wild sunflower

Semantic Field
flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish
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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 Helianthus (and other genera) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone Helianthus (and other genera) akken sunflower inheritance *(pa)-'akka(C) Uto-Aztecan Stubbs 2191 (2008:299) same underived Crum & Dayley 1993:263 0 1 0 0 0 no
Cahuilla Helianthus (and other genera) páʔakal ˈpaɁaqal Helianthus annuus, Sunflower inheritance *(pa)ʔaʔka Uto-Aztecan S2191 (Stubbs 2009:299) same other complex ˈpaɁaka-l; actually historically pa- Ɂaqa-l “big- (water?-) sunflower” but has this form in all Takic with no 7aqa form, so simplex root for Cahuilla -7ay-'a "picking-possessed.noun" -7ay-'a "picking-possessed.noun" (probably; this is classifier for fresh fruits plucked from plant) Bean & Saubel 1972:76 no info 0 1 eaten in dishes made from ground seeds, such as pinole 0 gathered (wild) women seeds ground with other seeds as source of flour for porridges, etc. 0 0 North America Diverse habitats no
Central Sierra Miwok Helianthus (and other genera) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Chemehuevi Helianthus (and other genera) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Chumash Barbareno Helianthus (and other genera) naxayxáy chaparral sunflower, daisy (Calochortus in Timbrook 2007) unique reduplicated Beeler 1978:180 0 1 0 0 0 no
Chumash Ineseno Helianthus (and other genera) missing missing missing Beeler 1978:180 0 1 0 0 0 no
Chumash Obispeno Helianthus (and other genera) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Chumash Ventureno Helianthus (and other genera) tahCH'-al ? Wild sunflower (Helianthus annuus) unique underived Merriam 55:63 0 1 0 0 0 no
Cocopa Helianthus (and other genera) nya supány sunflower unique same phrase nya supány sun flower (calque?) Crawford 1989 0 1 0 0 0 no
Comanche Helianthus (and other genera) ohayaa? sunflower, Helianthus sp. (any yellow flower) unique same underived etymologically a phrase, oha- “yellow” Robinson & Armagost 1990:166 0 1 0 0 0 no
Cupeño Helianthus (and other genera) pa'aqily ˈpaʔaqiʎ sunflower inheritance *(pa)ʔaʔka Uto-Aztecan S2191 (Stubbs 2009:299) broader (includes both plant and seeds) other complex ˈpaʔaqi-ʎ sunflower-npn (root etymologically includes pa- “big/water” Hill & Nolasquez 1973:177 no info 0 1 edible seeds no info gathered (wild) women seeds parched, mixed with other seeds for mush 0 0 North America diverse habitats no
Esselen Helianthus (and other genera) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Gabrielino Helianthus (and other genera) pahCH'-har ˈpa:ʔaxar Sunflower inheritance *(pa)ʔaʔka Uto-Aztecan Kitanemuk pa'apkachr; S2191 (Stubbs 2009:299) same derived ˈpa:-ʔaxa-r big/water - sunflower - npn (derivation may not be synchronic) -hi:n classifier for worthwhile possessions http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n415/mode/2up; p. 441 no info 0 1 seeds eaten (Merriam) no info gathered (wild) women seeds parched (later considered good only for chicken feed) 0 0 North America Diverse habitats no
Iipay 'Aa Helianthus (and other genera) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Kawaiisu Helianthus (and other genera) paɁakatabɨ Helianthus annuus inheritance *(pa)-'akka(C) Proto-Uto-Aztecan Stubbs 2191 (2008:299) same other complex paɁakata-bɨ sunflower-ABS bɨ, pɨ bɨ, pɨ seem to classify for plants, trees 1981 Zigmond 0 1 0 0 0 no
Kiliwa Helianthus (and other genera) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Kitanemuk Helianthus (and other genera) paʔapkač ˈpaʔapkaʧr sunflower inheritance *(pa)ʔaʔka Uto-Aztecan Kitanemuk has an extra reduplicative tweak same other complex ˈpaʔapka-ʧr sunflower-npn (historically, this is ˈpaʔa-pa:-aka-ʧr dup-big-sunflower -niw possessive classifier for things Anderton 1988:446 no info 0 1 “used only for chicken feed; no known use” Anderton 1988:446 no gathered (wild) women for chicken feed 0 0 North America Diverse habitats no
Lake Miwok Helianthus (and other genera) híipakah large sunflower (Merriam ah-hi 57:541) unique probably a neologism: hii-pakah lit. sun-flower compound hii- “sun” Callaghan 1965 0 1 0 0 0 no
Luiseño Helianthus (and other genera) páa'akal pa:ʹɁakal sunflower inheritance *(pa)ʔaʔka Uto-Aztecan S2191 (Stubbs 2009:299) same other complex pa:ʹɁaka-l sunflower-non.possessed.noun (root is complex) Elliott 1999:659 no info 0 1 seeds no info gathered (wild) women seeds parched, can be mixed with other seeds in flour 0 0 North America diverse habitats no
Maidu Helianthus (and other genera) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Mojave Helianthus (and other genera) ɂakyet sunflower loan Cahuilla-Cupeño Cahuilla ˈpaɁaqal “sunflower”; Cupeño ˈpaʔaqiʎ same underived Munro et al.1992 0 1 0 0 0 no
Mutsun Helianthus (and other genera) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Nisenan Helianthus (and other genera) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Northern Paiute Helianthus (and other genera) aku sunflower inheritance *(pa)-'akka(C) Uto-Aztecan Stubbs 2191 (2008:299) same underived Merriam 61:159 0 1 0 0 0 no
Northern Sierra Miwok Helianthus (and other genera) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Plains Miwok Helianthus (and other genera) ton:o:wil sunflower unique has a UA look -- check W. Mono underived Callaghan 1984 0 1 0 0 0 no
Salinan A Helianthus (and other genera) c'eko ná7 sunflower unique Salinan phrase ná7 “sun” Turner 1980:85 0 1 0 0 0 no
Salinan M Helianthus (and other genera) k'á:ciL sunflower unique not recorded in in A underived Mason 1918:129 0 1 0 0 0 no
Seri (Comcaac) Helianthus (and other genera) cotx brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) unique same underived Comcaac Dictionary 239 0 1 0 0 0 no
Serrano Helianthus (and other genera) pa7aqT plant sp. (prob. Helianthus or Encelia farinosa) (CHM confirms Helianthus) inheritance *(pa)7a7ka Uto-Aztecan other complex -t NPN KCHill ms 2001:39 0 1 0 0 0 no
Southern Paiute Helianthus (and other genera) aqɨmpɨ sunflower plant inheritance *(pa)-'akka(C) Proto-Uto-Aztecan Stubbs 2191 (2008:299) same other complex has -pɨ ABS Sapir 1930:551 0 1 0 0 0 no
Southern Sierra Miwok Helianthus (and other genera) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Southern Ute Helianthus (and other genera) kų-pŲ sunflower unique same other complex has -pɨ ABS Givon 1979 0 1 0 0 0 no
Tübatulabal 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
Tümpisa Shoshone Helianthus (and other genera) akkü sunflower inheritance *(pa)-'akka(C) Proto-Uto-Aztecan Stubbs 2191 (2008:299) same underived Dayley 1989:4 0 1 0 0 0 no
Wappo Helianthus (and other genera) káča7 wild sunflower, Wyethia agustifolia unique underived Sawyer 1965:80 0 1 0 0 0 no
Washo Helianthus (and other genera) madukwáwLu wild sunflower unique derived -wLu, a rare suffix (Jacobsen 1964:479) Merriam 55:323; WPD 0 1 0 0 0 no
Western Mono Helianthus (and other genera) akibi last probably ɨ sunflower, wild (unidentified genus) inheritance *(pa)-'akka(C) Proto-Uto-Aztecan Stubbs 2191 (2008:299) same other complex has -CL -pɨ Bethel et al.; only in English-Mono section no info 0 1 seeds in various preparations no info gathered (wild) women no info 0 0 no
Wintu Helianthus (and other genera) xolom sunflower (Merriam confirms 56:117) inheritance *qHolo Wintun Shepherd 2005 underived Pitkin 1985 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yavapai Helianthus (and other genera) (ɂ)qáta sunflower unique unknown Shaterian 1983 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yokuts Palewyami Helianthus (and other genera) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yokuts Yawdanchi Helianthus (and other genera) wahs'-ă-wi' (the plant) Wild sunflower unique same underived seeds are good food Merriam 58:383 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yokuts Yowlumne Helianthus (and other genera) tahCH-il, Tah-CH>l) Wild sunflower inheritance Nim-Yokuts Gashowu tah'-hah-lah; Chukchansi tahCH'-ă-lah ; Tinlinne tah'-kahl same underived Merriam 58:573 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yuki Helianthus (and other genera) p'i:š nan F sunflower unique phrase nan is “head” Sawyer & Schlichter 1984 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yuma Helianthus (and other genera) missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no