The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribesWhiffen, Thomas
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The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes
Whiffen, Thomas
Bora Indians; Indians of South America -- Amazon River Valley; Japurá River Valley (Colombia and Brazil); Putumayo River Valley; Witoto Indians
Be slow { _Pwia hei_
{ _Pwia ifo_
You do not want me _Kwena dueruenyeteo_
I am about to punish you _O feitakkwe_
What do you want? _Nifote oyakateo_
How much do you want? _Niga oyakateo_
I want to see _Eroi yakatekwe_
I want to eat _Okoyakatekwe_
I want to sleep _Iniyakatekwe_
I do not want to sleep _Iniyakanyetekwe_
Let us sleep _Meikoko ini_
Let us walk _Manyakoko maketchi_
Let us bathe _Manya koko noi_
Go and wash _Hokorise_
What are you doing? _Nefoteo nia?_
What are they doing? _Nefoteo nietimeke?_
What have you done? _Nefoteo nieteo?_
What have you others done? _Nefoteo omoi nieteo?_
Are you sick? { _O seicha?_
{ _Tuiko teiteo?_
What is the matter with you? _Neisoi o icha?_
What pains you? _O nino isiritte?_
He is dead _Ei e teide_
He is well again _Ei e hichoet_
Put water to boil _Heinoi kokoita_
We are nearly there _Duki-eikateki_
We have not arrived _Duki nieteke_
It is a long way yet _Nia areiti_
It is a very long way _Nia are are are_
It is very short _Wei iannare_
Put on more wood _Nane rege honne_
Fill it full _Nue oruita_
Be careful not to break it _Chitesai_
Remove the leaves _Rape honne_
Open it carefully _Nue ekonotta_
Cook only manioc and plantains _Dama seteo meika ogoto_
Eat the skins _Igore ine_
Take some crushed maize _Pechato tuta hisano ui_
How many women are there? _Niga rinyona hisa ite?_
From what cause has your
brother died? _Nipeiche tio teide?_
Why did you leave the child
outside? It will be eaten
by the dogs _Nipeiche hito hino o fuaka ia daria_
Go soon and guard the women _Mei rieri rinyona hofona ipeise_
Do not do it again _Mene amanyete omoi_
An unmoral Indian woman _Rinyo Rei-irage_
An immoral Indian woman _Rinyo Kachirete_
With whom have you been having
intercourse? _Bu tika beriteo?_
How many husbands have you had? _Nigama bettora-o?_
Are you (a virgin) married? _Nia rutanyega-o?_
Who ravished you? _Bu-o rutaka?_
You are blind (a fool) _O ui nirite_
Do not delay _Fwepi neri_
Give me something _Feka_
Do not give anything _Fekanyete_
Walk _Mekkate_
Do not walk _Mekanyete_
I do not understand _Kehanyete_
That’s my business (common
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