Mikira language
# Mikira language

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.

## 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 $(1949):^{:59–61}$

    French gloss (original)English gloss (translated)Mikirá bande à cheveuxhair bandakča cannotcanoenunga chauve-sourisbatmašu chiendognini coqcockguatadi crécellerattlegingile crocodilecrocodiletára eauwateríde écorcebark, skinmapa feufirepunga gourdinclub, cudgelnara hamachammocktaila lunemoonrúki maïsbutčiči mangereatkáki nuitnightrupiye ornement d’escarbotsscarab ornamentkurišundu ornement de roseau jauneyellow reed ornamentpelantse ornement de plumages et d’os de dindonturkey feather and bone ornamenttayatudlú ornement de grands fruits secslarge dried fruit ornamentpinganamuyu pierrestonenapi poison de flèchespoison arrowpišuaya singemonkeykamuka soleilsunkogua têteheadhumato tête-trophéetrophy headhuma vêtement de femmeswomen's clothingpampayina vêtement fait de plumages de toucanclothing made of toucan featherskalinga viandemeatlulunga
