Jaikó language
Jaikó (Jeicó, Jeikó, Yeico, Geico, Eyco) is an extinct language of southeastern Piauí, Brazil.
| Jaikó | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Jaicós, southeastern Piauí |
| Extinct | 19th century |
Macro-Jê ?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | geic1236 |
Classification
Based on a 67-word list from the 19th century in von Martius (1867, v. 2, p. 143),[1] it appears to be a Jê language.
However, Ramirez et al. (2015: 260–261) doubts the accuracy of von Martius' list, and notes that the word list may actually consist of a wide mixture of languages spoken in Piauí, including from Pimenteira (Cariban) and Masakará (Kamakã).[2] Nevertheless, Nikulin (2020) still finds convincing evidence that Jaikó was a Macro-Jê language, but does not consider it to be within the Jê branch.[3]
Distribution
Jaikó was spoken around the aldeia (village) of Cajueiro, located in what is now southeastern Piauí state. The name is derived from the town of Jaicós, which was located in the Jaikó people's territory around the Canindé River and Gurgueia River.[3]
Word list
The full Geicó word list from von Martius (1867),[1] with both the original Latin glosses and translated English glosses, is reproduced below.
Latin gloss
(original)English gloss
(translated)Geicó aethiopissa black woman tacayo asso, are roast tiloschung audio, ire hear uschiegkó auris ear aischeroh avunculus uncle iquaté brachium arm aepang brevis, e short nohtutudäng calidus, a, um hot ijahú capillus hair grangsché caput head grangblá coelum sky maecó collum neck aepurgó costa rib aemantaelä dens tooth ayanté diabolus devil pocklaeschü aqälé dies day fipiaco digitus finger aenaenongklang domus house y(l)rouró dormio, ire sleep uhliong edo, ere eat tiqua femur thigh aecroh filia daughter scharrepiú filius son scharrété foedus, a, um treaty nohmĕlĕniheh folium leaf arandische frigidus a, um cold ohntü(hl) homo albus white man tipiaeung homo niger black man tickah ignis fire ping juvenis young oopáung lavo, are wash namblú lingua tongue aenettá longus, a, um long nohriähniheng luna moon paang macer, a, um thin (person) nohnpütü(hl) mamma mother aejussi manus hand aenaenong mater mother ná membr. vir. man, male aereng membr. mul. woman, female aeoaénū morior die nong(e)roh nasus nose aenecopiöh nox night coco occido fall tiuing oculus eye alepuh os, oris mouth aingko paler stick já patera cucurbitina gourd bowl ae(e)rû pectus breast aejussi pes foot aepähno pinguis, e fat (adj.) nohtŏnĭheh puella girl juckqué pulcher, a, um beautiful nohr(l)äniheh ramus branch arandische semiaethiops (mulatto) mulatto mandattú sol sun chügkrá soror sister nempiaepiú stella star bräcklüh sylva forest oütü tabacum tobacco pâeih terra earth chgkü trulla ladle cărá venter belly aepu ventus wind ongkthü video, ere see u(l)epú umbilicus navel aequakrüng unguis fingernail aenaenongsiaé
References
- von Martius, Carl Friedrich Philip. 1867. Wörtersammlung Brasilianischer Sprachen. (Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Amerikas zumal Brasiliens, II.) Leipzig: Friedrich Fleischer.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Ramirez, H., Vegini, V., & França, M. C. V. de. (2015). Koropó, puri, kamakã e outras línguas do Leste Brasileiro. LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas, 15(2), 223 - 277. doi:10.20396/liames.v15i2.8642302
- Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília.