Mikira (Miquira, Shuensampi, Suensampi) is an extinct Cahuapanan language that was spoken in the single village of Maucallacta on the Paranapura River in northern Peru. It is closely related to Jebero.[1][2]

Word list

A word list of Mikira was collected by Czech explorer Enrique Stanko Vráz [cs]. At the time of the data collection, the language and tribe were already nearly extinct, as Vráz had found only five houses in the village of Maucallacta. Vráz's list was subsequently published in Loukotka (1949):[2]^: 59–61

French gloss (original)	English gloss (translated)	Mikirá
bande à cheveux	hair band	akča
cannot	canoe	nunga
chauve-souris	bat	mašu
chien	dog	nini
coq	cock	guatadi
crécelle	rattle	gingile
crocodile	crocodile	tára
eau	water	íde
écorce	bark, skin	mapa
feu	fire	punga
gourdin	club, cudgel	nara
hamac	hammock	taila
lune	moon	rúki
maïs	but	čiči
manger	eat	káki
nuit	night	rupiye
ornement d’escarbots	scarab ornament	kurišundu
ornement de roseau jaune	yellow reed ornament	pelantse
ornement de plumages et d’os de dindon	turkey feather and bone ornament	tayatudlú
ornement de grands fruits secs	large dried fruit ornament	pinganamuyu
pierre	stone	napi
poison de flèches	poison arrow	pišuaya
singe	monkey	kamuka
soleil	sun	kogua
tête	head	humato
tête-trophée	trophy head	huma
vêtement de femmes	women's clothing	pampayina
vêtement fait de plumages de toucan	clothing made of toucan feathers	kalinga
viande	meat	lulunga

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