
I'm girding a balay with rattan.


joabeda

Jia joabeda ĩmaro cʉvʉ.


macajitapatu

macajitapatu m (plural macajitapatuva, feminine macajitapatuco)

macajitapatuva (plural)
macajitapatuco (feminine)


mavañʉ

Yaiyʉ́ bácʉre mavarama na.

Evidently they brought the dead man along the trail.

to bring, to carry (going up a trail or from a port).


Ʉ̃mʉcacʉ

/ɨ̃ˈbɨ̃kakɨ/


tóroðayʉ

Õ pecare jevarĩburu yóbo tóroðabico.

She made a bundle of firewood after collecting it.

to bundle (to tie a bundle, make a bundle of something).


bʉbʉmenecʉ

guamo (thin and not very tall with medium-sized leaves; grows in reservoirs)


buʉcõjañʉ

small ivacava palm, small seje palm (without trunk, without thorns)


jacoyʉyʉ

Bʉcʉva jacoyʉbema ñʉjare cãreja.


cõriámijido

cõriámijido m (plural cõriámijina, feminine cõriámijico)

cõriámijina (plural)
cõriámijico (feminine)


vʉ̃tʉivʉ

Tuipãva vʉ̃tʉrebu.


tẽumacʉ

tẽumacʉ m (plural tẽumara, feminine tẽumaco, feminine plural tẽumaromiva)

tẽumara (plural)
tẽumaco (feminine)
tẽumaromiva (feminine plural)


jaijacoyʉ

Jíyocʉmaque jaijacorãjivʉbu.

My younger brother and I are going rope fishing for bass.


bʉcʉjĩcʉ

bʉcʉjĩcʉ m (plural bʉcʉjĩna, feminine bʉcʉjĩco)


ñamimeavichicʉ

ñamimeavichicʉ m (plural ñamimeavichiva)


ʉjʉyororʉ

/ɨˈxɨjoɾoɾɨ/


pacoteyʉ

Uparĩ pacotequemavʉ.

When they danced they evidently got drunk.


ijibejarayʉ

Ʉ̃i carovede ji jarʉvaiye báque boje ijibejarabi yʉre jipacʉ.

My father scolded me without being angry because I lost his machete.


jinitʉyʉ

Ĩmarore churarva jinitʉyama.


vẽmo

sister-in-law (the sister of one's husband and the wife of a woman's brother, only used by women)


cʉ̃ramitõbʉ

/kɨ̃ˈɾabĩtõbɨ/


ʉ̃roteyʉ

Yavimi mácʉ ʉ̃rotebi jiai.


bʉ́rĩ

¿Mʉ bʉ́rĩ aipe tecʉyʉrʉ̃?

emphasizes interrogative subject pronoun (used in conversation, indicates that the first person assumes an action and the second person responds with the action they are planning or doing).


vecomuiyoca

leaf of a certain palm (used to make roofs)


pʉrʉbʉoyʉ

/pɨˈɾɨbɨojɨ/

Torojʉve teinʉmʉ bojʉvʉ pʉrʉbʉoðaima.

Young people usually get married on holidays.

to marry (lit.: hand-tying; a non-indigenous ceremony that legalizes marriage; usually done in a church).


ñóvañʉ

Mi edaquiye jipoca nópe ñóvavʉ yʉ.

Before you arrived I dreamed of your arrival.


ãcapoico

ãcapoico f (plural ãcapoiva, masculine ãcapoicʉ)

bird (brown; two species, large and small; eats worms and insects)


yaricʉ

Bue yaricʉre jẽni jã́vʉ yʉ cuyayʉ.


yaricʉ

Bórarʉ yarivʉ yʉre. Jẽmevʉ yʉ.


dupinʉñʉ

Jocʉcʉa jẽneboi dupinʉcʉbe taque.

Evidently the capuchin monkey went to hide among the trees.


cojayʉ

Maje ãriburu yóboi, cojaivʉbu.

After eating, we rinse our mouths and wash our hands.


põeivʉ

Dibʉ põevʉ́.

to overflow (a container with water, oil, or other liquid).


yuicʉ

a man's cross nephew (the son of a man's sister, only used by men)


yuyaiba

door (made of palm mats ( ñópo / pĩpi and yapo are preferred) tied with vines and hinged from above, raised and tied during the day, lowered at night).


abujutataroco

abujutataroco f (plural abujutatarova or abujuva)

black devil butterfly of family Morphidae, Morpho neoptolemus


coenórupacʉ

waracapu tree (large with small leaves, used to make the columns of houses and stakes for fences)


miaino

Òrecũ miaicũre buracacʉ yʉ.

ripe (of certain fruits that turn yellow when ripe).


jújijacoyʉ

Jíyocʉmaque jújijacorãjivʉbu.

My younger brother and I are going to fish for calochi with nylon.


ẽ́ñʉ

Õi ãmuve aru pẽ́vai ẽ́quemavʉ.

Evidently she burned her arm and the side of her face.


abucuya

flat basket (to place the cassava tubers after peeling them and also after making the casabe to serve it)


pĩapóico

pĩapóico f (plural pĩapóiva, masculine pĩapóicʉ)

silver-throated manakin. Heterocercus flavivertex


parave

pike characin Acestrorhynchus microlepis


cojejeyʉ

¿Pedicore cojejecoðoba õ?

cool (of a liquid, manicure or other hot liquids, by removing a little and pouring it back into the container, repetition of the action indicated by the repeated syllable)


jatʉtovayʉ

Moacaðavare jatʉtovacʉbe jipacʉ.

My father evidently put the firewood under the fish trellis.

Moacaðavare jatʉtobico jimamico.

My older sister put the firewood under the fish trellis.

to move pieces of firewood when the fire is lowered (usually long pieces of firewood are placed in a star shape coming out of the fire that are used for cooking or to heat the house during the night)


jiocuyʉ

Jipaco jiocuyo báco nainúta edabico.

My mother arrived late from working on the farm.


cũinácʉ

Cũinácʉ batebí nʉñʉ.


ũmu

green conoto (a favorite of shamans; historically they kept them and removed the yellow tail feathers to use in ceremonies). Psarocolius viridis


jiamatocʉ

tree (large with medium leaves; sometimes used to make boards)


meaoðorʉ

meaoðorʉ m (plural meaoðova, feminine meaoðoco)

bat (medium; non-venomous; eats insects at night). Barbastella


matʉivʉ

Cõaiñʉaque õi jatʉóiye moa matʉvʉ̃́ya.

They say that the pots she cooked with only had fish.

to be complete (all of the same kind, not mixed).


míjido

míjido m (plural míjina, feminine míjico)


jedoco

Yacaco jedocore jẽvʉ yʉ.


jápuracʉ

Pérererere cʉ́rʉrʉrʉrʉ, jápuracʉnʉiyavʉ õpotʉino.

Vʉicũ joai jápuravʉ aru míjicʉ caðajĩe jápurabi.

A plane sounds in the distance and a bird sounds nearby.

to make noise, to sound (of the noise itself).


jaiyʉ́

Tʉ̃recajede jainí cuyacʉñʉme ʉ̃.

Throwing a towel over his shoulder he goes to take a bath.

to throw some cloth over your shoulder, place some cloth over your hand (clothes, a towel, a blanket or similar things).


vãreñʉ

Vãreimi tãuyore, diyore ĩcʉyʉ.

He is turning the lace around to get it out.

to spin, to turn with a crank, to shake (such as a pole so that it comes out of the ground)


decoĩñʉ

Mʉre decoĩyʉvʉ yʉ.

to take a photo (lit. take spirit/reflection)


cuidójocʉyabe

fruit of the cuidójocʉcʉ tree (small, round; yellow; eaten raw)


jiorojomu

species of bird (small; black with yellow head; eats fruit)


japʉyoyʉ

Ma cʉbenore japʉyorĩ nʉvʉ ñʉja.

We were breaking the branches and bushes to open a trail.

to open a trail (in the mountains with your hands when breaking small branches and bushes)


cʉyecʉ

Mʉre cʉyevʉ yʉ.


máco

Jíñeco mácore ãrʉvʉ yʉ.

Jĩ́neco mácaco ocoyʉco batebíco.


coricõpavañʉ

Ijibore yeorĩ, coricõpavañʉme.

When shelling the pineapple he is dividing it into two equal parts.

to divide in two, to split in two (equal parts, cane, fruits, and firewood).


miaðóñʉ

Boricare miaðóimi.
He is killing guaracúes at night with zagaya.

to fish with a zagaya (at night, lighting on the banks).


jiacʉbeco

Yavimico jiacʉbeco báco yaibíco ẽnoare.


ʉ̃mʉjʉco

/ɨ̃ˈbɨ̃xɨko/

Jímaco ʉ̃mʉjʉco bʉcʉibico.


javejĩnara

Jajovarãnʉrajivʉ javejĩnara.


meacaðava

rack (for people to climb and catch flying ants).


ãrojaco

Jʉeðoco jípacope ãrojaco cʉ́tebico.

As a child she was similar to her mother.


tótʉyʉ

Ma tótʉvʉ majare; tótʉvʉ maja.

We ran out of trail; we reached the limit.


buiyʉ́

Õ õi pʉede buicóbe cõjaque.
She evidently filled her basket with patabá.


ñájiñʉ

Eobʉquede ñájiñʉme ʉ̃.
He is suffering from malaria. ñájine ðayʉ punish, make suffer, persecute.

Pãmivare ñaradaviva ne yebacateiye báquede ñájine ðarejaquemavʉ pare.

When the whites had the indigenous people as slaves, they made them suffer a lot.

to suffer, to work very hard, to endure deprivation


jedorõ

Cʉ̃rabo jedoriborã dobabi ʉ̃.


jabʉyʉ

to stalk, to ambush, to hunt by stalking (generally the complement is prefixed to the verb; it means waiting for the prisoner to pass)

Javede maje mauvare teivʉ majeñecuva mácavʉ cʉ̃ramine tarabʉi jabʉrejaquemavʉ, ne boabénajiyepe aivʉ.

Previously when our enemies came our ancestors surrounded the house to protect the residents.

to surround (to besiege or to protect a place)


ʉ̃recomibo

quiñapira, spicy sauce (prepared from pupuña flowers in water with chili and salt)


jacotʉyʉ

Buʉre jacotʉrĩ õpoboavʉ.

I shot and killed the guara after cutting him off.

to intercept, to impede, to cut off, to stop (intercept or impede by cutting or blocking the escape route and catching it; from a thief, a deer and similar beings)

Biacʉare jipaco jacotʉbico cʉ̃rami yeba cʉede, cáyuva ne ãmenajiyepe aðo.

My mother planted the chili plants around the house to protect them from the chickens that like to eat the chili peppers.

Jacotʉrĩ pupuyʉbe duica ijié jẽmequiyepe ayʉ.

He is blowing to surround people with protection against contagious diseases.

to blow in order to protect (an invisible circle of magical protection against diseases and shaman curses).


coyʉ

Moa obedivʉ corãma cobobʉi ñamine.

During the night many fish evidently entered the trap.

to enter (a house, a trap, a hole, a river).

Duicacacʉ corĩ bíjabiya ẽnoare.

They say a man down the river drowned yesterday.


bedeũmaco

tree frog (scientifically it is a frog, but the Cubeans consider it a toad; they do not eat it; medium; green), of genus Hyla


ãcabo

Tinamus guttatus
Tinamus guttatus#Translingual

mountain cockerel (the largest of the chickens; sings whistling in the afternoon when it climbs a tree to sleep; in the summer it sings at night at two-hour intervals until dawn) (Tinamus guttatus)


tutaijarabo

forked stick (to support the bananas so they don't fall off the stem due to the weight).


paʉ

what is said when something/someone falls.


cʉ̃oroyʉ

¿Júcʉre cʉ̃oroji?


edaipõecʉ

edaipõecʉ m (plural edaipõeva, feminine edaipõeco, feminine plural edaipõenomiva)

edaipõeva (plural)
edaipõeco (feminine)
edaipõenomiva (feminine plural)


paperaðaipõecʉ

paperaðaipõecʉ m (plural paperaðaipõeva, feminine paperaðaipõeco, feminine plural paperaðaipõenomiva)

paperaðaipõeva (plural)
paperaðaipõeco (feminine)
paperaðaipõenomiva (feminine plural)


oteivãri

oteivãri m (plural oteivãriva, feminine oteivãrico)

oteivãriva (plural)
oteivãrico (feminine)


yajuyʉ

Tãri yajuidʉre yajuivʉbu.


ʉracʉ

Obedivʉ põeva ʉrarã jatuivʉ dicũre aru jacoma.

Many fat people boarded the canoe and sank.


pĩaivʉ

Jocʉcʉa máre pĩaivʉ jiavʉi.


mevamevacʉ

Yavi mevamevacʉbe.


jiaðocãrivʉacʉ

loiro tree (large with medium leaves; used to make boards, paddles and canoes; cut has a pine smell)


copediyʉ

Ĩmarore jã́ri copediyʉbu.


toaijiðayʉ

Yʉ ãinore toaijiðaðo batevʉ́.

Cáyuco toajiðaibico mamajinare.


copʉyʉ

Mái nʉñʉ, jiacocʉre copʉvʉ yʉ.


põeñapabo

butterfly peacock bass, Cichla ocellaris


ijidibaju

sick body (describes the body of someone chronically ill, also of a person physically damaged by an illness although not yet ill).


coricõpapeñʉ

Pʉedʉre cobarĩ coricõpapeñʉme, abucuya baquinóre ðacʉyʉ.

He is splitting the yarumo to make a basket.


pã́ramoco

cross-niece of a woman (the daughter of a woman's brother, only used by women)


jarapopeyʉ

Mamacʉre jarapopeðobe jípaco.

The mother punishes her son by hitting him several times.

Pacoteyʉ apecʉre jaropopeameða õpoñʉque.

They say that while he was drunk, he hit the other man several times with his weapon to punish him.


ñʉrovaino

ñʉrovaino (plural ñʉrovainoa or ñʉrovaiye)


naiñóvañʉ

Ñʉjare naiñóvami ʉ̃, vaijʉrorivʉre.

We wanted to stop by but he invited us to spend the night.

Ñʉjeñecu ñʉjare naiñʉovami ʉ̃i yebai.

Our grandfather invited us to spend the night at his house.

to make an overnight stay, invite an overnight stay.


dobicʉ

edible caterpillar, belonging to family Saturnidae.


biajururʉ

biajururʉ m (plural biajuruva, feminine biajururʉco)

biajuruva (plural)
biajururʉco (feminine)


chĩorocauchicʉ

chĩorocauchicʉ m (plural chĩorocauchiva or chĩorocava)

chĩorocauchiva (plural)
chĩorocava (plural)

type of wasp (medium; dark brown; raises tail to sting; found in ports because it licks soapy clothes).


cójijiyʉ

Jabova cójijiquemavʉ Mitúi.
Evidently the leaders met at Mitú.


jíbʉco

his or her older sister (term of reference; possessor must be 3 sg.).


jevaimaco

midwife (obligatory possessed, relative of the mother of a newborn girl, the one who pierces their ears, not necessarily the wife of the godfather, she can be single).


pacocʉ

Obedivʉ põeva pacova cʉ́teima ĩmaroi.


coyʉipõecʉ

coyʉipõecʉ m (plural coyʉipõeva, feminine coyʉipõeco, feminine plural coyʉipõenomiva)

coyʉipõeva (plural)
coyʉipõeco (feminine)
coyʉipõenomiva (feminine plural)

counselor, prophet (makes predictions in contrast to a bueipõecʉ and his systematic education, traditional character)


ñópove

roof stick (tied to form the roof of a house).


pápicʉ

pápicʉ m (plural pápiva, feminine pápico, feminine plural pápinomiva)

pápiva (plural)
pápico (feminine)
pápinomiva (feminine plural)

Pisamira (indigenous group of more or less 30 people, live in Yacayacá).


cãrijimecʉ

Memeniburu yóboi, cʉ̃rami edarĩ, cãrijimemi.

Boaipõeva ne cʉru, cʉ̃rami upacʉ õpoñʉ cʉvacʉ, ʉ̃́jivʉre cãrijimene ðayʉbe.

If there are guerrillas, and the owner of the house has a weapon, his people will have peace.


veamijido

veamijido m (plural veamijina, feminine veamijico)

chestnut-bellied seedeater, Sporophila castaneiventris.


ãmidoyʉ

Ʉjʉá coapa pai dayʉ, jʉeðojĩnare ãmidoyʉbe.

Every year a priest comes and names/baptizes the little children.

to name, give a name, put a name, baptize in the Catholic Church.


tureórʉ

tureórʉ m (plural tureóva or turióva, feminine tureóco or turióco)

tureóva (plural)
turióva (plural)
tureóco (feminine)
turióco (feminine)

orange-winged parrot
orange-winged parrot

Amazona amazonica
Amazona amazonica#Translingual

guaro parrot, orange-winged parrot (Amazona amazonica)

Amazona ochrocephala
Amazona ochrocephala#Translingual

yellow-headed parrot, yellow-crowned amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)

Amazona barbadensis
Amazona barbadensis#Translingual

yellow-shouldered amazon, royal parrot (Amazona barbadensis).


cainitaribo

somewhat larger than the others of its kind.


cojoðoyʉ

Jʉeðojĩcʉre ũeca bieino mácarõ cojoðorĩ, ẽñu bíjavʉ ʉ̃́re.

When the little boy's nose was unblocked, he was cured of the flu.

to untie, to uncover, to undo, to unravel, to unblock.


jãjameco

Vãrico jãjameco ñʉje jatʉóimo mácore ãvʉ ñʉja.


abujuvecorobo

black yucuyucú Fam. Doradidae; Hassar spp., Doras spp.


cojedeca

Õi coyʉbe boje, cojedeca jẽniari jã́me ṍre.

Because she didn't answer, he asked her again.


ñʉrava

anklet (woven by a woman and tied below a man's knee).


jururʉ

jururʉ m (plural juruva, feminine juruco)


jobocururebocomicʉ

jobocururebocomicʉ m (plural jobocururebocomiva or jobocurureva or jobopururebocomiva or jobopurureva)

jobocururebocomiva (plural)
jobocurureva (plural)
jobopururebocomiva (plural)
jobopurureva (plural)

termite (small; oval and reddish head, black body; eat dirt and sand).


cũcuñʉ

Cṹcorova cũcuma yʉre.

to itch, to twitch (with the sensation of a sore).

Yavimi cũcumiya.

to bite several times (repetition of the action indicated by the repeated syllable).


eojocʉcʉ

tree (thin with small leaves; the bark and leaves were previously used to wash clothes and the body; a drink is made from its bark that men drink before ceremonies to have the strength to dance all night)


ãmecʉ

Vãjui ãmecʉ bajube.


ãmecʉ

Bʉbʉco ãmecobe.

to be ugly, to be bad, to be unpleasant, to be useless, of no use.


meameno

Ma meamemamu, pare ocaiye boje.

The trail is ugly because it has rained a lot.


docʉðayʉ

Docʉðare cuiye ji pãucʉre ðabejacʉ. Tʉ̃rejacʉ mi cʉbobare.

Don't dirty my hammock with dirty feet. Clean them.


oðovearʉ

oðovearʉ m (plural oðoveava, feminine oðoveaco)

Pyrrhura melanura
Pyrrhura melanura#Translingual

maroon-tailed parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura)


docʉcʉbeno

Cʉ̃rami docʉcʉbeñami cʉvʉ ñʉja.


tẽ́mujenuriacʉ

tree (thin and short with medium leaves).


cʉyojacʉ

Põeva obedivʉ jẽneboi ũcuñʉ mácʉ cʉyojacʉ baibi.

He feels ashamed for having had a drink in front of many people.


ñʉivʉ

Churi ñʉvʉ yʉre.


yocacʉbecʉ

yocacʉbecʉ m (plural yocacʉbevʉ, feminine yocacʉbeco, feminine plural yocacʉbenomiva)

yocacʉbevʉ (plural)
yocacʉbeco (feminine)
yocacʉbenomiva (feminine plural)

member of a kinship group (of the third phratry).


daeteyʉ

Moa cõaiñʉre daeteðobe õ.

She is taking the pot of fish off the stove.

Moa cõaiñʉre daitebico.


óyoca

óñʉ leaf (used to cover yourself from the rain).


jevʉcʉcʉ

Joecʉ jevʉcʉvʉ.

to be sharp (of knives, glass and similar).


joetʉrʉva

ax (the part that is made of metal or stone).


yavayʉ

Veaborʉ yavaiyame.

The jacun goes to the surface of the river to eat.

to emerge, to come to the surface (of fish that rise to the surface to eat).


póayʉ

Ne baju póaivʉ bateimá jʉeðova.


jápia

denotes familiarity and brotherhood (apparently the vestige of a kinship term now only used among women, often added to imperatives to soften them).


yʉrimʉ

yʉrimʉ m (plural yʉrimara, feminine yʉrimo)


jʉ̃jorʉ

jʉ̃jorʉ m (plural jʉ̃jova, feminine jʉ̃joco)

squirrel (medium; brown back, red head and stomach, black tail near the body and then reddish). Sciurus igniventris.


pãivʉ

Ji joecʉ pãvʉ.

to break (of instruments for cutting and rowing).


jurãñʉ

Jurãmetevʉ yʉre cuturu.

Jũraimico mamaco, bueiyʉbebico.

My daughter is unwilling to study; she does not want to study.

to be reluctant, to be unwilling, to be lazy.


jãpʉriñʉ

/xãˈpɨɾijɨ̃/

Jocʉcʉi jãpʉriñʉmu yʉ.


jãrʉóime

jãrʉóime (plural jãrʉóimea or jãrʉóimua)


ãuyaiyʉ

Guajiracavʉ ãuyaivʉbu, ocabe boje ne joborõi.

The people of La Guajira are dying of hunger, because it does not rain in their land.


cõmoáñʉ

Õ ãurore cõmoámico.

to overturn, to turn over (casabe, canoes).


ñucaba

fan, blower, turner (for turning over bread and stoking the fire).


turuyayʉ

Turuyavʉ yʉ tãujivede, que baru cobabetevʉ cũaðore.

I twisted my knife and that's why I didn't break the bone.


mʉreñamuca

yam (large; white; cooked to eat or make chicha).


jatʉóyʉ

Nomiva cõjare jatʉórãma na.
The women evidently cooked the patabá fruit.

to cook, to boil (what women usually do, i.e. probably “boil”; used by men when heating tar; men do not boil food; women boil water).


jabʉóvayʉ

Ʉetʉyʉ jabʉóvacacʉ.


miupebo

miupebo m (plural miupeva, feminine miupeco)

climbing rat (medium; dark brown back with thick hair like thorns, white stomach; they live in the mountains, especially in the fields). Tylomys sp.


tãñʉ

Yajuidʉre tãivʉbu jʉeðova.


pipeido

large-billed seed finch, Oryzoborus crassirostris.


vayavarʉ

Borrowed from Spanish guayaba, vayava + -rʉ


jarʉreyʉ

Tãibʉi corʉiyede jarʉredejacarã.

Some time ago we pulled up and threw away the weeds in the yard.


coaivʉ

Ijiya coavʉ.
The Vaupés river was lowered.

Coaivʉ yʉre jipocoro.

I live at the head of a stream that dried up.

to dry up, to lower (of rivers and streams).


pácorotataroco

pácorotataroco f (plural pácorotatarova or pácorova)

pácorotatarova (plural)
pácorova (plural)

butterfly (large; yellow, green and blue). Paulia Papiliondae, Peusanias Hoelu.


ãrojacʉ

Nijicʉ jíbʉcʉpe ãrojacʉ cʉbi.

This boy is similar to his older brother.


ãrojacʉ

Mi cuitótecaje ji cuitótecajepe ãrojavʉ.


májʉmecʉ

májʉmecʉ m (plural májʉmeva, feminine májʉmeco)

blue-and-yellow macaw
blue-and-yellow macaw


boayʉ́

Yavimine boajácʉ, ãuro ñavañʉre.

Yʉ vecʉre boacácʉ õpoñʉque.

Bojʉvʉ biurabʉare boarĩ́ yʉriaivʉbu.

to play (musical instruments that have strings and drums)


tõtovañʉ

Cʉibare tõtovaðomu otecoðo.

to crumble, to break into pieces (sticks or manioc stem to plant it; reduplication indicates a continuous or repeated action).


cũachĩarʉ

/kũˈat͡ʃĩaɾɨ/

ankle, wrist, knee, elbow (in some dialects it only means ankle).


yʉyo

Upaiyede yʉibico cũináco nomió.

A woman is shouting to accompany the music during a dance.

to shout (f. subj.; at dances, loudly and for several hours, to accompany the music).


ãrucuibo

ãrucuibo m (plural ãrucuiva, feminine ãrucuico)

Crax daubentoni
Crax daubentoni#Translingual

yellow-knobbed curassow (edible; the feathers from its head are used for necklaces) (Crax daubentoni).


cʉ̃racuma

cʉ̃racuma m (plural cʉ̃racumava, feminine cʉ̃racumaco)

cʉ̃racumava (plural)
cʉ̃racumaco (feminine)


dainamiuchicʉ

dainamiuchicʉ m (plural dainamiuchiva or dainamiva)

dainamiuchiva (plural)
dainamiva (plural)

wasp (large with very thin waist; yellow; makes a hole in the ground to live alone).


puyucacaje

puyucacaje (plural puyucacajea or puyucajea)


jãjamecʉ

Pĩcocʉ jãjamecʉre ãiyʉrivʉbu ñʉja.


jãjamecʉ

Pare ocavʉ ichumana, que baru joborõ mecarõ jãjamevʉ.

Because it rained a lot this week the ground is very soft.


ãubocʉ

ãubocʉ m (plural ãubova, feminine ãuboco, feminine plural ãuborõmiva)

ãubova (plural)
ãuboco (feminine)
ãuborõmiva (feminine plural)

member of a kinship group (of the first phratry)


chĩoñʉ

Chĩoivʉ yʉ mi nʉquiyede.


javejĩna

Javejĩna jajovacʉnʉcʉyʉmu.


toaðocacʉ

Phyllanthus Niruri, a species of tree (grows in the jungle; serves as firewood; has large pods).


cainichĩnabo

something like stems, flowers, tillers etc.


jaboáyʉ

Moare burarĩ bʉojarĩ jaboáibico jatʉócoðo.

She is putting the pieces of fish into a pot to cook them.

Curidide jaboávʉ yʉ.

to fish for catfish with a long rope and a stone sinker in the middle so it stays close to the river bottom.

Jipaco jaboárĩ epeðobe ñʉje cuitótecajeare tuipãvai õi memeconʉcojiye jipocai.

My mom left our clothes to soak in the port before going to work.

Jiaðocũre jaboácarã jʉtʉrare ñʉje aðarãjiye jipocai.
We floated the canoe before loading it with fariña.


ninocʉ

inedible ant (stings with its tail; medium; shiny black; they live in holes in the ground that they make anywhere: the jungle, the farm, the patio; they walk in a long line; they enter the nests of termites to kill them and eat them; they attack the manivara ants to take them to their little holes and eat them).


jevecʉvacʉ

jevecʉvacʉ m (plural jevecʉvarivʉ, feminine jevecʉvaco)

jevecʉvarivʉ (plural)
jevecʉvaco (feminine)


burubeda

Jʉeðocʉ bueyʉ burubeda etaibi.


cʉ̃raveacʉ

type of tree (large with medium leaves).


ijiyapuri

ijiyapuri m (plural ijiyapuriva, feminine ijiyapurico)

ijiyapuriva (plural)
ijiyapurico (feminine)

Cephalopterus ornatus
Cephalopterus ornatus

amazonian umbrellabird (Cephalopterus ornatus).


yapimu

Ipomoea batatas Poir.
Ipomoea batatas Poir.


purãmayabe

purãmayabe (plural purãmayabea or pũramayabea)

purãmayabea (plural)
pũramayabea (plural)


ñamacaðava

tripod (woman's equipment made by man, built so that the hinged front bar can fold, and everything can fold; cassava dough is washed and sifted in the baskets above the tripod).


cõjabʉyoco

cõjabʉyoco f (plural cõjabʉyova, masculine cõjabʉyo)

cõjabʉyova (plural)
cõjabʉyo (masculine)

Mabuya mabouya, a species of lizard (small; silvery gray with blue stripes on the sides).


nurico

Nomió nurico jãve coyʉyobe.


cʉicajeacʉ

type of tree (large with small leaves; always grows on the river bank; has white flowers and small fruits that fish eat).


cʉbojarabo

cʉbojarabo (plural cʉbojaraboa or cʉbojara)

the space between the big toe and the second toe.


paipícʉ

paipícʉ m (plural paipíva, feminine paipíco, feminine plural paipínomiva)

paipíva (plural)
paipíco (feminine)
paipínomiva (feminine plural)


jívʉ

Jívʉi mautejarã mʉja.


vapanariyoca

leaf of a certain palm (used for roofs).


parʉðayʉ

Vitamina ijimʉre parʉðaquiyebu.


yapijãmʉiñʉ

Yavimi mamajina jĩvari jayʉóimara yapijãmʉini yaiyáima.

The puppies of a dog that eats everything, getting filled with bad air, die.

to have bad air, to be filled with bad air.


quedavichicʉ

a type of edible caterpillar (medium; pink stomach, reddish, white and yellow striped back; hairy with soft hairs that do not hurt much when touched; they stay on branches during the day, at night they climb to eat leaves; before turning into moths when they are large, people carefully collect them in baskets or pots with their hands and cook them to eat).


curidiñemicʉ

certain catfish (Brachyplatystoma spp.).


cũioðorʉ

cũioðorʉ m (plural cũioðova, feminine cũioðoco)

type of bat of Barbastella species (large; poisonous; bloodsucking).


jajovaitẽtũ

nylon with hook (used to hang from branches on the banks of the river).


chípe

sap (reddish; used to make body paint; is very sticky and adheres for three days or more; also used to place feathers on musical instruments).


menejʉmecame

menejʉmecame (plural menejʉmecamea masa:)


cũiná

Cũiná eavʉ yʉ.

Cũiná mae eavʉ jipacʉ yebare.

From time to time I came to where my dad lives.


jipocateyʉ

Jabocʉi mácʉ ñʉjare jipocateame Mitúi nʉimai.
The captain's son guided us when we went on the trail to Mitú.


cʉve

cʉve (feminine cʉve cʉvabeco, feminine plural cʉve cʉvabevʉ)

cʉve cʉvabeco (feminine)
cʉve cʉvabevʉ (feminine plural)

cʉve cʉvabecʉ


jãðoñʉ

Tãuyore jãðoñʉme.


yóvaimʉ

yóvaimʉ m (plural yóvaimara, feminine yóvaimo)


adamabocomibo

adamabocomibo (plural adamabocomiboa or adamaboa)

adamabocomiboa (plural)
adamaboa (plural)

nest of the termites adamabocomiva (large; hard; attached to the stick of any medium or large tree; made of rotten wood mixed with its saliva).


ñamayapochĩabo

bush of a certain palm (without trunk with short leaves).


cuidópʉ̃pʉbo

type of spider (medium; hairy; not poisonous).


cainainua

Cainainua jipobʉ ijivaivʉ yʉre.


jiaðocũcãcu

jiaðocũcãcu (plural jiaðocũcãcua or jiaðocũcãvea)

jiaðocũcãcua (plural)
jiaðocũcãvea (plural)


bedeðẽco

neotropic cormorant (large, black duck; edible), Phalacrocorax olivaceus.


ñucuñucu

tremor, oscillation, twitching (involuntary, of the head, leg, arm, body of animals or people; e.g., when a horse trembles from fatigue).


jʉjʉñamebʉcʉroca

wound (infected in any part of the body; from cursing or bewitching).


mamʉrʉ

umarí fruit (yellow-orange with a large seed; it has a fatty rind and a thin layer of flesh that is good to eat with fariña or casabe).


teyʉ

Memeiyede dʉibajĩena tebi ʉ̃.

Cãricarʉre tévaivʉ yʉ.

to suck, to slurp (of certain fruits and candies).


ãuvecʉ

ãuvecʉ m (plural ãuveva, feminine ãuveco, feminine plural ãuvenomiva)

ãuveva (plural)
ãuveco (feminine)
ãuvenomiva (feminine plural)

member of a kinship group (of the first phratry).


bojeẽmeovañʉ

Ji cʉraidoare bojeðaipõecʉre bojeẽmeovacacʉ yʉ.


vécuicʉ

vécuicʉ m (plural vécuivʉ, feminine vécuico, feminine plural vécuinomiva)

vécuivʉ (plural)
vécuico (feminine)
vécuinomiva (feminine plural)


pĩ́chiyo

fruit of the pĩ́chicʉ tree (medium and oval; light green; eaten raw).


jedocʉ

Jiabʉ jedocʉ ʉracʉre boacʉ́be ʉ̃.

Evidently he killed a large rough alligator.


jedocʉ

Ji jevʉ jedovʉ.

to be rough, to be coarse (made of leather, wood and similar).


nuricʉ

Jipacʉ nuricʉ jãve coyʉiyame.

My father, who is correct by nature, tells the truth.


úbocʉ

úbocʉ m (plural úborivʉ, feminine úboco)

brown-throated sloth, a type of sloth with three toes on each foot (Bradypus variegatus).


cʉ̃rarucʉ

/kɨ̃ˈɾaɾukɨ/

type of tree (large with broad leaves; grows in the jungle; its bark is used to make cargo boats).


coðeóvayʉ

Pʉe javecapʉeque cʉide nʉvariduaðo, ipʉéde coðeóvabico.

When she tried to carry the cassava into an old basket, she caused the basket to break.

to break, to tear (of cloth, of windows, of bark, of shoes, of paper).


jijecʉcʉ

Yavi jijecʉcʉre eavʉ yʉ macarõi.


jijecʉcʉ

Nócavʉre jijecʉbi; cõmeimaða ʉ̃i jiore.

He is angry with the people there; They say they stole the cassava from his farm.

(stative) to be brave, to be fierce, to be angry, to be malicious, to be meticulous.


nʉñʉ

Nʉñʉmu; copaidabecʉbu.


vajocʉ

type of tree (of various sizes with medium-sized leaves; in the past


cõaiyo

small pot (used to store leftover food).


joecʉ

type of tree (large with small leaves; no special use or fruits).


tãutedorʉ

tãutedorʉ (plural tãutedorʉa or tãutedovea)


yapibʉcʉyʉ

Ãme ãiye ãivʉ, yapibʉcʉyaima.

After eating bad food, they have bad air.

to have bad air, to be filled with bad air.


etejʉcʉ

Me etejʉvʉ dicʉ.

to have a good smell (of food, flowers and similar).


toyʉ

Mai nʉri, cʉ̃rabora tocacʉ.

Walking along the trail, I tripped over a rock.


toayʉ

Ñapabore toarĩ boavʉ́ yʉ.

I killed a peacock bass by shooting an arrow.

to throw, to shoot (something long, like a stick, a machete, a spear, an arrow).


chubi

sleep (rheum found in the corner of the eye after sleeping).


yaomaroco

type of bird (medium; spotted a little black with dirty white; eats insects; perches in a group in a tree).


bedecõaca

bedecõaca m (plural bedecõacava, feminine bedecõacaco)

bedecõacava (plural)
bedecõacaco (feminine)


chĩ́jañʉ

/ˈt͡ʃĩxajɨ̃/

Ji yóvaimʉ chĩ́javaibi yʉre.

My friend always looks for me to accompany him.

to accompany, to provide good companionship (indicates mutual affinity; it does not have to be used between relatives but with anyone).


ũmaetetecaco

ũmaetetecaco f (plural ũmaetetecava or ũmatetecava)

ũmaetetecava (plural)
ũmatetecava (plural)


orimujuñoco

orimujuñoco f (plural orimujũnova or orimujuñuva)

orimujũnova (plural)
orimujuñuva (plural)


tapivʉ

Naðañʉ tapivʉ.

to drip (of sweat, roofs, engines, taps, cold-suppressors, rain).


cuejema

trumpet of the ancestors (ceremonial use, women and children cannot look at it or they will get sick and eat dirt).


yʉrʉyʉ

Jãja moacʉre jã́ñʉ yʉrʉiyame.

When the kingfisher sees a fish he hovers over it.


cʉocayʉ

Cava cʉocayʉbe jocʉjaravʉi.

The vulture sunbathes on a leafless tree.


jã́mucʉ

a type of tree (large with large leaves; good for firewood).


abujumimiyo

abujumimiyo m (plural abujumimiva, feminine abujumimico)

abujumimiva (plural)
abujumimico (feminine)

Phaethornis superciliosis
Phaethornis superciliosis

long-tailed hermit (Phaethornis superciliosis).


mujuñoco

mujuñoco f (plural mujuñova or mujuñuva)


cʉrajʉcʉ

Mi cʉboba cʉrajʉvʉ.


náro

Ĩmaro náro cũináʉjʉ yóbore bʉcʉbenomu.

The town that does not grow after a year has not grown.

Chirura nárore jipacʉre jívʉ.


decotaino

decotaino (plural decotainoa or decotaiye)


mamʉbocomicʉ

type of termite (medium; dark brown; eat dry wood).


pãramebo

barbed stingray (medium; stinging, poisonous).


vãricʉpecʉ

ivapichuna tree (of various sizes with medium leaves).


mujamu

type of vine (planted; red dye is extracted from its leaves).


yavijimidʉ

yavijimidʉ m (plural yavijimiva or yavijĩmiva)


cʉrojayʉ

Ãme ãiye ãriburu, cʉrojaibi ʉ̃.

After eating something rotten, he gets bad breath.

Yavimi ãme jiarʉre ãnʉ mácʉ cʉrovabi.

The dog that ate rotten meat suffered from bad air.


decoðaveino

decoðaveino (plural decoðaveinoa or decoðaveiye)

decoðaveinoa (plural)
decoðaveiye (plural)

protection (by means of a magical and invisible circle).


ẽpadupu

ẽpadupu m (plural ẽpadupuva, feminine ẽpadupuco)

type of iguana of genus Iguanidae (small; gray; has small crest).


coriburayʉ

“Idʉre coriburajacʉ”, abico népaco, coapavaicõjeðo.

“Cut this fruit in half,” said the mother, ordering them to share equal pieces.


ʉ̃́cacʉ

ʉ̃́cacʉ m (plural ʉ̃́cavʉ, feminine ʉ̃́caco)

his companion, his helper, his worker (any person who is a good companion, not a relative, someone's helper or worker).


tãumovañʉ

Oco ecoru cʉ̃rami, ji cʉvede tãumovaquijivʉ yʉ.

If the rain comes into the house, I will move my things to the center.


tãumovañʉ

Yapitãcuvei cʉrivʉ bácavʉ tãumovaquemavʉ Mitúi.
Those who lived in Yapima evidently moved to Mitú.

to move (from the jungle to a town, from a channel to a river).


taramacũ

taramacũ (plural taramacũa or tãramacũa)

crown (made of palm leaves, branches and feathers of certain birds; made by men and worn by them when dancing).


tutubeco

Ijimo tutubeco memememico.


ãðaturubo

medicinal bush (sown; it has tubers that are rubbed on the wound when someone is bitten by a snake).


jiaðojũaricʉ

type of tree (large with medium leaves; used to make canoes, paddles and boards; cut has a pine smell).


parachanabo

plantation of Musa paradisiaca (a species of bananas).