South American Animal Names/Crocodiles

Caiman Scientific name: Alligatoridae Portuguese common name: jacaré Spanish common name: General term for crocodilians. Form Language Family Source Portuguese gloss Notes putuxtut Maxakali Jê Antunes 1999 jaçanã (ave) parotätä Djeoromitxi Jê Ribeiro 2008 jaçanã, piaçoca paʊ mbrəɪ Arikapu Jê Ribeiro 2008b jaçanã, piaçoca, galinha-d'água aurupada adaka Juruna Tupi Berto 2013 jaçanã / piaçoca awape-óhoi Warázu Tupi Ramirez 2017 jaçanã, japiaçó(ca) [awápe ‘aguapé’, -óhoi ‘larva’(?) > ‘ave dos aguapés’] wet wet Wari’ Chapakura Sousa 2009 jaçanã *kasiu- Proto-Arawak Arawak Jolkesky 2016 jacaré *kaʤhui- Proto-Nawiki Arawak Jolkesky 2016 jacaré *aʔʊ-ri Proto-Japurá-Colombia Arawak Ramirez 2020 jacaré *jʊre Proto-Japurá-Colombia Arawak Ramirez 2020 jacaré *kajʊSi-ri Proto-Japurá-Colombia Arawak Ramirez 2020 jacaré *kaçiʊre Proto-Bolivia Arawak Ramirez 2020 jacaré *kɔhiɨ-re Proto-Mamoré-Guaporé Arawak Jolkesky 2016 jacaré mã ãy Maxakali Jê Antunes 1999 jacaré wajú Umutina Bororo Huare 2015 jacaré uhiri Djeoromitxi Jê Ribeiro 2008 jacaré *jakare Proto-Tupi-Guarani Tupi Mello 2000 jacaré osy, saara Karitiana Tupi Landin 2005 jacaré *gwaYto Proto-Tupari Tupi Moore & Galucio 1994 jacaré ˈwao Tupari Tupi Alves 2004 jacaré ðakáre Warázu Tupi Ramirez 2017 jacaré (genérico) jakaré Piripkura Tupi Santos, Candor & Cabral 2017 jacaré (Caiman spp., Paleosuchus spp.) *ariwe Proto-Taranoan Carib Meira 1998 jacaré *ʔapop Proto-Chapakura Chapakura Angenot 1997 jacaré hop; ʔahop Wari’ Chapakura Sousa 2009 jacaré *kapɨt Proto-Pano Pano Oliveira 2014 jacaré yipá Matanawi Mura Nimuendajú 1925 jacaré kuahá Mura Mura Hanke 1950 jacaré *makhiNe-he Proto-Guahibo Guahibo Christian & Matteson 1972 jacaré *niʔba, *m()ʔduba Proto-Bora-Muinane Bora Seifart & Echeverri 2015 jacaré *(na)ʔï̄ma Proto-Witoto Witoto Aschmann 1993 jacaré ɨsó Tukano Tukano Ramirez 1997 jacaré pl. ɨsoá. *ˈkú- Proto-Chibcha Chibcha Constenla 1981 jacaré awy’ Arara do Rio Branco Arara Hargreaves 2007 jacaré apan Omurano Omurano Tessmann 1930, in O'Hagan 2011 jacaré amˈhala Aiwa Aiwa-Canichana Michael & Beier 2012 jacaré ne-quenetse Canichana Aiwa-Canichana Crevels 2012 jacaré flixiwa Yatê Yatê Sá 2000 jacaré takwa Kwazá Kwazá Manso 2013 jacaré ãroa Aikanã Aikanã Silva 2012 jacaré ìkó Guató Guató Postigo 2009 jacaré tiwakai (tiwakali) Mỹky Irantxe Monserrat 2010 jacaré tiwakai (tiwakali) Mỹky Irantxe Monserrat & Amarante 1995 jacaré tiuakalí Irantxe Irantxe Pereira 1960 jacaré apoheyk Rikbaktsa Jê Tremaine 2007 jacaré hàt Hupda Nadahup Ramirez 2006 jacaré (nome genérico dado aos répteis crocodilianos) *waco Proto-Tupari Tupi Nikulin & Andrade 2020 jacaré hát Yuhup Nadahup Silva & Silva 2012 jacaré kajoh Kanamari Katukinan Ishy 2018 jacaré Black caiman Scientific name: Melanosuchus niger Portuguese common name: jacaré-açu Spanish common name: Form Language Family Source Portuguese gloss Notes *jʊmana Proto-Japurá-Colombia Arawak Ramirez 2020 jacareaçu kukrikərɨɔ Arikapu Jê Ribeiro 2008b jacaré-preto; jacaré-açu ðakaremóro Warázu Tupi Ramirez 2017 jacaré-açu [moro ‘preto’] uromũ ejrũ Kanoê Kanoê Bacelar 2010 jacaré-açu hát Yuhup Nadahup Silva & Silva 2012 jacaré-açu, réptil da ordem crocodilia, família dos aligatorídeos, Melanosuchus niger; jacaré, nome genérico dos répteis crocodilianos Spectacled caiman Scientific name: Caiman crocodilus Portuguese common name: jacaré-tinga Spanish common name: Form Language Family Source Portuguese gloss Notes kukri Arikapu Jê Ribeiro 2008b jacaré; jacaretinga maʔe-pé-tsɨ Warázu Tupi Ramirez 2017 jacaretinga [maʔe ‘ser’, -pe ‘chato’, tsɨ ‘branco’ > ‘ser achatado e branco’] ʔara paraʔ Wari’ Chapakura Sousa 2009 jacaretinga hata’-wã’ Yuhup Nadahup Silva & Silva 2012 jacaretinga, réptil da ordem crocodilia, família dos aligatorídeos, Caiman crocodilus Sources