Koropó language
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Koropó (Coropó) is an extinct language of eastern Brazil. It has been variously classified as a Maxakalían or a Purian language.
Classification
Although Silva Neto (2007) had assumed Koropó to be a Purian language, Nikulin (2020) classifies Koropó as Macro-Jê (Maxakalían branch).
Geographical distribution
In the 18th century, Koropó speakers lived with Coroado Puri speakers along the Pomba River in Minas Gerais.
Documentation
Koropó is attested by two word lists collected by German explorers in the early 1800s:
- Eschwege (2002: 122-127), 127 words collected in 1815
- Schott (1822, pp. 48-51), 55 words collected in 1818
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/Affricate | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k |
| voiced | b | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
| Sibilant | ʃ | ||||
| Approximant | ɾ | j |
Vowels
Koropó has a 5-vowel system.
Vocabulary
(Sch) indicates words collected by Schott (1822).
| Latin | Koropó |
|---|---|
| Abi! | ga-um |
| aer, ventus | naran djota |
| aethiops | tchsaktabn |
| albus, a, um | quattá, gautháma (Sch) |
| altus, a, um | pe-eôá |
| amare | neka-ni-teu |
| anima | oitame |
| animal | orug |
| aqua | teign |
| arbor | mai-man-kroá, mebn (Sch) |
| arcus | ocsoy, kokschaign (Sch) |
| avis | tignam |
| auris | cólim, kohrign (Sch) |
| bibere | sóme |
| bibo | eigna-schópta (Sch) |
| bonus, a, um | terankâ (poranga-tupi) |
| branchium | tschambrim |
| cantare | gangré |
| capilli | itsché |
| caput | pitao, ibdaign (Sch) |
| cera | bakidsäi (Sch) |
| caro, rnis | egneine |
| chorda arcus | kokschaid – schidn (Sch) |
| cito | ga-hoy-pâ |
| cor, dis | ekké |
| cornu | koli |
| cras | herinante |
| culter | tschitschayng |
| da mihi | ga pû |
| dentes | shcorim, shorign (Sch) |
| deus | tupan, tophún (Sch) |
| diabolus | daimon – injauran (Sch) |
| digitus | nhatschuman |
| dormire | mamnom |
| edere | mankshina |
| edamus! | mugnadshi (Sch) |
| ego | eign |
| esnrio, mak, bagn | chruan (Sch) |
| falsus, a, um (non versus) | schitá |
| filia | ecto-boëmm |
| filius meus est | ectogn-hún (Sch) ecton, ectogn (Sch) |
| flavu, a, um | tchaitakáma (Sch) |
| fluvius | cuang |
| folium | tschuptsché (Sch) |
| frater | eschatai |
| frigidus, a, um | ischektáme |
| frons, tis | Polé |
| frutus | memptâ |
| fulmem, tonitru | te-pu-po-ne |
| habeo | papa |
| habesne sagittam ? | nek, pa padn pá ? (Sch) |
| non habeo | brok po (Sch) |
| herba | schapuco |
| heri | kaya |
| hodie | hohra |
| homo albus | chaiobn (Sch) |
| femina albus | chaiobn-bai (Sch) |
| sum homo albus | ekta chraiob-hún (Sch) |
| ignis | ké |
| illi, hi | uamtschone |
| is, ille | mam |
| infans | schapô-ma |
| infra | auwé |
| jugulum | tschitá-ne |
| lac | endjoctane |
| lapis | Nam |
| lignum | Ké |
| lingua | tupé |
| loquor | eignahgnbá (Sch) |
| luna | nasce |
| lux | posêem |
| mamma muliebris | tschoktadn (Sch) |
| viri | puará (Sch) |
| manus | schambri, tschambrim, schambrign (Sch) |
| mater | ectan, aián (Sch) |
| meus, a, um | eign, junhún (Sch) |
| mons | pré-hereu |
| mori | ninguim |
| mulier | boëman |
| multum | anguim, ipaignje (Sch) |
| nasus | schirong |
| niger, a, um | uanán (Sch) |
| nihil | tschi |
| nos | eig-mam, eign-mun (Sch) |
| nox | merindan |
| oculus | uálim, chuarign (Sch) |
| os, oris | ischoré |
| ovum | téme |
| parvus, a, um | tugnapâ |
| pater | ecta, ektagn (Sch) |
| patera cucurbitina | tustschay |
| pellis | tschamnakdsai (Sch) |
| pluvia | teign |
| pollex | tschambrim, chriúna (Sch) |
| profundus, a, um | doê-papa |
| radix | mempshinta |
| ruber, a, um | mukerurú, aluchruruma (Sch) |
| sabulum | cüi-füi |
| sagitta | pahn, padn (Sch) |
| sane, recte | ja |
| sanguis | icu |
| securis | kfuin, gchuagn (Sch) |
| serpens | kanján (Sch) |
| serra | chmekonditschina (Sch) |
| sicera | uanitim. |
| sidera | djuri |
| sol | nascéun |
| supra | pêwa |
| sylva | mebndai (Sch) |
| tarde | pam-me-pâ |
| terra | hâme |
| tu | nime-nen (Sch) |
| tu us | nen-junhún (Sch) |
| domus, tugurium | schéh-me |
| veni huc | ga-nam |
| verus, a, um | pserunhun (Sch) |
| venter | itschin |
| vesti | mebdshidn (Sch) |
| vir | goaï-man |
| vos | jang-yaúme |
| 1 | man, ipaïgn (Sch) |
| 2 | gringrim, alinkrin (Sch) |
| 3 | patepakon, patapakun (Sch) |
| 4 | pate-pe-meschê, patapamasé (Sch) |
| 5 | schambri-tschitta |
| 10? | tschambrindaine |
| Canis | tsoktóme |
| Felis | schapé |
| Gallus | tschefuame |
| Sus | tekenam |
| Blatta orientalis | ingrinngrin (Sch) |
| Psittacus ara | kakágn (Sch) |
| mandioca | kôn |
| potio fermentata e mandioca velzea | kotkusscháuuid (Sch) |
| Tabacum | aptschign |
| Zea mays | tschumnam |