Guinau (Temomeyéme, ) is an extinct Arawakan language of Venezuela, formerly spoken along the Merevarí River, a tributary of the Caura River. It has been sometimes considered a dialect of closely related Baré. It is classified in the Rio Negro branch by Ramirez and França (2019). The Guinau were absorbed into the Yeꞌkuana before 1991.
Robert Hermann Schomburgk described the Guinau and their language as follows:The Guinaus inhabit the mountains, between the fourth and fifth parallel of north latitude, and the meridians 63° and 65° west from Greenwich. The greater number are settled on the banks of the Merewari (Mareguare of the Spanish maps), and its tributaries, which, with the Erevato, form the river Caura or Caora, a tributary of the great Orinoco. This tribe is not numerous, and their settlements are frequently intermixed with Maiongkongs. They are famed for the manufacture of blowpipes, which they exchange for Urari poison, that of all Guianians the Macusis know the best to prepare. Their language contains words of Caribi-Tamanakan origin, but it possesses many peculiarities which stamps it as a dialect that is only distantly related to this section, and may hereafter be separated from it.
Vocabulary
Schomburgk (1848) represent one sound. +GuinauGlossGuinauGlossGuinauGlossnisihairtotolikneeyamkassiforestintshebuheadkatabulegwamityosavannahteiburrifrontunkuiankletshaeke-weimafirewood‘nawisieyesintshibefoottsabamountainintseibueyelashesintshibihanshitoestshibarockintseibitzieyebrowintshibi-arahularge toetshimari-tshebibow‘nawisi tateeyelidintshibi-hityulittle toetshimariarrowintshenoseabbafatherwatabablowpipe‘nomamouthammamotherhoihwar clubintarihalipspapa aeyewenigrandfathermakuripoisoned arrow‘nahaeteethpaki homorragrandmotherennehripoisoned blowdarttashinitongueyaenarisontakarubasket for carrying burdens‘nuabbineckinteghdaughtertshachibasket peculiar to the Guinaukaukshicheeksenarihusband1umataghpotkakutachinhennauwifeurukumamatappaintsanimabeardyiwienibrothermanarisieve for sifting cassava flour‘noakushouldermatyusistertshibacassava rasp or gratertakanneelbowapaharikari, apaheumanmanokannajaguarinkabo-akuiwristarriekyebo, apahokowomanmurayuforest deerinkabohandemiboypurrika"savannah deer" (Pampas deer?)kabhanshifingerhinahutyugirlkarriaku"smallest deer" (gray brocket?)nabau-itafingernailkatiearthkwashidoginkabo-yauthumbtshekefiretsaematapirinkabofirst fingerwaenuheavenweiyurumishagoutiinkabo-yetsebisecond fingerkamuhusunweiyurulabainkabo-metahithird fingerkewarimoonontsahafishinkabo-hityunalittle fingeryuwintistarswamiricockintanaarmkaburitucloudshinnauhenuntokobreastawetshiwindmerishicollared peccaryundurabellyhiarainkeraukawhite-lipped peccarytaiïburunavelkeimarithunderwuishacalabash‘nishinniheartkanhilightningparuplantainpashitaribsoniwatermekurubanana‘naetaskinarahaukoriverkantyericassava‘nuiyabloodpanihousetsaricassava bread‘naetinafleshmoimahigrassteweshiyam‘nabibacktamon-hihatreeka-uhsweet potatopashithightamona-yekafloweruraricurare poison +GuinauGlossGuinauGlossyawaricoaitakewakannidaypiyawubatewiknifewarisavnnah dogsuparacutlasskabihiSouth American coatimariaaxeibihayawariwotshifishhookstebishimapale-throated slothmavassirazorwaetunine-banded armadillokirre-kirrefilemaranoBrazilian three-banded armadillomeiyuruglass beadskeyucapybarakurarashired glass beadskurishaiBrazilian porcupineirashiscissorsikurigiant anteaterwannamarilooking glasskarihuBrazilian squirrelarripirirupinmunaBolivian river dolphinmakutsineedlekukuiharpy eagletsaeworriokoblue, greenkwehtoco toucankanniokoredtshiwariblack curassowkritokoyellowdakobellbirdkahaukoblackiïyahoatzinpariokowhitekwanorock manakinahayesmaradiguanegho marinanokuyuwiwhite-headed guanniato weepkarimaanhingatshakeitaba akakutyuto laughtujujujabirumarimacocoi heronwanarewaccara (white crane)kunashimitziroseate spoonbillhuromaMuscovy duckvisishiuwhite-faced whistling duckkuttuaneotropic cormorantwarraraArrau turtletarrikea"small turtle"kaimanAmerican crocodilearraiyemannolizardwarramakagreen iguanaturraenatimber rattlesnakemattariboa constrictortshibaufrogtukuraublacksmith tree frogtimaruiocellate river stingrayumaharedeye piranhayarinuniElectrophorus electricusmawishiblunt shellkuibashi"savannah shell"matutushell sp.takutakushell sp.toma-kurimashicrabtshitaboshrimptsiwoyuscorpionararutarantulaikyebaScolopendra morsitanstawaigrasshopperhannejomosquitotshikaTunga penetransmawnisandflyuretafleatshaewetalousepareita1yamika2piampatyam3kereha4abba kawika5yamunakatsi6abba kabo watyam kab8tshannaha ishaka akati9abba kubba-kack10tshohinorthabbabatassisouthkamahu atsinaeastkamahu asslabowestkibaunight
Notes
Also means "'man' in a general sense"
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