Standard Lemma guide

Pirahã

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • UK: /ˈpiːɹəhɑː/
  • UK: /piːɹəˈhɑːn/

1

name

Meaning 1

The language of this people, lacking any known relatives, containing few phonemes, and controversially said to possess neither true numbers nor the means of expressing history or employing recursive embedding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An indigenous people of Brazil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: pirahã — language
  • Pirahã: apáitisí — language
  • Pirahã: xapaitíiso — language
  • Portuguese: pirahã — language
  • Russian: пираха (piraxa) — language
  • Russian: пираханский (piraxanskij) — language
  • Russian: пираа (piraa) — language
  • Pirahã: híaitíihí — people
  • Pirahã: hiáitihí — people
  • Portuguese: pirahã — people
  • Portuguese: pirahãs — people
  • Russian: пираха (piraxa) — people