Tuxá language
# Tuxá language

Tuxá (Tusha; also Todela ~ Rodela, Carapató, Payacú) was the eastern Brazilian language of the Tuxá people, who now speak Portuguese. The language ceased being spoken in the late 19th century, but in the 1960s a research team found two women that had been expelled from the Tuxa tribe in Bahia who knew some thirty words.

It was spoken along the São Francisco River near Glória, Bahia, and was reported by Loukotka (1968) to have more recently been in the village of Rodelas, Pernambuco (now part of Bahia).

## Vocabulary

### Loukotka (1968)

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.

    glossTushá earkramakeː toothtakaí manzyunkurun sunenkeː moonzyerõmeːkeː earthzyerintin

### Pompeu (1958)

Tushá vocabulary collected by Antônio Likaro e Cordorina in Rodelas:

    Portuguese gloss (original)English gloss (translated)Tushá solsunenkê luamoonjerõmêkê céuskyeisrêmêkê terraearthjerintin Rio São FranciscoSão Francisco RiverKaleshí homemmanjunkurun mulherwomanlãkãtí meninoboyjití meninagirlkaití cabelohairtixí dentetoothtakaí orelhaearkramákê cachimbosmoking pipetôrú teiúTupinambis lizardtishiriú

### Meader (1978)

In 1961, Wilbur Pickering recorded the following word list in Juazeiro, Bahia from Maria Dias dos Santos. She was an elderly rememberer of Tuxá who was born in Rodelas, but later moved to Juazeiro.

    Portuguese gloss (original)English gloss (translated)Tuxá águawaterˈmiˈaŋga cabeçaheadkaˈka cabelohairkakaˈi cachorrodogkašuˈi carnemeatoˈtiši criança (menino)child (boy)guřituˈi fogofiretoˈe fumosmokepaˈka muitasmanykalatuˈi muitas cabeçasmany headskalatuˈi kaˈka ovelhasheepalvεˈmą panelapanˈmunduřu solsunšaˈřola pessoa sujadirty personˈšuvaˈd̯ya acangataraacangatara (type of ceremonial feather headband)ˈgoxo cachaçacachaçaauˈřiŋka cachimbosmoking pipemaˈlaku chocalhorattlemařaˈka deusGodtumˈpą dinheiromoneykaːmˈba farinhaflourkoˈñuna gadocattlegadiˈma melanciawatermelonˈvεřdoˈa negroblacktupiˈʌŋka pebasix-banded armadillokabulεˈtε porcopigˈmokoˈxε preáBrazilian guinea pigšuˈřį soldadosoldiersokoˈdo tatuarmadilloputiˈa trempetwitchmυsˈtřυ̨ urubuvultureuˈřikuˈři tutuˈa (?) quem gosta de apreciar o Guaraniwho likes to enjoy the Guaranikalamaˈši; kalatuˈi; kaˈlamototuˈa
