Pauxi (Pawixi, Pawiyana[2]) is an extinct Cariban language of Brazil, once spoken on the right bank of the middle course of the Erepecurú River (Cuminá River) in Brazil.[3][1]
Vocabulary
Pauxi vocabulary[1]
| Gloss |
Pauxi |
|---|
| sun |
icire |
| moon |
noune |
| star |
siriké |
| day |
oménoro |
| night |
coco |
| rain |
cono-on |
| thunder |
capo |
| sky |
topeu |
| water |
touna |
| river |
touna icouaca |
| man |
tolo |
| woman |
orice |
| child |
moriré |
| brother |
yacono |
| my husband |
ouamo |
| my wife |
iama |
| fish |
coumata |
| hook |
yamta |
| cassava |
jouro |
| manioc flour (couac) |
caïama |
| arrow |
préou |
| dog |
aouara |
| tapir |
ouaou |
| doe |
gouchaou |
| jaguar |
caïcousso |
| egg |
pomo |
| chicken |
caïtara |
| curassow |
paouïs |
| macaw |
couyara |
| trahira |
aïmara |
| yellow-spotted river turtle |
chaouaro |
| piranha |
poune |
| small |
acatapico |
| large |
acane |
| to eat |
mamaou |
| wait for me |
camaïto |
| make fire |
miouto |
| to leave |
machiconé |
References
- Coudreau, Olga (1901). Voyage au Cuminá: 20 avril- 7 septembre 1900 (in French). Paris: A. Lahure. pp. 132–133.
- Migliazza, Ernest C. (1985-12-31), "1. Languages of the Orinoco-Amazon Region: Current Status", in Klein, Harriet E. Manelis; Stark, Louisa R. (eds.), South American Indian Languages, University of Texas Press, pp. 15–139, doi:10.7560/775923-002, ISBN 978-1-4773-0025-1, retrieved 2026-05-24
- "Glottolog 5.2 - Pauxi". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-10-17.