Aroaqui (Aroaki) is an extinct Arawakan language of Brazil that was spoken in the lower Rio Negro region, probably on the banks of the Cuieiras River.Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas . Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília. Some Aroaqui groups were also located around the mouth of the Amazon River near Macapá.
Aroaqui and Parawana are closely related, and may be the same language.
Vocabulary Aroaqui vocabulary (flora, fauna and cultural artifacts) collected by Johann Natterer (1832) in Airão:
English Aroaqui giant armadillo aʃana long-nosed armadillo kabau South American tapir waʃapi white-lipped peccary uʃabɨ collared peccary biiʃa deer botʃu jaguar itanamale cougar witʃalaule (witʃaule 'red') dog juba manatee habɨna duck uluma Columbidae jakokoa Cracidae pawi chicken paikula red-and-green macaw hana blue-and-yellow macaw kaliba Psittacidae huaru Psophia kolüma Tinamous mami alligator atule Chelonoidis khooli sepia-capped flycatcher koati fish wöni piraíba polauiwa redtail catfish dumma Pseudoplatystoma kulötʃi pirarucu metauü yam (vegetable) dɨtʃu manioc kanöti boiled and grounded manioc leaves (see maniva) kabünakadi mbeju tʃüi tapioca haiwei grass kabatʃai corn kawitʃi banana a(u)waʃi tobacco lɨbaʃada / pɨtuma(t)ʃe (< nheengatu) arch obɨduwai arrow no(-)bɨne club (weapon) khoipeda witch jadama acoustic horn no(-)pole canoe kanoa cauim jalakö demon maiʃé God + Mary, mother of Jesus Kawale + Menétʃu knife malia axe tauwai jug janawi Mouriri oaʃanai net amaka
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