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worm, hairy caterpillar

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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

Language	Linnean Name	Orthographic Form	Phonemicized Form	Gloss as in Source	Etymology Code	Proto-Form	Proto-Language	Etymology Notes	Range of Term	Word Structure	Word Structure Notes	Classifier	Classifier Notes	Source	Association with Social Categories	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Food Source	Food Notes	Medicinal	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Distribution	Habitat	Dangerous
Bankalachi Toloim	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	Arctiidae (many species)	piaken		caterpillar	inheritance	*pi'akɨC	Northern Uto-Aztecan	Stubbs 2527 (2008:338)	same	underived				Miller 1972:157		2	2		0						no
Cahuilla	Arctiidae (many species)	sívuyal	ˈsivujal	worm	inheritance	*sipuri	Uto-Aztecan	S2529 (Stubbs 2009:338)	unclear	derived	sivuy-a-l (sivuyish means “wormy, full of worms”	no info		Seiler and Hioki 1979:187	no info	2	2		no info	gathered (wild)	All	parching in basket	Americas	Diverse habitats	no
Central Sierra Miwok	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Chemehuevi	Arctiidae (many species)	ɂá·misI		fuzzy black caterpillar	unique				same	underived				Harrington Chemehuevi Noun List		2	2		0						no
Chumash Barbareno	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Chumash Ineseno	Arctiidae (many species)	ʔaya-muʃmuʃ		caterpillar	unique					phrase	but unanalyzable			Applegate 49		2	2		0						no
Chumash Obispeno	Arctiidae (many species)	talupepe		guzano quemador	unique					phrase	elements unanalyzable			JPH III:1:290		2	2		0						no
Chumash Ventureno	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Cocopa	Arctiidae (many species)	nyawí· lmiş		hairy caterpillar	unique				no info	phrase	nyawí· lmiş thing hairy			Crawford 1989		2	2		0						no
Comanche	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Cupeño	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Esselen	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Gabrielino	Arctiidae (many species)	ah-ker-ran-mah-mah-her-rah	ʔaˈxaren maˈma:hŋa (?)	worm,hairy caterpillar	unique			A nonce formation	no info	phrase	ʔa-ˈxare-n maˈma:h-ŋa its-life-possessed grass-in (??)	-ʔaʧ "pet"	possessive classifier for animals	http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n415/mode/2up; p. 431	no info	2	2	McC 121	no info	gathered (wild)	all	often eaten raw as found (McC 121)	Americas	diverse (depends on species)	no
Iipay 'Aa	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Kawaiisu	Arctiidae (many species)	to-hŭ-je; poo-hoo'-je; pŭ-hoo'-je		hairy caterpillar	unique				no info	other complex	all have final -zi ABS			Merriam 59:377		2	2		0						no
Kiliwa	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Kitanemuk	Arctiidae (many species)	pohokaʔy	ˈpohokaʔj	“furry”, also name for a black hairy caterpillar	unique			from UA *poho “fur, down” with some derivation	same	derived	ˈpoho-kaʔj fur-adj.	-ʔacit "pet"	possessive classifier for animals	Anderton 1988:479	no info	2	2		no info	gathered (wild)	all	no info	Americas	Diverse habitats	no
Lake Miwok	Arctiidae (many species)	koo-lā'-pal-lah		hairy caterpillar	unique					compound	kule “bear”			Merriam 57:529		2	2		0						no
Luiseño	Arctiidae (many species)	$akíshla	şaʹkiʃla	nettle; Harrington: a hairy caterpillar that stings on contact	unique			loan-y relationship with Cupeño sichiqily “nettle” perhaps??	broader (really means something with hairy stinging elements)	other complex	şaʹkiʃ-la nettle/hairy.caterpillar-non.possessed.noun			Elliott 1999:833	no info	2	2	Lightfoot & Parrish 2009:272; larvae of butterflies and moths eaten by Lu.	no info	gathered (wild)	women and children	dried and stored for cooking in boiling water	Americas	diverse (depends on species)	no
Maidu	Arctiidae (many species)	-tum'-tum kah-peem		hairy caterpillar (thunder worm	unique					phrase	X insect			Shipley 1963		2	2		0						no
Mojave	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Mutsun	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Nisenan	Arctiidae (many species)	e'-poo		hairy caterpillar	unique					underived				Merriam 57:243		2	2		0						no
Northern Paiute	Arctiidae (many species)	sow-wah pe-ag'-gah (peaga “bull pine caterpillar” (Y))		Caterpillar “sloppy inside”	inheritance	*pi'akɨC	Northern Uto-Aztecan	Stubbs 2527 (2008:338); I don't know what sow-wa is. Could it be tsoa- “spirit” again??	narrower (a species of caterpillar)	phrase	sow-wa caterpillar???			Merriam 61:149		2	2		0						no
Northern Sierra Miwok	Arctiidae (many species)	hu:sulum:a:Ti-		hairy caterpillar	unique					phrase	same as “bear”: bad-creature			Callaghan 1987		2	2		0						no
Plains Miwok	Arctiidae (many species)	7ysy:mati		Merriam's hairy caterpillar (“bear”)	semantic shift		Eastern Miwokan	loan translation from English “wooly bear”?? Main meaning is “bear”.		phrase	bad creature			Merriam 57:497		2	2		0						no
Salinan A	Arctiidae (many species)	tcoaná		caterpillar	unique		Salinan	Same as M but with -na increment		other complex	-na appears a couple of times; Turner doesn't discuss			Mason 1918:124		2	2		0						no
Salinan M	Arctiidae (many species)	Taaú		caterpillar	unique		Salinan	Not in A (maybe)		underived				Mason 1918:125		2	2		0						no
Seri (Comcaac)	Arctiidae (many species)	haxz heeque		hairy caterpillar	unique				same	phrase	dog young			Comcaac Dictionary 363		2	2		0						no
Serrano	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Southern Paiute	Arctiidae (many species)	wicitsI		caterpillar	unique			Might be a loan involving Stubbs 2525a *kwici	same	other complex	has -tsi ABS			Sapir 1930:715		2	2		0						no
Southern Sierra Miwok	Arctiidae (many species)	ut'-tas loo'-loo-mah “mother of army worm”		hairy caterpillar	unique					phrase				Merriam 57:469		2	2		0						no
Southern Ute	Arctiidae (many species)	mogwá-kwAsí-cI		wooly bear (caterpillar)	unique				narrower (a kind of fuzzy caterpillar)	phrase	Givon says “the relation to mogwa (a kind of ute) and kwasi-i “tail” is unclear			Givon 1979		2	2		0						no
Tübatulabal	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	Americas	Diverse habitats	no
Tümpisa Shoshone	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Wappo	Arctiidae (many species)	lee'; no'; no'-mah-shaw'-e		hairy caterpillar	unique					underived				Merriam 52:579		2	2		0						no
Washo	Arctiidae (many species)	mátuš		caterpillar	unique					underived				WPD		2	2		0						no
Western Mono	Arctiidae (many species)	wo'abI		Worm, hairy caterpillar (on English-Mono side); worm, maggot, a general term which includes all types of worms, caterpillars, maggots, etc. (on Mono-English side)	inheritance	*wo'a	Proto-Numic	Stubbs 2526 (2008:338)	broader (worm, maggot)	derived		-pi		Merriam 59:83; Bethel et al. 295	no info	2	2	eaten	no info	no info	N/A	no info			no
Wintu	Arctiidae (many species)	klah'-dus	L(')arus?	hairy caterpillar	unique					underived	maybe Pitkin's L'abus “mole”?? (“lives in the ground”)			Merriam 56:111 McCloud		2	2		0						no
Yavapai	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Yokuts Palewyami	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Yokuts Yawdanchi	Arctiidae (many species)	to'-at-to'-mat		worm, hairy caterpillar (food) (Wik)	inheritance		Nim-Yokuts	Tinlinne has tro-maht tro-maht	same	reduplicated				Merriam 58:373		2	2		0						no
Yokuts Yowlumne	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no
Yuki	Arctiidae (many species)	chotch'-muh MW		hairy caterpillar	unique					underived	probably complex			Sawyer & Schlichter 1984		2	2		0						no
Yuma	Arctiidae (many species)	missing			missing					missing						2	2		0						no


Bankalachi Toloim
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone
Cahuilla
Central Sierra Miwok
Chemehuevi
Chumash Barbareno
Chumash Ineseno
Chumash Obispeno
Chumash Ventureno
Cocopa
Comanche
Cupeño
Esselen
Gabrielino
Iipay 'Aa
Kawaiisu
Kiliwa
Kitanemuk
Lake Miwok
Luiseño
Maidu
Mojave
Mutsun
Nisenan
Northern Paiute
Northern Sierra Miwok
Plains Miwok
Salinan A
Salinan M
Seri (Comcaac)
Serrano
Southern Paiute
Southern Sierra Miwok
Southern Ute
Tübatulabal
Tümpisa Shoshone
Wappo
Washo
Western Mono
Wintu
Yavapai
Yokuts Palewyami
Yokuts Yawdanchi
Yokuts Yowlumne
Yuki
Yuma

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