Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

wild oats

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 Avena (introduction) ah-wā'-nah Wild oats (Avena) loan Spanish Spanish avena WW %avena same underived C. H. Merriam 72-823, 60-473 2 1 2 0 0 no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone Avena (introduction) missing inheritance missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Cahuilla Avena (introduction) ʔavéena ʔaˈve:na Avena fatua, Wild Oat loan Spanish WW %avena same underived unassimilated loan -m-exan-7a "inanimate", -m-exan-7a, perhaps -chi7a "picking up" Bean & Saubel 1972:46 no info 2 1 seeds eaten 0 gathered (wild) women seeds parched, ground into flour, mixed with other wild seeds in mush 0 0 All Americas Common in upper and lower Sonoran life zones, abundant since at least 1835 no
Central Sierra Miwok Avena (introduction) missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Chemehuevi Avena (introduction) hoo-wēv' Wild oats (Avena sativa) unique broader (Merriam gives this for “grass, any”) other complex has -pɨ ABS Merriam 59:545 2 1 2 0 0 no
Chumash Barbareno Avena (introduction) aluche'esh Avena spp., wild oats unique alu might be < Spanish arroz other complex -Vš resultative (and probably 7al-) Timbrook 2007:43 2 1 2 0 0 no
Chumash Ineseno Avena (introduction) shushtewesh wild oats unique other complex -Vsh resultative Timbrook 2007:43 2 1 2 0 0 no
Chumash Obispeno Avena (introduction) missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Chumash Ventureno Avena (introduction) missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Cocopa Avena (introduction) missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Comanche Avena (introduction) soni narúa oats unique includes Stubbs 1029 broader (probably includes domestic oats) finite clause? grass - ??? (verb isn't in dict; Narua was name of Cynthia Parker Robinson & Armagost 1990:167 2 1 2 0 0 no
Cupeño Avena (introduction) avɛɛna ʔaˈve:na oats loan Spanish WW %avena same underived Hill & Nolasquez 1973:151 no info 2 1 seeds no info gathered (wild) women seeds parched, mixed with other seeds for mush 0 0 Americas (in California since 1830s at least) diverse habitats no
Esselen Avena (introduction) missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Gabrielino Avena (introduction) ă-vā'-har ʔaˈve:har Wild oats loan Spanish WW %avena same other complex ʔaˈve:ha-r oats-npn (unusual addition of an npn to Spanish loan) -hi:n classifier for worthwhile possessions http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n415/mode/2up; p. 441 no info 2 1 for seeds 2 gathered (wild but closely managed) women seeds parched, mixed with other seeds, some ground 0 0 Americas Common up to about 3500 feet; abundant since at least 1835 no
Iipay 'Aa Avena (introduction) missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Kawaiisu Avena (introduction) sikweɁevɨ Avena fatua unique same other complex sikweɁe-vɨ wild.oats-ABS bɨ, pɨ bɨ, pɨ seem to classify for plants, trees 1981 Zigmond 2 1 2 0 0 no
Kiliwa Avena (introduction) missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Kitanemuk Avena (introduction) missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 Americas Common up to about 3500 feet; abundant since at least 1835 no
Lake Miwok Avena (introduction) şiníija oats (et) loan Southwestern Pomo Spanish semilla or Russian pishnica “wheat” > SW Pomo $iniTča “wheat underived Callaghan 1965 2 1 2 0 0 no
Luiseño Avena (introduction) 7urúush Ɂuʹru:ʃ wild rice; Harrington: wild oats; Sparkman: wild oats loan Spanish Spanish arroz “rice” WW %arroz same (I think Harrington is wrong about wild rice) underived a fake root-non.possessed.noun formation *Ɂuʹru:-ʃ, but no possessive forms Elliott 1999:227 no info 2 1 “a favorite” (Sparkman 1908:196) no info gathered (wild) women stripped from plant with hands, parched together with hulls, pounded into meal. Mixed with elderberries a favorite (Sparkman 1908:196) 0 0 Americas Common up to about 3500 feet; abundant since at least 1835 no
Maidu Avena (introduction) missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Mojave Avena (introduction) thivay oats, barley loan Spanish Spanish cebada “barley” WW %cebada broader (non-wheat grains) underived Munro et al.1992 2 1 2 0 0 no
Mutsun Avena (introduction) oon-oosh-min wild oats loan Spanish arroz -- looks just like Miss ho:nosme- so maybe Utian WW %arroz reduplicated, relative clause -min "one who is/has" Merriam 55:427 2 1 2 0 0 no
Nisenan Avena (introduction) 7ato:sy: oats loan Spanish WW %arroz underived Uldall & Shipley 1966 2 1 2 0 0 no
Northern Paiute Avena (introduction) wi-av'-ve Wild oats (Avena sativa) “always here” unique same other complex has -pi ABS Merriam 61:157 2 1 2 0 0 no
Northern Sierra Miwok Avena (introduction) 7aTo:s-u- wild oats loan Spanish Spanish arroz WW %arroz other complex -u nominalizer Callaghan 1987 2 1 2 0 0 no
Plains Miwok Avena (introduction) hat'-tos wild oats loan Spanish WW %arroz underived Merriam 57:505 2 1 2 0 0 no
Salinan A Avena (introduction) al-lōs wild oats loan Spanish Spanish arroz WW %arroz underived Merriam 55:395 2 1 2 0 0 no
Salinan M Avena (introduction) atLó:'s wild oats loan Spanish Spanish /arroz/ WW %arroz underived Mason 1918:128 2 1 2 0 0 no
Seri (Comcaac) Avena (introduction) caztaz hajöázipoj oats unique broader (domestic oats and wild oats relative clause trigo que ha sido aplastado Comcaac Dictionary 159 2 1 2 0 0 no
Serrano Avena (introduction) missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Southern Paiute Avena (introduction) missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Southern Sierra Miwok Avena (introduction) ho:nosme- wild oats doubtful loan Spanish but looks just like Mutsun oon-oosh-min so might be Utian??? WW %arroz underived Broadbent 1964: 2 1 2 0 0 no
Southern Ute Avena (introduction) ?úu-ci oats loan English probably English “oats” broader (probably includes domestic oats) other complex has -tsi ABS (probably inspired by English -ts final Givon 1979 2 1 2 0 0 no
Tübatulabal 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
Tümpisa Shoshone Avena (introduction) missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Wappo Avena (introduction) šiwáli:ya7 oats (CHM confirms 52:589 for wild oats) loan Spanish Sp. cebadilla WW %cebada underived Sawyer 1965 2 1 2 0 0 no
Washo Avena (introduction) wah'-shoo wild oats unique underived Merriam 55:321 2 1 2 0 0 no
Western Mono Avena (introduction) honooyu', hoonoyu' oats (Avena sp.) loan Yokuts Note Chukchansi ho-nus-min same underived Bethel et al.:32 no info 2 1 no info gathered (wild) women seeds dried, ground, used in pinole of all types 0 0 no
Wintu Avena (introduction) nomel loki wild oats (CHM confirms 56:59) unique phrase lok- only in this word; perhaps nome:l “uphill to the west”, referring to stands of wild oats on foothills of Trinity Alps?? Schlichter 1981 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yavapai Avena (introduction) missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yokuts Palewyami Avena (introduction) missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yokuts Yawdanchi Avena (introduction) ah-wā'-nah wild oats loan Spanish loan WW %avena same underived Merriam 58:509 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yokuts Yowlumne Avena (introduction) avena wild oats loan Spanish WW %avena same underived Merriam 58:573 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yuki Avena (introduction) wah-shit' kil-litch' MW; waN-shĭ/t=k'i-lĭch Cs wild oats inheritance *wəš (it') ka/il- Yukian phrase, other complex lit. bear seed; -ič is probably the “like, resembling” suffix (Schlichter diss p. 52) Sawyer & Schlichter 1984 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yuma Avena (introduction) missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no