English | Spanish | Portuguese | Semantic Field | Part of Speech | Orthographic Form | Phonemicized Form | Gloss as in Source | Etymology Code | Proto-Form | Proto-Language | Loan Source | Wanderwort Status | Etyma Set | Etymology Notes | General Notes | Source |
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English | Spanish | Portuguese | Semantic Field | Part of Speech | Orthographic Form | Phonemicized Form | Gloss as in Source | Etymology Code | Proto-Form | Proto-Language | Loan Source | Wanderwort Status | Etyma Set | Etymology Notes | General Notes | Source |
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1pl.excl | nosotros (exclusivo) | nós (exclusivo) | grammar | ingkilla7ang, killa7ang | loan | |||||||||||
1pl.incl | nosotros (inclusivo) | nós (inclusivo) | grammar | kil, | loan | |||||||||||
1sg | yo | eu | grammar | ki (it's a clitic) | loan | |||||||||||
2pl | ustedes | vocês | grammar | pum, puumu (subj plur) | inheritance | |||||||||||
2sg | xx | xx | grammar | ympi (subj) | inheritance | |||||||||||
3pl | ellos/ellas | eles/elas | grammar | inta | unknown | |||||||||||
3sg | el/ella | ele/ela | grammar | ts, tsa (clitics | loan | |||||||||||
above | encima, arriba | acima | location | paanga | inheritance | Hill 2009 | ||||||||||
again | de nuevo, otra vez | de novo | grammar | shiiwpa | unknown | |||||||||||
all | todo | todos | other | pinii7-ju, pinni-ju | unknown | |||||||||||
and | y | e | grammar | ti, tiy | unknown | |||||||||||
ankle | tobillo | tornozelo | body | kaawlish-t | loan | |||||||||||
armpit | axila, sobaco | axila | body | kaaluk-t | loan | |||||||||||
ash | ceniza(s) | cinzas | environment | toongol | inheritance | |||||||||||
at | en, a | em, a | location | -p | inheritance | |||||||||||
back | espalda | costas | body | oonoo-l | unknown | |||||||||||
bad | mal | mal | quality | tysh, tyshwa-n | inheritance | |||||||||||
belly | barriga | barriga | body | shappush-t | inheritance | |||||||||||
below | abajo, debajo | abaixo | location | omholok, omholokaa-n “under” | inheritance | |||||||||||
big | grande | grande | quality | ekeewa-n | loan | |||||||||||
bite | morder | morder | body | kyy-yt | inheritance | |||||||||||
black | negro | preto | colour | tuukupyy-l | inheritance | |||||||||||
blood | sangre | sangue | body | ykwa-n | inheritance | |||||||||||
blow | soplar | soprar | body | pushk-at (with breath) | inheritance | |||||||||||
boil/pimple | espinilla, granos | espinha, borbulha | body | pishkishyt “has pus inside, as boil” | inheritance | |||||||||||
bone | hueso | osso | body | oo-n | inheritance | |||||||||||
breast | pecho, seno | peito | body | pii-l | inheritance | |||||||||||
breathe | respirar | respirar | body | ihk-yt | inheritance | |||||||||||
burn | quemar | queimar | environment | tsama-t | unknown | |||||||||||
chew | masticar, mascar | mastigar | body | ahaaych-at | inheritance | |||||||||||
child | niño, niña | criança | human | tuumu-un, tu7mul “baby” | inheritance | |||||||||||
climb | subir | subir | motion | wilaa7la-t | unknown | |||||||||||
cloud | nube | nuvem | environment | paashuumisht | unique | |||||||||||
cold | frío | frio | quality | yytsyy7jyt “be cold” | inheritance | |||||||||||
come | venir | vir | motion | kimma-t | inheritance | |||||||||||
cook | cocinar | cozinhar | impact | tykkikuuj7-at | loan | |||||||||||
correct/true | verdad, de veras | verdade | quality | ty/wwy “rightly” | loan | |||||||||||
count | contar | contar | mental | missing | ||||||||||||
cry | llorar | chorar | mental | annang-at | inheritance | |||||||||||
cut/hack | cortar | cortar | impact | tyttyy7in-at | inheritance | |||||||||||
day | día | dia | time | taal | inheritance | |||||||||||
die/be dead | morir | morrer | state | muuk-ut (sg) | inheritance | |||||||||||
dig | cavar | cavar | impact | wash-at | inheritance | |||||||||||
dingo/wolf | fauna | typajch “wolf” | loan | |||||||||||||
dirty | sucio | sujo | quality | tukuupish-yt “be or become -” | inheritance | |||||||||||
dream | soñar | sonhar | mental | untumuuka-t | ||||||||||||
drink | beber, tomar | beber | body | ii7y-t | inheritance | |||||||||||
dry | seco | seco | quality | waak-yt | inheritance | |||||||||||
dull/blunt | sin filo, mocho, desafilado, embotado, romo | maçante, desamolado, não afiado | quality | missing | ||||||||||||
dust | polvo | poeira | environment | tyywyt | inheritance | |||||||||||
ear | oreja | orelha | body | nangha-l | inheritance | |||||||||||
earth/soil | tierra | terra | environment | shuwaal “earth” | loan | |||||||||||
eat | comer | comer | body | tykk-at | loan | |||||||||||
egg | huevo | ovo | fauna | pom-t | unique | |||||||||||
eye | ojo | olho | body | puntsi-l | inheritance | |||||||||||
faeces | heces, mierda, excremento, estiércol | fezes | body | shaa-n | inheritance | |||||||||||
fall | caer | cair | motion | ujuuk-at | unknown | |||||||||||
far | lejos | longe | quality | wanaang | loan | |||||||||||
fat/grease | grasa | gordura | body | wip-t | inheritance | |||||||||||
father | padre, papá | pai | kinship | anaa-n (before death of offspring) | inheritance | |||||||||||
fear | miedo | medo | mental | tsungkil (N); tsungk-ut (V) | unknown | |||||||||||
feather | pluma | pena | fauna | maashaawisht “ceremonial bunch of eagle feathers” | inheritance | |||||||||||
fire | fuego | fogo | environment | kutt | inheritance | |||||||||||
fish | xx | xx | fauna | kujuul | inheritance | |||||||||||
flow | fluir | fluir | motion | wyy7a-t | inheritance | |||||||||||
flower | flor | flor | environment | ipiil | loan | |||||||||||
fly | volar | voar | motion | ool-yt | unknown | |||||||||||
fog | niebla, neblina | nevoeira, bruma, neblina | environment | paashuumishit | unique | |||||||||||
foot | pie | pé | body | yngky-l | inheritance | |||||||||||
fruit | fruta | fruta | flora | ahnt “berries” (generic) | unknown | |||||||||||
good | bueno | bom | quality | ty/wwy, tywwywa/-n | loan | |||||||||||
grow | crecer | crescer | state | ayaaw-yt | inheritance | |||||||||||
hair (of head) | cabello | cabelo | body | tsomoo-l (head hair) | unique | |||||||||||
hand | mano | mão | body | maa-l | inheritance | |||||||||||
head | cabeza | cabeça | body | ko7ohn | unknown | |||||||||||
hear | oír | ouvir | mental | ha7-yt, haa7-yt | inheritance | |||||||||||
heavy | pesado | pesado | quality | pyllyt | inheritance | |||||||||||
hide | esconder | esconder | motion | uukuuchy-t (vi) | inheritance | |||||||||||
hit | golpear, pegar | bater | impact | paa7kin-at | inheritance | |||||||||||
hold | correr, asegurar, sostener | segurar | other | jyyw-ut, jyww-ut | inheritance | |||||||||||
how? | como | como | grammar | ha7ic | V1935:165 | |||||||||||
if | si | se | grammar | tan | unknown | |||||||||||
in/inside | dentro, adentro | dentro | location | shuuna-l | inheritance | |||||||||||
intestines | intestinos | intestinos | body | missing | ||||||||||||
itch | hormiguear, sentir comezón | coçar | body | missing | ||||||||||||
kill | matar | matar | impact | myyk-at (sg obj) | inheritance | |||||||||||
know/be knowledgeable | saber, conecer | saber, conhecer | mental | maak-at | inheritance | |||||||||||
lake | lago | lago | environment | paatsiiwat | loan | |||||||||||
laugh | reír | rir | mental | kytsyy-at | unknown | |||||||||||
leaf | hoja | folha | environment | nanghapyyl | inheritance | |||||||||||
left/left hand | izquierdo | esquerdo | location/body | aashinga-n | inheritance | |||||||||||
leg/foot | pierna | perna | body | uukkappyyl | loan | |||||||||||
lie down | acostarse, echarse | deitar | motion | myhy-at “lie down” | unknown | |||||||||||
lightning | rayo, relámpago | relampago | environment | washakwashaakat “be lightning” | loan | |||||||||||
live/be alive | vivir | viver, morar | body | missing | ||||||||||||
liver | hígado | figado | body | nyyma-l | inheritance | |||||||||||
long | largo | comprido, longo | quality | uttutu, uttutuuwa-n “tall” | loan direction unknown | |||||||||||
louse | piollo, piojo | piolho | fauna | nahaal | unknown | |||||||||||
lung | pulmón | pulmão | body | moshoohat | unknown | |||||||||||
man/male | hombre | homem | human | taatwa-l | loan | |||||||||||
meat/flesh | carne | carne | fauna | tukuwa/-n | inheritance | |||||||||||
moon | luna | lua | environment | myyjal, myyjapisht | inheritance | |||||||||||
mother | madre, mamá | mãe | kinship | aapuu-n (before death of child) | loan | |||||||||||
mouth | boca | boca | body | too7kon-t | unknown | |||||||||||
name | nombre | nome | human | tingwaa-n | inheritance | |||||||||||
nape | base del cuello, nuca | nuca | body | missing | ||||||||||||
near/close | cerca de | perto | quality | mii7ppil | inheritance | |||||||||||
neck | cuello | pescoço | body | kulaa-n | inheritance | |||||||||||
new | nuevo | novo | quality | mappittal | unknown | |||||||||||
night | noche | noite | time | tukal, tuukal, tuukit | inheritance | |||||||||||
no/not | no | não | grammar | haa7ish, haaji, hash, ha/jji | inheritance | |||||||||||
nose | nariz | nariz | body | muppi-tt | inheritance | |||||||||||
old | viejo | velho | quality | uulawy-t “get old” | unknown | |||||||||||
one | uno | um | number | chiich | unique | |||||||||||
open/uncover | abrir | abrir | other | lesha-t (vi) | loan | |||||||||||
other | otro | outro | grammar | shyywa | inheritance | |||||||||||
pain/painful/sick | dolor, doloroso, enfermo | dor, doloroso, doente | body | ynnyhy-at “be, become (sg)” | unknown | |||||||||||
person/human being | persona | pessoa | human | anghannil “people” | inheritance | |||||||||||
pound/beat | machacar, golpear | bater | impact | kohkohwin-at, | unique | |||||||||||
rain | lluvia | chuva | environment | tangil (N) | inheritance | |||||||||||
red | rojo | vermelho | colour | mel7melyppyyl | unique | |||||||||||
right/right hand | derecha | direita | location/body | tey hawwa7an “right side” | unknown | |||||||||||
road/path | camino | caminho | manufacture | poht, pooht | inheritance | |||||||||||
root | raíz | raiz | flora | wiishi-n | inheritance | |||||||||||
rotten | podrido | podre | quality | missing | ||||||||||||
sand | arena | areia | environment | shiihpit | inheritance | |||||||||||
say | decir | dizer | mental | ky-t | inheritance | |||||||||||
scratch | rascar | rasgar | impact | owookin | unknown | |||||||||||
see | ver | ver | mental | taawykyyla-t | unknown | |||||||||||
sharp | afilado, filudo, filoso | afiado | quality | missing | ||||||||||||
shoot | tirar, disparar, balear | atirar | impact | muu-t, uumu7-at | inheritance | |||||||||||
short | corto | curto | quality | tapuu7ppich, and variants | loan direction unknown | |||||||||||
shoulder | hombro | ombro | body | shykky-n | inheritance | |||||||||||
shy/ashamed | tímido, vergonzoso | timido, com vergonha | mental | yeew-ut “be ashamed” | loan | |||||||||||
sit | sentar(se) | sentar | state | hall-yt | inheritance | |||||||||||
skin | piel | pele | body | poon-t | inheritance | |||||||||||
sky | cielo | céu | environment | tukumpa/l | inheritance | |||||||||||
sleep | dormir | dormir | body | tahkin-at | unknown | |||||||||||
small | pequeño | pequeno | quality | kuu7chupich | loan direction unknown | |||||||||||
smoke | humo | fumaça | environment | uujit | unknown | |||||||||||
sniff/smell | olfatear, oler | cheirar | body | missing | ||||||||||||
spit | escupir | cuspir | body | tuhhu-at | loan into protolanguage | |||||||||||
split | partir, dividir | rachar, dividir, partir | impact | chilaala-t | unknown | |||||||||||
squeeze | estrujar, exprimir | espremer | impact | missing | ||||||||||||
stab/pierce | apuñalar, acuchillar | apunhalar | impact | shopshoop-at “be pierced” | unknown | |||||||||||
stand | estar de pié | ficar em pé | state | yywynn-yt, wynn-yt | inheritance | |||||||||||
star | estrella | estrela | environment | shuul | inheritance | |||||||||||
steal | robar | roubar | other | yyj-yt | inheritance | |||||||||||
stick/wood | palo | pau, vara | flora | uu7u-t | inheritance | |||||||||||
stone | piedra | pedra | environment | tynt | inheritance | |||||||||||
suck | chupar | chupar | body | missing | ||||||||||||
sweat | sudar | suor, suar | body | missing | ||||||||||||
swell | hincharse | inchar | body | owook-at “swell up” | unknown | |||||||||||
swim | nadar | nadar | motion | paj7ich-yt | unique | |||||||||||
tail | cola, rabo | rabo | body | wishii-n | inheritance | |||||||||||
that | ese/esa | esse | grammar | wa7 | inheritance | |||||||||||
thick | grueso, gordo, espeso | grosso | quality | puhm7puhm-at | unknown | |||||||||||
thin | delgado | fino | quality | allalallipich | loan direction unknown | |||||||||||
think | pensar | pensar | mental | tooj-y-t | loan | |||||||||||
this | este/esta | este | grammar | ywynn, wynn | unknown | |||||||||||
three | tres | tres | number | paay | inheritance | |||||||||||
throat | garganta | garganta | body | missing | ||||||||||||
throw | tirar, lanzar | atirar, jogar | impact | annap-at | unknown | |||||||||||
thunder | truenos | trovão | environment | missing | ||||||||||||
tie up/fasten | atar, amarrar | amarrar | impact | puun-at | inheritance | |||||||||||
tongue | lengua | lingua | body | lalant | inheritance | |||||||||||
tooth | diente | dente | body | tamant | inheritance | |||||||||||
turn | girar, volter, torcer | virar | other | paj7k-yt “turn around” | unknown | |||||||||||
two | dos | dois | number | woh, woo | inheritance | |||||||||||
vomit | vomitar | vomitar | body | wajuup-at | unknown | |||||||||||
walk | caminar, andar | andar | motion | miy-at “go” | inheritance | |||||||||||
water | agua | agua | environment | paa-l | inheritance | |||||||||||
wet | mojado | molhado | quality | hallaj7-ut (be wet) | unknown | |||||||||||
what? | que, qué | que | grammar | haajn, haajnt | inheritance | |||||||||||
when? | cuando | quando | grammar | missing | ||||||||||||
where? | donde | onde | grammar | maa-l | inheritance | |||||||||||
white | blanco | branco | colour | pooshy-t (be...) | unknown | |||||||||||
who? | quien, quién | quem | grammar | aki | inheritance | |||||||||||
wife | esposa | esposa | kinship | shooji-n | inheritance | |||||||||||
wind | viento | vento | environment | yhkowwaal | inheritance | |||||||||||
wing | ala | asa | body | angaa-n | inheritance | |||||||||||
woman/female | mujer | mulher | human | koojm | unknown | |||||||||||
work | trabajar | trabalhar | other | waahay-jyt (vi) | loan | |||||||||||
yawn | bostezar | bocejar | body | shamngk-yt | unknown | |||||||||||
yellow | amarillo | amarelo | colour | missing |
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English | Spanish | Portuguese | Semantic Field | Part of Speech | 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 |
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abalone | flora-fauna | Haliotis spp. | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ant (generic) | hormiga | formiga | flora-fauna | Formicidae | pānünt | pa:ˈnɨnt | ant (generic) | inheritance | *ʔalɨN- | Uto-Aztecan | S44 (Stubbs 2009:44); I don't consider the /p/, perhaps from pa:??, to disqualify this item | same | derived | pa:-aˈnɨn-t big(?)-red.ant-npn | Hill 2010:65 | no info | 0 | 0 | Voegelin 1938:12 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | no | ||||||||||||||
ant (generic) | hormiga | formiga | flora-fauna | paanynt “generic term” | inheritance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
antelope | flora-fauna | Antilocapra americana | māshatt | ma:ˈʃat | antelope | inheritance | *masaC- | Uto-Aztecan | S623a (Stubbs 2009:121); Stubbs missed this cognate | same | other complex | ma:ˈʃa-t pronghorn-npn | Hill 2010:44 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | antelope drives collaboration with Yokuts, Chumash (check) | 0 | 0 | Western North America | open areas | no | |||||||||||||||||
badger | flora-fauna | Taxidea taxus | pen'-nē 60-481 | pe:ˈni | badger | loan | no information | Nobody collected Sierra Miwok “badger” in any of the 3 languages. Not like Plains Miwok. I _know_ I have seen this -- where??? Looks a bit like odd Nisenan /peem/ | same | underived | http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n479/mode/2up; p. 481 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | no info | no info | no info | 0 | 0 | North America | chaparral, woodland | yes | |||||||||||||||||||
bald eagle | flora-fauna | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | missing | missing | missing | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
band-tail pigeon | flora-fauna | Patagioenas fasciata | mokkowisht | mokoˈwiʃt | Band-tailed pigeon, Columba fasciata | inheritance | *makahVwi | Uto-Aztecan | S676 (Stubbs 2009:126); vowel /o/ source?? | same | derived | mokoˈwi-ʃ-t dove-?-npn | Hill 2010:47 | no info | 0 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) | 0 | 0 | Americas | Oak and pine forests, feeds on acorns | no | |||||||||||||||||
bat | murciélago | morcego | flora-fauna | Chiroptera spp | pattsāwal | paʦa:ˈwal | bat | inheritance | *paCtsV- | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2009:56-57 *pati7a/*paCti7a “bat” (S124). But Numic and Cora all have pa[c/ch]a, which should reflect *paCtsV. That works for this Tub set too, so I have changed Stubbs' reconstruction/. A problematic set. Note *pata “fly” S902, p. 153. | same | other complex | paʦaˈwa-l bat-non.possessed.non (npn) (root perhaps derived, cf. paʦa- ground pine nuts) | Hill 2010:66 | no info | 0 | a story character | 1 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||
beaver | flora-fauna | Castor | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
beetle | flora-fauna | Coleoptera spp | shitōh | ʃiˈdoh | beetle | unique | perhaps from *si- “to piss”, if Stinkbug | no info | underived | Hill 2010:79 | no info | 2 | 0 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | global | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||||||
big round tule | flora-fauna | Schoenoplectus acutus | shi'īpül | ʃiʔi:ˈbɨl | Tule, Scirpus acutus | inheritance | *siˈʔi:- | Californian | Cupeno si'ish, Gab. se'-e (Merriam) | same | derived | ʃiʔi:-ˈbɨ-l tule-deriv.suffix-npn | Hill 2010:78 | no info | 2 | images of dead for burning made of tule bundles | 1 | roots peeled, sun-dried, pounded into flour, mixed w/ water and stone-boiled into mush (Voegelin 1938:18) | no info | gathered (wild) | all | see food notes; diverse non-food uses in mats, storage devices, roofing, etc. | 0 | 0 | California and southern US into Mexico | wet areas throughout | no | |||||||||||||||
big skunk | flora-fauna | Mephitis mephitis | ponnihw | ponˈnihw | skunk | inheritance | *po(C)ni | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S1983 (Stubbs 2009:275); see discussion of possible UA etymology that I don't care for | broader (includes all skunks) | underived | Hill 2010:73 | no info | 2 | 2 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | seems like skins might have been used but I found no info | 0 | 0 | North America | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||||
big wolf (gray wolf) | flora-fauna | Canis lupus | tüpaych | tɨˈbajʧ | wolf | loan | Kawaiisu | Southern Numic is *tyva/ch(i) S2503; if not loan should have /o/ or /u/, and final -ch is loan-y too. | broader (includes a large coyote) | underived | Hill 2010:98 | 1 | 2 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | hmm -- may have been taken for pelt | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | yes | |||||||||||||||||||
bighorn sheep | flora-fauna | Ovis canadensis | pā'at | pa:ˈʔat | bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis | inheritance | *paʔaC- | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S204 (Stubbs 2009:67); may be a Proto-Kiowa-tanoan loan into Proto NUA | same | other complex | pa:ˈʔa-t bighorn-npn | hill 2010:62 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted, diverse uses for skin, horn, etc. | 0 | 0 | Western North America | steep slopes, cliffs | no | |||||||||||||||||
bird | pajaro, ave | passaro | flora-fauna | chikkīt | ʧiˈki:t | bird | loan | Southern Sierra Miwok | Callaghan 2001 SSM cicka is Yok-Utian | narrower (does not include big birds like hawk, eagle, owl; may not include water birds like ducks, coots) | other complex | ʧiˈki:-t bird-npn | Hill 2010:16 | no info | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | no | |||||||||||||||||
bird | pajaro, ave | passaro | flora-fauna | chikkiit | loan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
black ant | flora-fauna | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | ullumush | ʔuluˈmuʃ | big black ant | unique | same | underived | Hill 2010:101 | no info | 2 | 0 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||||||||
black bear | flora-fauna | Ursus americanus | ūnal | ʔu:ˈnal | bear, Grizzly bear | inheritance | *hula- | Uto-Aztecan | S105 (Stubbs 2009:53) | broader (includes all bears) | other complex | ʔu:ˈna-l bear-npn | Hill 2010:102 | no info | 1 | Bear is a supernatural being, a yümükīwal, and must be treated with respect | 2 | “A difference of opinion” (Voegelin 1938:12) | no info | hunted | men | roasted, skin, claws kept although bearkin robes said to be “too heavy” -- they were good for cutting boards, pounding surfaces because thick | 0 | 0 | North America | chaparral, woodland | yes | |||||||||||||||
black-tail Jackrabbit | flora-fauna | Lepus californicus | shū'itt | ʃu:ˈʔit | jackrabbit | inheritance | *suuʔit | Uto-Aztecan | S1713 (Stubbs 2009:243); I give Manaster-Ramer's reconstruction | same | other complex | ʃu:ˈʔi-t jackrabbit-npn | Hill 2010:80 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted, pelt for diverse uses | 0 | 0 | I think rabbitskin blankets were traded | North America | flat open areas | no | ||||||||||||||||
blackberry | flora-fauna | Rubus ursinus | mah'-mil 72-819, 60-503 | ma:ˈmil (?) | Blackberry | loan | Yokuts | Note Southern Sierra Miwok mamlant “blackberry” where other E. Miwok have inani (or something like that) | WW | %mam | same | other complex | ma:ˈmi-l blackberry-npn | http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n479/mode/2up; p. 503 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | gathered (wild) | all | eaten raw, or boiled, ground and stored as cakes | 0 | 0 | Western North America | foothills, uplands | no | ||||||||||||||||
blowfly/housefly | mosca | mosca | flora-fauna | Diptera | pichōkisht | piʤo:ˈtiʃt | horsefly | unique | see Gabrielino ˈpi:ʧukʷar “fly”, Kitanemuk picucuʔač “fly”; some kind of regional element here. Note Maidu p'ic'ík'uk'ù | same | other complex | piʤo:ˈgiʃ-t horsefly-npn (root has historical derivation) | Hill 2010:71 | 0 | a story character | 0 | Voegelin 1938:12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | global | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||||||
blowfly/housefly | mosca | mosca | flora-fauna | pitchookisht “horsefly” | loan direction unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
blue grouse | flora-fauna | Dendrogapus? | pāwusshakk | pa:wuˈʧak | sage grouse, sage hen, Centrocercus urophasianus | unique | same | underived | pa:wuˈʧak perhaps pa:- “big”? But not synchronically productive | Hill 2010:67 | 0 | a story character | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Western North America. I don't know why it's in Merriam's list for California, mainly a Rocky Mountain bird | scrublands, woodlands | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
bobcat, lynx | flora-fauna | Lynx rufus | muppippīt | mupiˈpi:t | wildcat, the one who is without a nose | unique | Good UA etyma, unique formation (but this epithet used elsewhere for wildcat) | same | derived | mupiˈ-pi:-t nose-deprived.of-npn | Hill 2010:49 | no info | 1 | must be significant somehow | 2 | no info | hunted | men | roasted, pelt for diverse uses | 0 | 0 | North America | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||||||
butterfly, moth | mariposa | borboleta | flora-fauna | Lepidoptera | chikkōlolont | ʧiko:loˈlont | butterfly | unique | note S885 *sɨkwoti “fly”-- certainly resemblant, although not cognate | same | other complex | ʧiko:loˈlon-t butterfly (root probably has derivation) | Hill 2010:16 | no info | 2 | 0 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | global | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||||
California condor | flora-fauna | Gymnogyps californianus | wits | ˈwiʔiʦ | California condor | loan | Yokuts | Proto-NimYokuts *wichr' (retroflex, glottalized ch) (Golla 1964) | WW | %wit | same | underived | Hill 2010:121 | no info | 1 | 2 | no info | no info | no info | no info | 0 | 1 | U. S. Southwest | Rocky scrubland, woodland (they like cliffs | no | |||||||||||||||||
California jay | flora-fauna | Aphelocoma californica? | ātsayyipisht | ʔa:ʣajiˈbiʃt | bluejay, probably Steller's Jay, Cyanocitta stelleri | loan into protolanguage | *chaʔi- | Northern Uto-Aztecan | unknown | S209, Central Numic, Tubatulabal, Takic, always “blue jay” (Stubbs 2009:68). Note similar words in Yokutsan. | WW | %chaj | same | derived | ʔa:ʣaj-iˈbiʃ-t ?-individuator (ind) -npn | chikkīt | Hill 2010:12 | no info | 2 | 1 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) | 0 | 0 | throughout western North America (distributions from Wikipedia unless otherwise noted) | scrublands, woodlands (Habitats from Wikipedia unless otherwise noted) | no | ||||||||||||
California woodpecker | flora-fauna | Melanerpes formicivorus? | tă-lah-gawk't (k written over w) 72-77, 60-489;tă-lah'-gahkt' 60-489 | ta:laˈgohkt | California woodpecker | loan | Gabrielino | UA etyma, unique formation | WW | %palaka ~ %pana(k) | same | derived | ta:la-ˈkohk-t morning-repeatedly.pounds-nominalizer | chikkīt | http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n479/mode/2up; p. 489 | no info | 2 | 1 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 1 | Southern Oregon, California, south to Colombia | oak woodlands | no | ||||||||||||||
chia | flora-fauna | Salvia columbariae | pāshīl | pa:ˈʃi:l | chia seeds, Salvia columbariae | inheritance | *pasa/i | Californian | S1599 (Stubbs 2009:233). Only Numic is Tumpisa Shoshone, almost certainly a loan from Tubatulabal. This shows up in Chumash, Salinan, may be an old Californianism. | WW | %pasv | broader (plant and seeds) | other complex | pa:ˈʃi:-l chia-npn | Hill 2010:66 | no info | 1 | 1 | no info | gathered (wild) | women | seeds parched, mixed with other seeds, mixed with water as gruel | 0 | 0 | California and Southwest | Below 6000 feet in dry open areas, extensive stands in chaparral | no | |||||||||||||||
chipmunk | flora-fauna | Tamias spp. | tapāyal | taba:ˈjal | “chipmunk”, a small chipmunk-like ground squirrel, possibly the white-tail antelope ground squirrel | inheritance | *tapa ... | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S2095 (Stubbs 2009:288) | same | other complex | taba:ˈja-l chipmunk-npn | Hill 2010:85 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground | 0 | 0 | North America | woodlands | no | |||||||||||||||||
cliff swallow | flora-fauna | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | omhompit | ʔomhomʹbit | cliff swallow, mud diver, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | unique | same | derived | ʔomhom-ʹbi-t swallow.sp-diminutive-npn | chikkīt | Hill 2010:58 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) | 0 | 0 | Breed in North America | Cliffs (and now in/on buildings) | no | |||||||||||||||||||
coot | flora-fauna | Fulica americana | shāyal | ʃa:ˈjal | Mudhen or American coot, Fulica americana | inheritance | *saya(C) | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S217 (and 710) Stubbs 2009:69, very consistently for “coot, mud-hen” except in Cahuilla, Cupeño | same | other complex | ʃa:ˈja-l mudhen-npn | Hill 2010:77 | no info | 2 | feathers in wand carried at burning | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) | 0 | 0 | West coastal and southern North America to Central America | wetlands and open water | no | ||||||||||||||||
cottontail rabbit | flora-fauna | Sylvilagus audobonii | tahpunt | tahˈpunt | cottontail | inheritance | *tapuN- | Uto-Aztecan | S1707 (Stubbs 2009:242) | same | other complex | tahˈpun-t cottontail-npn | Hill 2010:82 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted, pelt for diverse uses | 0 | 0 | I think rabbitskin blankets were traded | North America | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||||
cottonwood | flora-fauna | Populus spp. | uttuhhul | ʔutuˈhul | Cottonwood tree | inheritance | *tukɨ(nu)- | Californian | What about S2359 tukynu “alder tree”??? (Stubbs 2009:316), Takic (Tb. vowels wrong but /u/ is contagious)_ | same | other complex | ʔutuˈhu-l cottonwood-npn | Hill 2010:104 | no info | 2 | 0 | no info | gathered (wild) | all | wood, bark, fibrous inner bark used | 0 | 0 | southern Canada south to northern Mexico | moist areas | no | |||||||||||||||||
coyote | flora-fauna | Canis latrans | isht | ˈʔiʃt | coyote | inheritance | *ʔisa- | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S552 (Stubbs 2009:112) | same | other complex | ˈʔiʃ-t coyote-npn | Hill 2010:30 | no info | 1 | figures in creation accounts | 2 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | hunted | men | eaten, and coyote pelts used for quivers, muffs to warm hands | 0 | 0 | North and Central America | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||
crow | flora-fauna | Corvus brachyrhynchos | akkapīppitt | ʔakabi:ˈpit | “little crow”, possibly a reference to the common crow, as distinguished from the raven | unique | This doesn't match any “crow” words; may be part of S584 *kak (Stubbs 2007:117), but not a good match. Nobody collected the Sierra Miwok word for “Raven”, might be a source | same | derived | ʔaka-bi:ˈ-pi-t raven-deriv.suffix-diminutive-npn | chikkīt | Hill 2010:4 | no info | 2 | usually Raven feathers show up in ritual paraphernalia, but Crow doesn't | 1 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||||
datura | flora-fauna | Datura wrightii | mōmōht | mo:ˈmo:ht | datura, jimsonweed, toloache, Datura meteloides | loan | Chumash | A loan from Gab. or Lu. *moy-la “moon” into Chumash, and then into Tubatulabal, probably very late | WW | %moji ~ %moni | broader (plant and toloache drink) | other complex | mo:ˈmo:h-t datura-npn | Hill 2010:47 | no info | 1 | used to seek spirit familiar | 1 | 1 | diverse uses for curing | gathered (wild) | men | plant crushed in water, could be mixed with other ingredients. Taken after 3-day fast | 1 | 0 | U.S. Southwest, California, Mexico | “sandy, gravelly, open areas below 4000 feet throughout Southern California” (Bean & Saubel 1972:60) | yes | ||||||||||||||
deer | venado | veado, cariacu | flora-fauna | tohhii-l | loan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
deer, mule | flora-fauna | Odocoileus hemionus | tohhīl | toˈhi:l | deer, hunting | loan | Numic | Proto-Numic *tɨhɨya | same | other complex | toˈhi:-l deer-npn | Hill 2010:88 | no info | 2 | Deer is a supernatural being, a yümükīwal, and must be treated with respect | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted, diverse uses for skin, horn, etc. | 0 | 0 | Western North America | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||||
digger pine | flora-fauna | Pinus sabiniana | wohhompōl | wohomˈbo:l | digger pine, bull pine, Pinus sabiniana | inheritance | *wokoN- | Uto-Aztecan | S1579a (Stubbs 2009:231) | same | other complex | wohomˈbo:-l digger.pine-npn (the -bo: is a derivational suffix historically) | Hill 2010:121 | no info | 2 | 1 | nuts best for mixing with tobacco | no info | gathered (wild) | men | in early season eaten immediately by men and boys; later, cones roasted like pinyons, by men and boys | 0 | 0 | California central valley, Sierra foothills, Coast Ranges to Tehachapis, also on Channel Islands | foothills | no | ||||||||||||||||
dog (camp, domestic) | perro | cachorro | flora-fauna | Canis familiaris | pukkupisht | pukuˈbiʃt | dog | loan | Western Numic | pukku links with Western Numic | same | derived | puku-ˈbiʃ-t domestic.animal-ind-npn | Hill 2010:74 | no info | 0 | 0 | “A difference of opinion” (Voegelin 1938:12) | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | with humans | no | |||||||||||||||
dog (camp, domestic) | perro | cachorro | flora-fauna | pukkupisht, | loan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
dogbane | flora-fauna | Apocynum cannabinum | māwil | ma:ˈwil | Indian hemp, dogbane, Apocynum cannabinum | loan | no information | Has the UA *wi- “string” element; ma:- may be from *maha “greens, herbs, weeds” but there is also a widespread Californianism %mah in Pomo, Yuki, Salinan | WW | %mah | same | other complex | ma:ˈwi-l apocynum-npn (historically, wi-l “twine”) | Hill 2010:44 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | gathered (wild but closely managed) | women | major fiber plant; stems crushed, fiber extracted | 0 | 0 | Timbrook says this could be obtained in trade if a shortabe | Southern Canada to Mexico | open wooded areas, hillsides, ravines | no | |||||||||||||||
dove | paloma | pomba | flora-fauna | Zenaida macrocoura | owīt | ʔoˈwi:t | dove, probably the mourning dove, Zenaida macroura | inheritance | *howi | Uto-Aztecan | S675 (Stubbs 2009:126); I have no idea why S finds O'odham ho:hi “difficult to explain”??? | same | other complex | ʔoˈwi:t sound-npn | chikkīt | Hill 2010:61 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) | 0 | 0 | Southern Canada to Mexico | Prefers open areas, avoids dense forests | no | ||||||||||||||
duck | pato | pato, marreco | flora-fauna | Anatidae | kulāpisht | kula:ˈbiʃt | “all ducks and geese” (Merriam), “mallard” (Hill) | unique | broader (includes geese; prototype is mallard, most common duck) | derived | kula:-ˈbiʃ-t duck-ind-npn | Hill 2010:36 | no info | 0 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) | 0 | 0 | Americas | wetlands and open water | no | ||||||||||||||||||
elder | flora-fauna | Sambucus | kūhuppül | ku:huˈpɨl | Elderberry, Sambucus velutina | inheritance | *kuʔu/kuhu- | Californian | S179 (Stubbs 2009:64) | same | derived | ku:huˈ-pɨ-l elderberry-deriv.suffix-npn | Hill 2010:36 | no info | 2 | 1 | berries | no info | almost certainly used elderberry tea | gathered (wild) | all | wood used for tools, as well as berries for food | 0 | 0 | North America | below 4500 feet in moist areas | no | |||||||||||||||
elk | flora-fauna | Cervas elaphus | shohkoy | ʃohˈgoj | elk, wapiti | loan | Yokuts | Proto-NimYokuts *sohkoy (Golla 1964) is originally a borrowing from some UA language, borrowed back into Tubatulabal. Merriam has Tub. pah'-soo-kun, 72-799; 60-481 | WW | %sok | same | underived | Hill 2010:79 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted, diverse uses for skin, horn, etc. | 0 | 0 | Western North America uplands, not in deserts | forest, forest edges | no | |||||||||||||||||
fish (generic) | pez | peixe | flora-fauna | kuyül | kuˈjɨl | fish | inheritance | *kɨcuC- | Uto-Aztecan | S864 (Stubbs 2009;147) | same | other complex | kuˈjɨ-l fish-npn | Hill 2010:38 | no info | 0 | 1 | no info | hunted | all | used fish traps (men), poison (everybody), diverse preparations, mainly roasting on coals | 0 | 0 | Americas | water | no | ||||||||||||||||
flea | pulga | pulga | flora-fauna | Siphonaptera | moo-tsoo' 72-79, 60-499 | mu:ˈʦuh (?) | flea | loan | no information | loan direction unknown, see Gabrielino motu:cey, Kitanemuk ʔatucit | same | underived | http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n479/mode/2up; p. 499 | no info | 2 | 0 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||||
flicker | flora-fauna | Colaptes sp. | chēwl | ˈʧe:wl | a kind of red bird | loan | Southern Sierra Miwok | SSM tiwaj (and note PnimYokuts *T'iwisa7 “yellowhammer” (Golla 1964:66, so form is Yok-Utian) | same | other complex | ˈʧe:w-l flicker-npn | chikkīt | Hill 2010:15 | no info | 2 | feathers in headbands, etc. for rituals | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) | 0 | 1 | feathers traded in ritual regalia | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||
foothills yucca | flora-fauna | Yucca whipplei | kuyat | kuˈjat | Spanish bayonet, Yucca whipplei | inheritance | *ku(ru) | Uto-Aztecan | S6 (Stubbs 2009;40); difficult since only first syllable but I find this a sensible start | same | other complex | kuˈja-t y.whipplei-npn | Hill 2010:38 | no info | 0 | 1 | no info | gathered (wild but closely managed) | all | stalks laid on open fire, buried in sand, then peeled (Voegelin 1938:18) | 0 | 0 | stalks traded to Kitanemuk (Harrington in Anderton 1988) | Southern California and Baja California | chaparral and oak woodlands, 300-2500 m | no | ||||||||||||||||
fox | flora-fauna | Vulpes, Urocyon | iklōpal | ʔiklo:ˈbal | fox | inheritance | *kalopV- | Uto-Aztecan | S560 (Stubbs 2009:113) tries to link this to Tubar kahulowi, possibly *kalop. I think is dubious but might work. Reconstruction is surely wrong -- maybe *kawo-lopV | narrower (probably desert fox, Vulpes macrotis) | other complex | ʔiklo:ˈba-l fox-npn (root must be derived historically) | Hill 2010:26 | no info | 2 | 2 | no info | hunted | men | for pelt, used for quiver, etc. | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||||
frog (generic) | flora-fauna | wōhnāl | wo:hˈna:l | large kind of frog | unique | broader (includes toad) | other complex | wo:hˈna:-l frog.sp-npn | Hill 2010:121 | no info | 2 | 2 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Western North America | wetlands, lakes, ponds, streams | no | ||||||||||||||||||||
golden eagle | flora-fauna | Aquila chrysaetos | āshawwütt | ʔa:ʃaˈwɨt | (golden) eagle, Aquila chrysaetos | inheritance | *ʔasa-wɨ-ta | Californian | S719 (Stubbs 2009:131) | same | derived | ʔa:ʃa-ˈwɨ-t eagle-augmentative-npn | Hill 2010:11 | no info | 1 | a story character and “a chief in the mythical age” (Voegelin 1938:21); feathers in wands, armlets | 2 | “A difference of opinion” (Voegelin 1938:12) | no info | hunted | men | eaglets captured and raised for feathers; birds set free when too big and scary to handle (Voegelin 1938:21). Adult eagles snared and killed for feathers | 0 | 1 | North America | They like cliffs, tall trees for nesting | no | |||||||||||||||
gooseberry | flora-fauna | Ribes spp. | woppul | woˈpul | gooseberry, Ribes quercetorum | unique | There are lots of NUA *po- berry words -- no /wo/, though | same | other complex | woˈpu-l gooseberry.npn | Hill 2010:123 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | gathered (wild) | all | eaten raw, or boiled, ground and stored as cakes | 0 | 0 | diverse species in California | chaparral, woodland | no | |||||||||||||||||||
gopher snake, bull snake | flora-fauna | Pituophis catenifer | tüpappul | tɨbaˈpul | gopher snake | unique | same | derived | tɨbaˈ-pu-l snake.sp-deriv.suffix-npn (tɨ-ba is probably rock-on historically | tuhhatt | Hill 2010:95 | no info | 2 | 2 | no reptiles eaten (Voegelin 1938:6) | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Southern Canada to Mexico | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||||||
grass | hierba, pasto | capim, grama | flora-fauna | (NA) | māshil, masshil | ma:ˈʃil | grass/deer grass (Epicampes rigens), grass, weeds | inheritance | *maha-si | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S1033 (Stubbs 2009:167) and see also 1614 | broader (includes non-used herbs as well as grass) | other complex | ma:ˈʃi-l grass-npn | Hill 2010:44 | no info | 0 | 0 | seeds | no info | gathered (wild but closely managed) | women | seeds parched, mixed with other seeds, mixed with water as gruel | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | no | ||||||||||||||
grass | hierba, pasto | capim, grama | flora-fauna | mashil | inheritance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
grasshopper | flora-fauna | Caelifera | ka'awüt | kaʔaˈwɨt | grasshopper | unique | Note: (Merriam gives sah'-kah-kah-wah “red-winged grasshopper” 60-143 for Wanikik Cahuilla | same | other complex | kaʔaˈwɨ-t grasshopper-nph (may contain augmentative) | Hill 2010:33 | no info | 2 | 1 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | global | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||||||
gray ground squirrel | flora-fauna | Sphermophilus sp. | tsawānünt | ʦawa:ˈnɨnt | Gray squirrel, Scurius griseus | unique | same | other complex | ʦawa:ˈnɨn-t ground.squirrel-npn (root may have derivation) | Hill 2010:90 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground | 0 | 0 | North America | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||||||||
gray tree squirrel | flora-fauna | Sciurus spp. | üshükal | ʔɨʃɨˈgal | blue squirrel, possibly the chickaree, Tamiascurius douglassii | inheritance | *sika-(wV) | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S2094 (Stubbs 2009:288); not quite correspondent; may be very early loan into NUA; note similar Yokuts forms in Kroeber's “ground squirrel” list | same | other complex | ʔɨʃɨˈga-l blue.squirrel-npn | Hill 2010:109 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground | 0 | 0 | Western North America | woodlands | no | |||||||||||||||||
great horned owl | flora-fauna | Bubo virginianus | muhhumpisht | muhumˈbiʃt | horned owl, great-horned owl | inheritance | *muhuN- | Uto-Aztecan | S1542 (Stubbs 2009:227), do NOT include Raramuri form with mo- | same | derived | muhumˈ-biʃ-t sound-ind-npn | Hill 2010:48 | no info | 1 | Owl is a supernatural being, a yümükīwal, and must be treated with respect | 2 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | hunted | men | for feathers for arrow fletching (Voegelin 1938:28) | 0 | 1 | Americas | Diverse habitats (less common in extreme deserts) | no | |||||||||||||||
grizzly bear | flora-fauna | Ursus arctos horribilis | ūnal | ʔu:ˈnal | bear, Grizzly bear | inheritance | *hula- | Uto-Aztecan | S105 (Stubbs 2009:53) | broader (includes all bears) | other complex | ʔu:ˈna-l bear-npn | Hill 2010:102 | no info | 1 | Bear is a supernatural being, a yümükīwal, and must be treated with respect | 2 | “A difference of opinion” (Voegelin 1938:12) | no info | hunted | men | roasted, skin, claws kept although bearkin robes said to be “too heavy” -- they were good for cutting boards, pounding surfaces because thick | 0 | 0 | Western North America | chaparral, woodland | yes | |||||||||||||||
horned toad | flora-fauna | Phrynosomatidae | mah-kah-seet' 72-79, 60-497 | ma:kaˈsit (?) | horned toad | loan | Kawaiisu | S1333 *makaCta (Stubbs 2009:202) have all attestations in Numic. Kawaiisu makaca-zi seems like an excellent candidate for source word | same | other complex | ma:kaˈsi-t horned.toad-npn | http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n479/mode/2up; p. 497 | no info | 2 | 2 | no reptiles eaten (Voegelin 1938:6) | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Western U.S. and Mexico | hot, dry, sandy areas | no | |||||||||||||||||
horse | caballo | cavalho | flora-fauna | Equus caballus | pungkul | puŋˈgul | possessed animal or bird; dog; horse | inheritance | *puNku- | Uto-Aztecan | S38 (Stubbs 2009:43) | broader (this is “domestic animal, pet”) | other complex | puŋˈgu-l pet-npn | Hill 2010:75 | no info | 0 | 0 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | global | with humans | no | |||||||||||||||
hummingbird | colibrí, picaflor (Peru) | beija-flor | flora-fauna | Trochilidae | oo-le'-bit, oo-leet' 72-77, 60-493 | ʔuli:ˈbit (?) | hummingbird | loan | Southern Sierra Miwok | SSM li:ci:cint (this is from PSM, same form in NSM, CSM) | same | derived | ʔuli:ˈ-bi-t hummingbird-diminutive-npn | chikkīt | http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n479/mode/2up; p. 493 | no info | 0 | 0 | no info | hunted | all | roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||
insect (generic) | insecto | insecto | flora-fauna | generic | tohhawal | tohaˈwal | bug, generic term for insect | semantic shift | *toka “spider” (in SUA) | Uto-Aztecan | S2055 (Stubbs 2009:285), he has only in SUA | narrower (includes nameless insects, not named ones) | other complex | tohaˈwa-l bug-npn | Hill 2010:88 | no info | 0 | 0 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | no | ||||||||||||||
junco | flora-fauna | Junco sppp | missing | missing | missing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
juniper | flora-fauna | Juniperus californica | wa'atul | waʔaʹdul | Juniper | inheritance | *waʔaC- | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S414 (Stubbs 2009:94) | same | derived | waʔaʹd-u-l juniper-deriv.suffix-npn | Hill 2010:114 | no info | 2 | 1 | berries boiled fresh; when dry and fully rpie seeded by hand, fleshpounded inpit mortars and eaten raw (Voegelin 1938:18) | no info | gathered (wild) | all | see food notes | 0 | 0 | North America | abundant 3000-4500 feet | no | ||||||||||||||||
louse | flora-fauna | order Phtiraptera | nahāl | naˈha:l | louse, lice | unique | S 1361 *nawi but only na- is match, so not good | same | other complex | naˈha:-l louse-npn | Hill 2010:51 | no info | 2 | 0 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | on people's hair | no | ||||||||||||||||||
mallard | flora-fauna | Anas platyrhynchos | kulāpisht | kula:ˈbiʃt | mallard, Anas fulvigula | unique | broader (includes geese; prototype is mallard, most common duck) | derived | kula:-ˈbiʃ-t duck-ind-npn | Hill 2010:36 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) | 0 | 0 | global | wetlands and open water | no | ||||||||||||||||||||
manzanita | flora-fauna | Arctostaphylos spp. | kü:nal | kɨ:ˈnal | Arctostaphyllos sp. (manzanita) | unique | Really ought to be relatable to S1635, Takic *kita- | same | other complex | kɨ:ˈna-l manzanita-npn | Hill 2010:2 (English index only) | no info | 2 | 1 | berries | no info | gathered (wild) | all | berries eaten in “lemonade” and other preparations | 0 | 0 | Western North America | chaparral, edges of woodlands | no | ||||||||||||||||||
milkweed, broad leaf | flora-fauna | Asclepias eriocarpa | pollolīwapü:l | pololi:waˈbɨ:l | gum plant, Asclepias erosa | unique | same | derived | pololi:wa-ˈbɨ:-l milkweed-deriv.suffix-npn | Hill 2010:72 | no info | 2 | 1 | chewing gum | 1 | juice rubbed on warts to make them disappear | gathered (wild) | all | gum from boiled sap, sucked out of reed tubes | 0 | 0 | California and adjacent Nevada and Baja California | dry barren areas 200-1900 m (Jepson Herbarium site) | no | ||||||||||||||||||
milkweed, narrow leaf | flora-fauna | Asclepias fascicularis | yūwil | ju:ˈwil | string, buckskin thong (see species notes) | unique | probably from UA *yu “hair, cornsilk” plus wi- “fiber” | same | other complex | ju:ˈwi-l milkweed.sp-npn (historically, wi-l “twine” | Hill 2010:129 | no info | 0 | 1 | no info | gathered (wild) | women | mainly for fiber; may have provided pot greens from young shoots | 0 | 0 | Inland California to Washington, Baja California | dry areas, slopes, 50-2200 m (Jepson Herbarium) | no | |||||||||||||||||||
mission tule | flora-fauna | Juncus | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
mockingbird | flora-fauna | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
mosquito | mosquito, zancudo | mosquito, carapana | flora-fauna | Anopheles spp, Isoptera | pesht | ˈpeʃt | mosquito | unique | not correspondent with pich- words for “fly” | same | other complex | ˈpeʃ-t | Hill 2010:68 | no info | 0 | 0 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | global | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||||
moth | mariposa nocturna, polilla | mariposa | flora-fauna | Heterocera | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 0 | Voegelin 1938:12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
mountain lion | flora-fauna | Puma concolor | tūkūkwüt | tu:gu:gˈwɨt | mountain lion | inheritance | *tuCkuC-wɨ | Californian | S1306b (Stubbs 2009;200); widespread Californianism | WW | %tuku | same | derived | tu:gu:g-ˈwɨ-t mountain.lion-augmentative-npn | Hill 2010:93 | no info | 1 | I'm sure is special, but not noted in Voegelin's lists | 2 | no info | hunted | men | roasted, pelt for diverse uses | 0 | 0 | North America | diverse habitas (prefers uplands) | yes | ||||||||||||||
mountain quail | flora-fauna | Oreortyx pictus | tūkt | ˈtu:kt | mountain quail | unique | same | other complex | ˈtu:k-t mountain.quail-npn | chikkīt | Hill 2010:93 | no info | 2 | topknots in feather wand carried at burning | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) | 0 | 0 | US west of Rockies and Baja California | chaparral | no | ||||||||||||||||||
mussel | flora-fauna | Mytilus spp. | chono, sho'ono p. 78 | ʧoˈno | (freshwater) mussel, freshwater clam | unique | narrower (freshwater mussel; I don't know if it includes imported “spoon” shells) | underived | Hill 2010:17 | no info | 2 | 1 | “obtained near Kernville” (Voegelin 1938:11) | no info | gathered (wild) | no info | no info | 0 | 1 | West coast North America | cold coastal waters | no | ||||||||||||||||||||
olivella (olive snail) | flora-fauna | Callianax biplicata | missing | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pinyon jay | flora-fauna | Cyanocitta stelleri? | ah'-ahlCH | ʔaˈʔahl (?) | Pinyon Jay | unique | This may be a mistake. It looks like verbs for “talk” and is closer to common words for “crow” | same | other complex | ʔaˈʔah-l jay.sp-npn (talker??) | chikkīt | http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n479/mode/2up; p. 489 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) | 0 | 0 | Western North America | Foothills where pinyon groves occur | no | ||||||||||||||||||
pinyon pine | flora-fauna | Pinus monophylla | tüpatt | tɨˈbat | nuts from pinyon pine; pinyon pine, Pinus monophylla | inheritance | *tɨpat | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S1583 (Stubbs 2009:231). This is probably a loan into Proto-NUA from Proto-Kiowa-Tanoan (Hill 2008 | broader (includes tree and nuts) | other complex | tɨˈba-t pinyon-npn | Hill 2010:97 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | gathered (wild) | all | ripe (but unopened) cones roasted, nuts removed, dried, cached | 0 | 1 | traded to Chumash for beads | Southwestern U.S. and Mexico | In pinyon-juniper woodland, 3500-9000 feet (for P. monophylla), 2500-8000 feet (for P. quadrifolia). Rocky hills and slopes. | no | ||||||||||||||||
pismo clam | flora-fauna | Tivella stultorum | tukumpal | tugumˈbal | sky, white clamshell disks | semantic shift | *tukuN-pa “sky” | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S1985a (Stubbs 2009?276) | narrower (does not refer to the animal or its shell, probably only to be disks strung as money) | other complex | tugumˈba-l sky/shell.disk-npn (historically, tukum-pa'an- “sky-on”) | Hill 2010:24 | no info | 2 | clam disks used as offerings | 1 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 1 | these obtained from Chumash, apparently directly | Pacific Coast roughly Monterrey-Baja | sandy beaches in surf zone | no | |||||||||||||||
pocket gopher | flora-fauna | Thomomys | muyyampisht | mujamˈbiʃt | gopher | inheritance | *mɨjɨN- | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S1009 (Stubbs 2009:164); not quite correspondent | same | derived | mujam-ˈbiʃ-t gopher-ind-npn | Hill 2010:50 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground | 0 | 0 | North America | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||||
poison oak | flora-fauna | Toxicodendron diversilobum | yah-wŭt' 72-79, 60-505 | ʔɨja:ˈwɨt (?) | Poison Oak, Toxicodencron diversiblobum | inheritance | *ʔɨjaa- | Californian | S1506 (Stubbs 2009:224) Huasteca Nahuatl iyatl “tobacco”is ridiculous. Kitanemuk ʔɨycič should be in. First vowel is central. | same | other complex | ʔɨja:ˈwɨ-t poison.oak-npn | http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n479/mode/2up; p. 505 | no info | 2 | 2 | no | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Pacific coast Canada to Baja California | Likes damp, shady areas, chaparral | yes | |||||||||||||||||
rattlesnake | flora-fauna | Crotalus spp. | shümmünt | ʃɨˈmɨnt | rattlesnake | inheritance | *samɨnɨ | Uto-Aztecan | S2011b (Stubbs 2009:280), should combine with 2011a | same | other complex | ʃɨˈmɨn-t rattlesnake.npn | Hill 2010:81 | no info | 1 | Rattlesnake is a supernatural being, a yümükīwal, and must be treated with respect | 2 | no reptiles eaten (Voegelin 1938:6) | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Southern Canada south | Diverse habitats | yes | |||||||||||||||
red ant | flora-fauna | Solenopsis spp | anünt | ʔaˈnɨnt | red ant, yellow ant | inheritance | *ʔalɨN- | Uto-Aztecan | S44 (Stubbs 2009:44) | broader (includes yellow ants) | other complex | ʔaˈnɨn-t red.ant-npn | Hill 2010:9 | no info | 1 | live ants wrapped in balls of eagle down swallowed for visions | 0 | Voegelin 1938:12 | 1 | live ants wrapped in balls of eagle down swallowed for ailments | gathered (wild) | men | see notes | 0 | “the effect produced when the ants bit the lining of the stomach was similar to that produced by drinking jimsonweed” (Voegelin 1938:5) | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||
red-shouldered blackbird | flora-fauna | Agelaius phoeniceus | tsakkīpü:l | ʦaki:ˈbɨ:l | blackbird | loan | Yokuts | Nim-Yokuts *č'ax (Golla 1964:60) | WW | %chak | same | derived | ʦaki:ˈ-bɨ:-l blackbird-deriv.suffix-npn | chikkīt | Hill 2010:89 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) | 0 | 0 | North and Central America | Open grassy areas, prefers wetlands, but also found in dry upland meadows | no | |||||||||||||||
red-tailed hawk | flora-fauna | Buteo jamaicensis | wā'al | wa:ˈʔal | large hawk | inheritance | *kwa7a- | Uto-Aztecan | S716 (Stubbs 2009:131) | same | other complex | wa:ˈʔa-l hawk-npn | Hill 2010:114 | no info | 2 | Hawk is a supernatural being, a yümükīwal, and must be treated with respect | 2 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | hunted | men | for feathers for arrow fletching (Voegelin 1938:28) | 0 | 0 | Americas | Mixed forest and field | no | |||||||||||||||
roadrunner | flora-fauna | Geococcyx californianus | üyhyümpisht | ʔɨjhjɨmˈbiʃt | roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus | loan | Yokuts | Proto-NimYokuts *ʔoyʔoy (Golla 1964); UA roadrunners say puypuy | WW | %uji | same | derived | ʔɨjhjɨmˈ-biʃ-t goes.uy-indiv-npn | chikkīt | Hill 2010:113 | no info | 2 | 1 | Voegelin 1938:12; disgusting because they eat lizards | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Southwestern U.S. to Central America | desert areas | no | ||||||||||||||
ruddy duck | flora-fauna | Oxyura jamaicensis | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
sage herb | flora-fauna | Artemisia californica | missing (not found this far east) | missing | missing | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
salmon/steelhead | flora-fauna | Oncorhynchus mykiss | ha”yahl | haʔayahl | trout | unique | same | other complex | haʔayah-l trout-npn | Hill 2010:22 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | all | used fish traps (men), poison (everybody), diverse preparations, mainly roasting on coals | 0 | 0 | West coast North America to roughly San Diego | anadromous; rivers with coastal outlets | no | ||||||||||||||||||||
scaly lizard | flora-fauna | Pygopus lepidopodus? | shikkol | ʃiˈkol | lizard | semantic shift | *siko- “stinkbug” | Californian | S312 (Stubbs 2009:83); alwas reduplicated as sisko in “stinkbug”, perhaps that's the shift from “lizard”. | broader (includes several kinds of lizard, more like English “lizard, generic”) | other complex | ʃiˈko-l lizard-npn | Hill 2010:78 | no info | 2 | 2 | no reptiles eaten (Voegelin 1938:6) | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||||
small bird | flora-fauna | chikkīt | ʧiˈki:t | bird (also “small bird” in Merriam) | loan | Southern Sierra Miwok | Callaghan 2001 SSM cicka is Yok-Utian | broader (includes more than songbirds -- see “bird”)) | other complex | ʧiˈki:-t bird-npn | Hill 2010:16 | no info | 2 | 1 | Voegelin (1938:12) mentions that Tub. did not eat meadowlarks because they thought they were cute and felt sorry for them | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | no | ||||||||||||||||||
small brown lizard | flora-fauna | chi-le-vit 72-811; 60-497 with chi-le-bit | ʧayliˈbit | small brown lizard (Uta) | unique | Note Yawelmani Yokuts Tesa'ay (Kroeber 1961:205) | no info | derived | ʧayli-ˈbi-t lizard.sp-diminutive-npn | http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n479/mode/2up; p. 497 | no info | 2 | 2 | no reptiles eaten (Voegelin 1938:6) | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Western North America | desert areas | no | |||||||||||||||||||
snake (generic) | culebra, serpiente | cobra | flora-fauna | tuhhatt | tuˈhat | water snake (see species notes) | inheritance | *tahu | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S2015 (Stubbs 2009:280); seems reasonable to include in the set | narrower (does not include rattlesnakes) | other complex | tuˈha-t snake-npn | Hill 2010:92 | no info | 0 | 1 | no reptiles eaten (Voegelin 1938:6) | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||
snake (generic) | culebra, serpiente | cobra | flora-fauna | shymmynt “rattlesnake” | inheritance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
soaproot | flora-fauna | Chlorogalum | hōlōhpü:l | ho:lo:hˈbɨ:l | Soaproot, Lathoe pomeridiana, used for shampoo | unique | same | derived | ho:lo:h-ˈbɨ:-l soaproot-deriv.suffix-npn | Hill 2010:24) | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | gathered (wild) | women | root chopped and mashed for shampoo; fibers from root for brushes | 0 | 0 | Southwest Oregon, California | rock bluffs, grasslands, chaparral | no | ||||||||||||||||||||
sour berry | flora-fauna | Rhus trilobata | shü:l | ˈʃɨ:l | weft or warp material for coiled baskets | inheritance | *sɨ(ta) | Californian | Note Cahuilla selet, Gabrielino sorat, Kitanemuk. hɨč | broader (includes a particular stem type from several plants) | other complex | ˈʃɨ:-l warp-npn | Hill 2010:80 | no info | 2 | 1 | some people considered berries too sour -- mainly a basketry plant | no info | gathered (wild but closely managed) | women | used for warp and weft of baskets for dark red color | 0 | 0 | Western North America | chaparral to 3500 feet | no | ||||||||||||||||
sparrow hawk | flora-fauna | Falco | liklīkīpitt | likli:gi:ˈbit | a story character | loan | Southern Sierra Miwok | SSM lekleksa (and note Nutuntu Yokuts likik | WW | %kili | same | derived | likli:gi:-ˈbi-t hawk.sp-diminutive-npn | Hill 2010:40 | no info | 2 | Hawk is a supernatural being, a yümükīwal, and must be treated with respect | 2 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | hunted | men | for feathers for arrow fletching (Voegelin 1938:28) | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||
spider | araña | aranha | flora-fauna | Arachnida, Araneae | shūyal | ʃu:ˈjal | spider | inheritance | *sujV- | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S1841 (Stubbs 2009:260) “scorpion, sting” | same | other complex | ʃu:ˈja-l spider-npn | Hill 2010:81 | no info | 0 | 0 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||
spider | araña | aranha | flora-fauna | shuujaal | inheritance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
spotted skunk | flora-fauna | Spilogale gracilis | ponnihw | ponˈnihw | skunk | inheritance | *po(C)ni | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S1983 (Stubbs 2009:275); see discussion of possible UA etymology that I don't care for | broader (includes all skunks) | underived | Hill 2010:73 | no info | 2 | 2 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | seems like skins might have been used but I found no info | 0 | 0 | Western U.S. | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||||
toad | sapo | sapo | flora-fauna | Bufonidae | wōhnāl | wo:hˈna:l | large kind of frog | unique | broader (includes frog) | other complex | wo:hˈna:-l frog.sp-npn | Hill 2010:121 | no info | 2 | 2 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||||
tobacco | tabaco | tabaco | flora-fauna | Nicotiana spp. | shokohnt | ʃoˈgohnt | tobacco, Nicotiana bigelovii and N. attenuata | loan | Yokuts | a Yok-Utian etymon, broadly distributed in California and in Numic | WW | %sokon | broader (includes plant and several preparations) | other complex | ʃoˈgohn-t tpbacco-npn | Hill 2010:79 | no info | 1 | used to seek spirit familiar | 1 | 1 | diverse uses for curing | gathered (wild but closely managed) | women | diverse preparations: mixed with lime as chaw, snuff; smoked crushed leaves. VERY closely managed at the level of semi-cultivation | 1 | 0 | prepared tobacco used in exchange | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||
tree | árbol | arvore | flora-fauna | (NA) | u'ut | ʔuˈʔut | cottonwood; tree (generic) | inheritance | *hu- | Uto-Aztecan | S63 (Stubbs 2009:47) | broader (includes tree, wood, firewood, etc.. Would not be used for a named tree type.) | other complex | ʔuˈʔu-t tree-npn | Hill 2010:105 | no info | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | no | |||||||||||||||
tree yucca | flora-fauna | Yucca schidegera | umūpü:l | ʔumu:ˈbɨ:l | Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia | inheritance | *amu(wV) | Uto-Aztecan | S4 (Stubbs 2009:40) | same | derived | ʔumu:-ˈbɨ:-l yucca.sp-deriv.suffix-npn | Hill 2010:102 | no info | 2 | 1 | pods | no info | gathered (wild) | all | pods boiled whole | 0 | 0 | Mojave and Sonoran Deserts (and obviously nearby Coast Ranges in dry areas) | rocky slopes, creosote flats, 300-1200m (rarely up to 2500m) | no | ||||||||||||||||
turkey buzzard | flora-fauna | Cathartes aura | wishokkompisht | wiʃokomˈbiʃt | turkey vulture or buzzard, Cathartes aura | inheritance | *wisoko | Northern Uto-Aztecan | note Hopi wisoko and widespread wi- forms in UA, perhaps from an even older loan; see discussion at Hill/Miller *wi-08 | same | derived | wiʃokom-ˈbiʃ-t vulture-ind-npn | Hill 2010:121 | no info | 2 | has a song | 2 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||
turtle (generic) | flora-fauna | Testudines | kōyōt | ko:ˈjo:t | turtle | unique | Probably from *ko-ya-wɨ (or something like that); needs work. cf. koikoyoT, in several forms of Yokuts, but does not reconstruct to Yokutsan or Yok-Utian | same | other complex | ko:ˈjo:-t turtle-npn | Hill 2010:35 | no info | 2 | 2 | “A difference of opinion” (Voegelin 1938:12) | no info | hunted | all | no info | 0 | 1 | Western North America | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||||||
valley live oak | flora-fauna | Quercus agrifolia | wa'anul | waʔaˈnul | Canyon live oak, Quercus chrysolepsis | inheritance | *wi7a(N) | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S2507b (Stubbs 2009:224); vocalism bad but first /a/ could just be harmony across the glottal stop. Surely it is this etymon. | same | other complex | waʔaˈnu-l q.chrysolepsis-npn (really has -u- deriv. suffix but perhaps not synchronic) | Hill 2010:115 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | gathered (wild but closely managed) | all | acorns shelled, ground into flour, leached, prepared in diverse ways | 0 | 1 | Southwestern U.S. to Sierra Nevada | up to 2700 meters, likes north-facing slopes in hot areas, tolerant of steep slopes, rocky soil | no | |||||||||||||||||
valley oak | flora-fauna | Quercus lobata | shīpī'ül | ʃi:bi:ˈʔɨl | Valley Oak, Quercus lobata | inheritance | *siˈpiC- | Uto-Aztecan | S1511 (Stubbs 2009:224), to which add Gabrielino sa-veCH (Merriam). This is a very conservative item. | same | other complex | ʃi:bi:ˈʔɨ-l valley.oak-npn (root perhaps a loan? See Kitanemuk shef) | Hill 2010:79 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | gathered (wild but closely managed) | all | acorns shelled, ground into flour, leached, prepared in diverse ways | 0 | 1 | sometimes traded from Yokuts | Southwest Oregon, California to Tehachapis, also on Channel Islands | valley floors, riparian areas | no | ||||||||||||||||
valley quail | flora-fauna | Callipepla californica | takkāh | taˈkah | California quail, Valley quail, Callipepla californica | loan | no information | A very widespread Californianism, showing up only in Tubatulabal in Californian; all others have expected *kakaC | WW | %kaka | same | underived | taˈkah (ultimately sound-imitative) | chikkīt | Hill 2010:83 | no info | 2 | topknots in feather wand carried at burning | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) | 0 | 0 | Far west North America to British Columbia | open woodlands, chaparral | no | ||||||||||||||
Washington clam | flora-fauna | Saxidomus nuttalli | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Canada goose | flora-fauna | Branta canadensis | pāwilīkant | pa:wili:iˈgant | a white-faced goose, possibly snow goose or Ross's goose | unique | Stubbs 2009:130 (S709) links to Hopi pa:wikya “duck”; they have only pa: in common. Tub. word probably reflects pa:-witikV, but correspondences are not regular | same | other complex | pa:wili:iˈgan-t goose.sp-npn (root is surely complex historically) | kulāpisht | Hill 2010:67 | no info | 0 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) | 0 | 0 | North America | open fields, wetlands | no | ||||||||||||||||||
whale | flora-fauna | Eschrichtius robustus | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
white pelican | flora-fauna | Pelicanus erythrorhynchos | missing | missing | missing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
wild grapevine | flora-fauna | Vitis californica | wōlōnt | wo:ˈlo:nt | Wild grape, Vitis californica | unique | same | other complex | wo:ˈlo:n-t grapes-npn | Hill 2010:122 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | gathered (wild) | all | eaten raw, or boiled, ground and stored as cakes | 0 | 0 | Southwest Oregon, California | common along streams and in canyon bottoms below 4000 feet | no | ||||||||||||||||||||
wild oats | flora-fauna | Avena (introduction) | māsht | ˈma:ʃt | wild oats, a species of seed | semantic shift | *maha-si | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S1033 (Stubbs 2009:167) and see also 1614 | same | other complex | ˈma:ʃ-t wild.oats-npn | Hill 2010:43 | no info | 2 | 1 | seeds | no info | gathered (wild but closely managed) | women | seeds parched, mixed with other seeds, mixed with water as gruel | 0 | 0 | Americas | Common up to about 3500 feet; abundant since at least 1835 | no | ||||||||||||||||
wild rose | flora-fauna | Rosa californica | ki'-yah-ahl' 72-819, 60-503 | ka:jaˈʔal (?) | wild rose, Rosa californica | unique | Note Lu. kaya:t “southern Tauschia” (an umbel) | same | other complex | ka:jaˈʔa-l wild.rose-npn | http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n479/mode/2up; p. 503 | no info | 0 | 1 | no info | gathered (wild) | all | fruits eaten raw, or in tea, or ground | 0 | 0 | Oregon, California, northern Baja California | moist areas, cienegas, along streams | no | |||||||||||||||||||
wild sunflower | flora-fauna | Helianthus (and other genera) | tālattāwkipü:l | ta:lata:wgiˈbɨ:l | sunflower, sunflower seeds | unique | probably calque from Spanish girasol?? | narrower (perhaps domestic sunflower only) | derived | ta:la-ta:wgi-ˈbɨ:-l sun-look.at-deriv.suffix-npn (perhaps a nonce form) | Hill 2010:84 | no info | 0 | 1 | no info | planted (intensive maintenance) | women | seeds parched, mixed with other seeds, mixed with water as gruel | 0 | 0 | North America | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||||||
willow | flora-fauna | Salix spp. | sāhat | sa:ˈhat | willow, Salix laevigata | inheritance | *sakat | Uto-Aztecan | S1023 (Stubbs 2009:166) | WW | %saka | same | other complex | sa:ˈha-t willow-npn | Hill 2010:77 | no info | 2 | 2 | mainly for baskets, matting, etc. | no info | gathered (wild) | women | basketry | 0 | 0 | Southwestern U.S. and Mexico | Along streams and in wet places below 2000 feet | no | ||||||||||||||
wood rat, round-tail | flora-fauna | Neotoma spp. | hawal | haˈwal | woodrat | inheritance | *kawa- | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S1423 (Stubbs 2009:242) | same | other complex | haˈwa-l woodrat-npn | Hill 2010:22 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground | 0 | 0 | Western U.S., northern Mexico | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||||
worm, hairy caterpillar | flora-fauna | Arctiidae (many species) | ah'-ling pun-goon “caterpillar” 72-815, 60-499 | ʔa:ˈliŋ pɨnˈgu:n (?) | caterpillar | unique | no info | phrase | ʔa:ˈl-iŋ pɨnˈgu:-n crow(?)-genitive pet-possessed “X's pet” | http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n479/mode/2up; p. 499 | no info | 2 | 2 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||||||
worm, smooth caterpillar | flora-fauna | Trichoplusia ni (?) cabbage looper | pi'akünt | piʔaˈgɨnt | tobacco worm | inheritance | *piʔakɨC | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S2527 (Stubbs 2009:338) | same | other complex | piʔaˈgɨn-t tobacco.worm-npn | Hill 2010:48 | no info | 2 | 2 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||||||
yellow jacket | flora-fauna | Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp. | wewwehyül | wewehˈjɨl | yellow jacket | unique | Stubbs (S162; 2009:62) suggests with Lu. waawa-la “mud wasp”, Cup wa'walim “yellowjacket”. Maybe. | same | other complex | wewehˈjɨ-l yellowjacket-nph (root probably has reduplication) | Hill 2010:118 | no info | 2 | a story character | 0 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||||
yellowbird | flora-fauna | Dendroica petechia | missing | missing | missing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
yerba santa | flora-fauna | Eriodictyon californicum | wool-loo'-ye-pŭl 72-79; also sil-le'-ă-pul 72-821, 60-505 both | wulu:yyiˈpü:l (?) | Yerba santa | unique | same | derived | wulu:yyi-ˈpü:-l Yerba.sants-deriv.suffix-npn | http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n479/mode/2up; p. 505 | no info | 2 | 1 | 1 | gathered (wild) | women | no info, but used everywhere in tea for diverse ailments | 0 | 0 | Oregon, California | Diverse habitats | no |
English | Spanish | Portuguese | Semantic Field | Part of Speech | Orthographic Form | Phonemicized Form | Gloss as in Source | Etymology Code | Proto-Form | Proto-Language | Loan Source | Wanderwort Status | Etyma Set | Etymology Notes | Word Structure | Word Structure Notes | General Notes | Source |
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acorn bread | food | tappishīl, tapshīl | Note: pp, mm etc. do not lenite to b, w, etc. But 'p' >b, ts > dz, etc. Sh is š, ch is č. Macrons are long. | bread | unique | Unpublished compilation of all sources with Tb. Lexicon; this is July 2010 version | other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | ||||||||||
acorn mush | food | chāmi-l | acorn mush or gravy | unique | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||||
afterworld, land of dead, Heaven | tierra do los muertos | terra dos mortos | culture-mythology | Āpōnōlīmak | Land of the Dead | unique | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||
alcohol | food | missing | missing | |||||||||||||||
arrow | flecha | flecha | subsistence tool | pāhūl | arrow, war arrow, bullet | inheritance | *huca | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 63 with pa- "big" | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
arrow straightener | other | ūkisht | heated stone arrow straightener | unique | contains huu 'arrow'?? | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||||
bag, sack | culture-material | māshatt, māshal | bag | unique | homophone with "antelope", as in Palewyami Yokuts | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||||
bait for fishing | cebo, carnada para pescar, empate (Peru) | isca | subsistence tool | tü:hatt | fish bait | loan | Numic | Could this be Stubbs 1235, from Numic *tyha 'to hunt'?? | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||
ball game | food | pāwāshil | shinny game | unique | could this be related to Cup. Pawxan 'club, bat'?? | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||||
basket (general) | canasta, canasto, cesta | cesto | culture-material | hommol | cooking basket | inheritance | *komi | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 99b "pot, back of tortoise, back" | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
basket, small | canasta, canasto, cesta | cesto pequeno, tampado | culture-material | hommopit | small coiled basket | inheritance | *komi | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 99b "pot, back of tortoise, back" | derived, other complex | K. Hill Eng>Tb | |||||||
basketry hat | culture-material | pongkat | basket hat, worn by women | unique | Stubbs 1711 *apoko?? | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||||
bead | abalorio, mostacilla, cuenta, gota, puca; necklace=collar | miçanga | culture-material | tukumpal | sky; bead, beads, white clamshell disks | inheritance | *tukuN-pa | Northern Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2011 2032a, related to b) | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
beans | food | missing | missing | |||||||||||||||
boomerang/throwing stick (generic) | subsistence tool | missing | ||||||||||||||||
bottle | botella | garrafa | acculturation | iwwat | water basket, bottle | unique | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||
bottom grinding stone | manufacture | pahal “mortar” (bedrock) | loan direction unknown | |||||||||||||||
bow | arco | arco | subsistence tool | ālitt | bow, gun | inheritance | *aCta | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2011 275 | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
canoe | canoa | canoa | transport | missing | missing | |||||||||||||
carrying net | subsistence tool | tsampahal | carrying net | unique | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||||
cat | gato | gato | acculturation | nātü7 | cat | loan | Spanish | Spanish | WW | %gato | from an intermediate language | simplex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||
chicken | gallina | galinha | acculturation | ōywal | chicken | loan | unknown | note Mins 7awa7:awle-, awa7:awli- 'chicken'. Source??? | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||
chief/leader | jefe, cacique | chefe | culture-mythology | timmiwwal | chief | unique | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||
clapper | acculturation | kāpāpāynisht | split-stick rattle | unique | derived, other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||||
clothing | ropa | roupa | culture-mythology | üttüsshal | clothes | inheritance | *wytta | Northern Uto-Aztecan | might be a loan from W. Numic, Stubbs 2011 253b; note Yawlmani Suto:sol 'shirt' Newman 109 | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
club | garrote, cachiporra | clava, porrete | subsistence tool | missing | missing | |||||||||||||
cook food | food | tükkikūy'at | to cook | loan | Numic | kātsat 'cook by boiling' | other complex | foor-? | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||
corn | food | maysht | corn | loan | Spanish | Spanish | WW | %maiz | other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | ||||||||
corpse | food | mukut | dead person | inheritance | *mukki | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 655 | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||
cradleboard | culture-material | umpuwal | y-shaped cradle | unique | other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | ||||||||||||
cremate | culture-mythology | missing | missing | |||||||||||||||
dance (generic) | culture-mythology | mūluwat | to dance | inheritance | *muLawi | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 637 | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||
Datura wrightii | narcotics | mōmōht, mōmoht | Datura meteloides, Jimsonweed, toloache | loan | Ventureno Chumash | WW | %moji ~ %moni | J. Hill 2011; ultimately Gab/Lu, into Chumashan | other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | ||||||||
deity/powerful spirit/culture figure | dios(es), deidad | divinidade, figura mítica | culture-mythology | Pangattal | God ("above the sun") | unique | CHM has man-nā'-sar 'the world maker, an old woman who had 5 brothers' (this is Gab manisar 'capitana' and maybe the manit woman 49:277 | derived, other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||
digging stick | subsistence tool | ūlūynīl | digging stick | loan | Sierra Miwok | CHM has nahhatil 49:267, K. Hill also has 'digging stick', p. 133 | derived, other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||
digging stick | subsistence tool | uuluujniil (written uuluuyniil) | loan | |||||||||||||||
dipper | subsistence tool | hommopit | ladle, basketry ladle for the cooking basket | inheritance | *komi | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 99b "pot, back of tortoise, back" | derived, other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||
dream | sueño, soñar | sonho, sonhar | culture-mythology | tummūka | to dream | inheritance | *ty-mukki | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2011 714; noun is untummūkappül 135 | simplex | root; complex diachronically only | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||
drone pipe | culture-mythology | missing | missing | |||||||||||||||
drum | tambor | tambor | culture-mythology | missing | missing | |||||||||||||
earring | other | nangkawilli'at | earrings | unique | nas nangka 'ear' | compound, derived, other complex | ear-wili (what is that?) either wil'in 'hang' or wilat 'skirt feathers'??? | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||
feather headband | dress | annampül | headband of magpie feathers | unique | other complex | |||||||||||||
fire drill | subsistence tool | ātāwāyisht | drill of fire drill | unique | derived, other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||||
fire-tender | culture-mythology | po'anappü:l | fire tender | unique | derived, other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||||
fireplace | hogar | lareira | other | po-ist' | fireplace | unique | other complex | Merriam 49:263 | ||||||||||
firewood | leña | lenha | other | kuttukatt | firewood | inheritance | *kut-ta | Northern Uto-Azteca | Stubbs 2011 2408 | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
fish (with fish-poison) | pescar con barbasco, barbasquear | pescar com timbó; tinguijar | food | welēhanat | to fish | inheritance | *kwyty | Uto-Aztecan | Hill/Miller kwy-07 'carry, catch with hand' | derived, other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
fish (with line) | anzuelear, pescar con linea | pescar (com linha) | food | wīshat | catch with cord, rope, fishline | inheritance | *wik | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2011 1843; yu- is the 'hair' root | derived, other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
fish hook | subsistence tool | welēhanisht | fish hook | inheritance | *kwyty | Uto-Aztecan | see 'fish with poison' | derived, other complex | from 'catch' word | K. Hill Tub>Eng | ||||||||
fish poison | barbasco, matapez (Colombia) | timbó | subsistence tool | missing | missing | |||||||||||||
fishing line | cordel/cuerda p/ pescar, sedal, tanze | linha de pesca | subsistence tool | missing | missing | |||||||||||||
flute | flauta, quena (Peru) | flauta | culture-mythology | lūlu'isht | flute | loan | Southern Sierra Miwok | Stubbs 912 has with *wiLu (PNUA), he says this is just the second syllable reduplicated. But is clearly Miwokan loan (similar forms elsewhere in north | other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | ||||||||
gambling sticks | other | tūpisht | stick used for guessing in the hand game called tūppimīl CHM 49:281) | inheritance | *typo- | Californian | see Serrano; tah-tsă-hahn-ist gambling sticks Merriam 49:281 | other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | |||||||||
game animal | caza, animal de caza | caça, animal de caça | food | missing | missing | |||||||||||||
ghost (of dead person)/evil spirit | espíritu malo, espíritu maligno, fantasma, demonio | espirito | culture-mythology | āpawwinal | devil, ghost, soul | unique | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||
ghost (of dead person)/evil spirit | espíritu malo, espíritu maligno, fantasma, demonio | espirito | culture-mythology | āpawwinal | ghost | unique | other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | ||||||||||
glue | subsistence tool | āwating pān | glue ("horn soup") | unique | phrase | K. Hill Tub>Eng | ||||||||||||
grave | tumba, sepultura, sepulcro | sepultura, sepulcro, cova | culture-mythology | tusshikāl | grave, | unique | tūshikal 'burial place' | other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | |||||||||
gun | arma, escopeta | espingarda, fusil | acculturation | āli-t | gun, bow | semantic shift | *aCta | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2011 275 | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
hat | sombero | chapéu | dress | elēlinnat | hat | unique | derived, other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||
honey | miel | mel | food | missing | missing | |||||||||||||
house | other | hannīl | house | inheritance | *kaNLi | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2011 1213 | other complex | K. Hilll Tb>Eng | |||||||||
house | other | hannii-l | inheritance | |||||||||||||||
hunt | cazar | caçar | food | tohhat | to hunt | loan | Numic | Stubbs 2011 1235 | other complex | K. Hilll Tb>Eng | ||||||||
initiate boy | culture-mythology | missing | missing | |||||||||||||||
initiate girl | culture-mythology | missing | missing | |||||||||||||||
knife | cuchillo | faca | culture-material | pikat | knife | inheritance | *pikkaC | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2011 1266 | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
loincloth | taparrabos, guayuco, pampanilla | tanga, tapa-sexo | dress | talūmatt | breechcloth | inheritance | *taLumaC | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2011 255 | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
mat | culture-material | paht | tule mat, mat made from whole dried tules | inheritance | *paka | Uto-Aztecan | Hill/Miller pa-31 | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||
medicine | narcotics | tīpōhisht | medicine, herb medicine | unknown | maybe from puha 'power'?? | other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | |||||||||||
mortar | mortero | pilão | subsistence tool | kūppahhal | portable mortar | inheritance | *paha | Northern Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2011 1085 | phrase, other complex | wood-mortar | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||
necklace | other | ho'-naht | CHM's ' is stress | necklace of shells | inheritance | *koLoka | Uto-Aztecan | WW | %xene | Stubbs 2011 1505 | other complex | Merriam 49:261 | ||||||
needle/awl | subsistence tool | ninga'atol | awl | unique | wüngapüt 'awl from cactus spine' | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||||
ochre | culture-mythology | missing | missing | |||||||||||||||
paddle/oar | remo | remo | transport | missing | missing | |||||||||||||
paper | papel | papel | acculturation | missing | missing | |||||||||||||
pestle | pilón, mano de mortero, mazo, moledor | mão de pilão | subsistence tool | poho'wal, pohōwal | pestle | loan | *paha | Northern Uto-Aztecan | WW | %polwa | Stubbs 2011 1085 with increment, is vowel from assim from /w/? | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||
pinole | food | u'ūkil | gruel | unique | hāyil 'thick gray-colored gruel' | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||||
pipe for tobacco | pipa | cachimbo | other | wōshākinisht | tobacco pipe, tubular pipe made of cane | unique | derived, other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||
pitch | food | shānot | pitch from pine | inheritance | *salaC | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2011 1634 | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||
policeman | polícia | policía | acculturation | nahhakkannan | sheriff, police, agent | unique | derived, other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | ||||||||||
pot | olla, pote | panela, vasilha | subsistence tool | kātsul | pot of clay | inheritance | *kasa | Uto-Aztecan | Hill 2012 | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
quiver | subsistence tool | māshatt | bag, sack, quiver for arrows | unique | same as 'bag, sack', homophone with 'antelope'; antelope scrotum used for bags | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||||
rattle | matraca, maraca | marico, chocalho | culture-mythology | shālisht | dew-claw rattle | unique | could this be a variant of stubbs 1930 with loss of /w/?? Also pātsō'alkinisht 'cocoon rattle | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||
red paint | culture-mythology | yahhawāl | red earth or clay (Merriam 'red paint' 49:261) | unique | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||||
rope/string | mecate, cuerda, soga | corda | culture | yūwil | string, buckskin thong (of Milkweed, Merriam 49:267) | inheritance | *wik | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2011 1843; yu- is the 'hair' root | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
rope/string | mecate, cuerda, soga | corda | culture | tuumajuut, tyymi7at | loan | |||||||||||||
salt | sal | sal | food | ungāl | salt | inheritance | *omCa | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2011 1865 | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
school | escuela | escola | acculturation | ishkwele7 | school | loan | Spanish | WW | %escuela | simplex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
seed beater | subsistence tool | wālat | seed beater | loan | unknown | see Maidu walétky 'winnowing basket', but should be through intermediate lg., maybe Sierra Miwok | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||
shaman, healer | chamán, brujo | xaman, pajé, feiticeiro | culture-mythology | ātsowāl | shaman, curing shaman (male only), witch; doctor, physician | unique | maybe related to Numic tso7a 'spirit, ghost' words???pahām'weather shaman' | other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | |||||||||
shoes | zapatos | sapatos | dress | wongkol | shoes | loan | *woNko | Uto-Aztecan | Southern Sierra Miwok | WW | %moko | Stubbs 2011 1956, cognate is Mayo wok 'put on shoes'; CHM wah-haht' men's moccasins 49:261 | other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | ||||
sinew-backed bow | subsistence tool | ālitt tappanīl | sinew-backed bow | inheritance | *aCta | Uto-Aztecan | with 'wrap' also inherited | phrase | K. Hill Tb>E | |||||||||
skirt | falda, saya, fustan, pollera | saia | culture-material | yāpil | skirt (CHM says 'white woman's dress') | unknown | maybe Stubbs 493??? 'old time short skirt' -Nah-ween' Merriam 49:259 | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||
snare | subsistence tool | mŏn-ahl | trap, deadfall | unique | other complex | Merriam 49:265 | ||||||||||||
soldier | soldado | soldado | acculturation | shünnü7ash (sg.) wattam (pl.) | soldier | unique | Spanish | WW | %soldado | maybe from soldado??? | derived, other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | ||||||
song (generic) | canción, canto | canção | culture-mythology | āyānil | song, singing | inheritance | *aya | Northern Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2011 1492 | derived, other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
spear | lanza | lança | subsistence tool | mūsht | fishing spear | unknown | maybe from 'shoot'??? | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||
spear | lanza | lança | subsistence tool | paahuul “arrow” (are other kinds) | inheritance | |||||||||||||
spearthrower | subsistence tool | aali-tt “bow” | inheritance | |||||||||||||||
stirring stick | food | wōtō'li-l | looped stirrer for acorn mush | unique | derived, other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||||
stone bowl | culture-material | missing | missing | |||||||||||||||
string of shell money | other | ōyatt | money | unique | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||||
sugarcane/sugar | azúcar, caña de azúcar | açucar (de cana) | acculturation | hāpisht, asuka | sugar, sweet | semantic shift | *pisa(L) | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2011 2259 | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||
sweathouse | other | mūshatt | sweathouse | loan | Yokuts | WW | %mosh | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | |||||||||
tell history | culture-mythology | tü'pinnuka'tawat | tell myth | unique | other complex | K. Hill Tb>Eng | ||||||||||||
thatch/roof | crisneja | palha, caraná | culture-material | wattangaa-n hanniiling “the top of the house” | unique | |||||||||||||
tobacco (native) | narcotics | sho'kohnt | tobacco | loan | Yokuts | WW | %sokon | other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | |||||||||
top grinding stone | metate, mano; piedra de moler | metate, mano | manufacture | pohoo(7)wal “pestle” | loan direction unknown | |||||||||||||
tule boat | transport | nīht | tule raft | loan | Southern Sierra Miwok | WW | %nuh | perhaps loan, note Proto-Wintun *nuh, loaned into Maidu, Yuki -- might have reached Tub through Sierra Miwok but I don't have any words for tule raft from Eastern Miwok. Lake Miwok has this etyma set | other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | ||||||||
wheat | food | missing | missing | |||||||||||||||
white paint | culture-mythology | ah-haht' | white paint | unique | tsuyūl 'white rock or lime' in K.Hill | other complex | Merriam 49:261 | |||||||||||
winnow | aventar, tirar (sementes) | joeirar | manufacture | missing | ||||||||||||||
winnowing basket | culture-material | pū'isht | winnowing tray | unique | could this be from pi7wa 'clean' Stubbs 2011 2495??? Merriam has waht 'circular winnower' 49:269 | other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng | |||||||||||
wood tray | subsistence tool | ūtsīl | tule tray | unique | other complex | K. Hill Tub>Eng |
Current Population (speakers) | Former Population Estimate | Subsistence Preference | Density | Sedentism | Ecotome | Marriage Pattern | Notes | Source |
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Current Population (speakers) | Former Population Estimate | Subsistence Preference | Density | Sedentism | Ecotome | Marriage Pattern | Notes | Source |
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medium | HG | medium | seasonal | no |