mockingbird

Semantic Field
flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish
Meaning Portuguese

Languages

Language Linnean Name Orthographic Form Phonemicized Form Gloss as in Source Etymology Code Proto-Form Proto-Language Loan Source Etymology Notes Wanderwort Status Etyma Set Range of Term Word Structure Word Structure Notes Classifier Classifier Notes Hypernym Source Association with Social Categories Ritual/Mythologically Significant Ritual Notes Food Source Food Notes Medicinal Medicinal Notes How Collected Who Collects How Prepared Psychotropic Psychotropic Notes Traded Trade Notes Distribution Habitat Dangerous Ethnobiology Notes Species Notes General Notes
Bankalachi Toloim Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone Mimus polyglottos sajemma mockingbird inheritance same underived Crapo 1976:153 2 1 0 0 0 no
Cahuilla Mimus polyglottos támawet ˈtamawet mockingbird inheritance *tama-wɨ-ta Cupan S215 (Stubbs 2009:68); Gabrielino tamávut “hechicera” is same word same derived S&H give tamaw-et “mock-nominalizer”; everybody else thinks it is tama-wet “mouth-augmentative” -7aʃ “pet” Possessive classifier -7aʃ wikikmal Seiler&Hioki 1979:197 no info 2 1 no info hunted All roasted, stewed, eggs eaten 0 0 North America, Mexico diverse habitats (they like habitats with high places to perch, and don't like pine trees) no
Central Sierra Miwok Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Chemehuevi Mimus polyglottos yahmp' já·mpA JPH Mockingbird (Mimus) inheritance *yampa Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan Stubbs 216 (2008:68) Numic & Hopi same underived Merriam 59:527 2 1 0 0 0 no
Chumash Barbareno Mimus polyglottos ʧ'uʔ mockingbird unique underived Beeler 1978:174 2 1 0 0 0 no
Chumash Ineseno Mimus polyglottos hoo'-e hoo'-e mockingbird (thrasher?) unique reduplicated Merriam 55:11 2 1 0 0 0 no
Chumash Obispeno Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Chumash Ventureno Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Cocopa Mimus polyglottos šàkwi·lá· mockingbird inheritance *č-sa -kwila Proto-Yuman Contains *č-sa “bird”; this combo in Yav., Cocopa same underived no analysis in Crawford Crawford 1989 2 1 0 0 0 no
Comanche Mimus polyglottos soo yake? mocking bird, locust [Cicada JHH?] unique broader (mockingbirds and cicadas????) finite clause? always chirps (I'm not sure verb is fully formed) Robinson & Armagost 1990:163 2 1 0 0 0 no
Cupeño Mimus polyglottos tamawet taˈmawət mockingbird inheritance *tama-wɨ-ta Cupan S215 (Stubbs 2009:68); Gabrielino tamávut “hechicera” is same word same derived mouth-big-npn -ʔaʃ "pet" possessive classifier for animals mukikmal Hill & Nolasquez 1973:173 2 1 songbirds eaten by Cahuilla, Luiseño so surely also by Cupeño no info hunted all roasted, stewed, eggs eaten 0 0 North America diverse habitats (they like habitats with high places to perch, and don't like pine trees) no
Esselen Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Gabrielino Mimus polyglottos tow't 72-11, 60-425 ta:wt (?) Mockingbird semantic shift *tawe- Uto-Aztecan S210b (Stubbs 2009:68) reconstructs as “hawk”, but may be related to *tapi “flicker”. Mockingbird a conspicuous bird. same other complex ta:w-t mockingbird-npn (may be ta:-w-t with wV augmentative?) -ʔaʧ “pet” possessive classifier for animals http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n415/mode/2up; p. 425 no info 2 1 all birds eaten (McC 116) no info hunted all roasted 0 0 North America, Mexico diverse habitats (they like habitats with high places to perch, and don't like pine trees) no
Iipay 'Aa Mimus polyglottos ɂaashaa kwilaaw mockingbird, shrike, butcher bird inheritance *č-sa -kwila Proto-Yuman This combo in Yavapai, Cocopa broader (I doubt it, probably just imprecise identification) phrase bird-? Couro & Hutcheson 1973 2 1 0 0 0 no
Kawaiisu Mimus polyglottos yah'-bah Mockingbird inheritance *yampa Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan Stubbs 216 (2008:68) Numic and Hopi same underived Merriam 59:371 2 1 0 0 0 no
Kiliwa Mimus polyglottos sman Mexican mockingbird, Mimus unique same underived Mixco 1985 2 1 0 0 0 no
Kitanemuk Mimus polyglottos tukuahpač ˈtukuahpaʧr mockingbird unique Compare Cup. tukupuwet, some kind of woodpecker -- find other tuku- birds same other complex ˈtukuahpa-ʧr mockingbird-npn (root must be derived) -ʔacit "pet" possessive classifier for animals wicitat Anderton 1988:545 no info 2 1 no decent info but everybody ate songbirds and eggs no info hunted all roasted, boiled, eggs eaten 0 0 North America, Mexico diverse habitats (they like habitats with high places to perch, and don't like pine trees) no
Lake Miwok Mimus polyglottos pújpuj, p'újp'ujmele mockingbird? unique reduplicated Callaghan 1965 2 1 0 0 0 no
Luiseño Mimus polyglottos tamáawut taʹma:wut blabbermouth, big mouth, mockingbird inheritance *tama-wɨ-ta Cupan S215 (Stubbs 2009:68); Gabrielino tamávut “hechicera” is same word same derived taʹma:-wu-t mouth-augmentative-non.possessed.noun -ʔaʃ "pet" possessive classifier; NPN form of noun is ʔaʃla 7ehéngmal Elliott 1999:908 no info 2 1 songbirds eaten no info hunted all boiled, roasted, eggs eaten 0 0 North America, Mexico all habitats (they like habitats with high places to perch, and don't like pine trees) no
Maidu Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Mojave Mimus polyglottos sakwathɂaaly mockingbird unique Note Cocopa C. šàkwi·lá· same phrase contains sakah- “have feathers”; simplex in Munro et al. Munro et al.1992 2 1 0 0 0 no
Mutsun Mimus polyglottos soksokian; mu-shyek? (JPH per CHM) bird like sensonte; mockingbird unique reduplicated Mason 1916:428; Merriam 55:409 2 1 0 0 0 no
Nisenan Mimus polyglottos sikaltu mockingbird unique other complex morphology unknown Uldall & Shipley 1966 2 1 0 0 0 no
Northern Paiute Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Northern Sierra Miwok Mimus polyglottos cimit:olo- mockingbird inheritance Eastern Miwokan In Mip phrase X-bird Callaghan 1987 2 1 0 0 0 no
Plains Miwok Mimus polyglottos cimit:olo- mockingbird inheritance Eastern Miwokan In Mins ; note Yuki č'i:mit “bird” and Wappo cimi:to “hummingbird” (Elmendorf & Shepherd 1991) phrase This must be X-bird Callaghan 1984 2 1 0 0 0 no
Salinan A Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Salinan M Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Seri (Comcaac) Mimus polyglottos ziic coosixoj common mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos unique same relative clause ziic c-oosixoj “bird that- incites.to.fight” Comcaac Dictionary 616 2 1 0 0 0 no
Serrano Mimus polyglottos $yTy:t mockingbird (CHM confirms 60-105) unique other complex -t NPN KCHill ms 2001:53 2 1 0 0 0 no
Southern Paiute Mimus polyglottos yampA Mockingbird (Mimus) inheritance *yampa Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan Stubbs 216 (2008:68) Numic and Hopi same underived Sapir 1930:722 2 1 0 0 0 no
Southern Sierra Miwok Mimus polyglottos Towin:-aj- mockingbird loan Yokuts Note Yowlumne Towinits “goldfinch” other complex -aj theme Broadbent 1964: 2 1 0 0 0 no
Southern Ute Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Tübatulabal Mimus polyglottos tsahl 72-807, 60-491 ˈʦa:l mockingbird unique same other complex ˈʦa:-l mockingbird-npn chikkīt http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n479/mode/2up; p. 491 no info 2 1 no info hunted men roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) 0 0 North America, Mexico diverse habitats (they like habitats with high places to perch, and don't like pine trees) no
Tümpisa Shoshone Mimus polyglottos yampa mockingbird inheritance *yampa Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan Stubbs 216 (2008:68 same underived Dayley 1989:405 2 1 0 0 0 no
Wappo Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Washo Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Western Mono Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Wintu Mimus polyglottos č'a:wi č'ilč'iL mockingbird unique relative clause č'a:w ... “sing” Schlichter 1981 2 1 0 0 0 no
Yavapai Mimus polyglottos ɂčsàkwīla mockingbird inheritance *č-sa - kwila Proto-Yuman contains *č-sa “bird”; this combo in Yav, Cocopa, 'Iipay Aa unknown Shaterian 1983 2 1 0 0 0 no
Yokuts Palewyami Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Yokuts Yawdanchi Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Yokuts Yowlumne Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Yuki Mimus polyglottos missing missing missing 2 1 0 0 0 no
Yuma Mimus polyglottos sik'-kwe-lah' Mockingbird (Mimus) loan Cocopa Note Cocopa C. šàkwi·lá·, different from Mojave sakwathɂaaly unknown Merriam 61:459 2 1 0 0 0 no