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yellow jacket

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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	Loan Source	Etymology Notes	Range of Term	Word Structure	Word Structure Notes	Classifier	Classifier Notes	Source	Association with Social Categories	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Ritual Notes	Food Notes	Medicinal	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Distribution	Habitat	Dangerous
Bankalachi Toloim	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	pah-o'-ně		Yellow jacket, Vespula spp., Dolichoves spp.	loan			Yokuts	Wikchamni pah-o-ni'; pah'-o-ne; Yowlumne pah-o'-ni; Chukchansi bow'-ni; pow'-ni	same	underived				C. H. Merriam 72-79, 60-465		2			0						no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	paijan		Yellow jacket, bee, honeybee	unique					broader (bees, etc.)	underived				Crapo 1979:110		2			0						no
Cahuilla	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	muxáavikat	muˈxa:vikat	Desert Cahuilla yellowjacket	unique				Might be a loan but looks like a construction from unknown verb	same	relative clause	muˈxa:vi-kat “the one who does X (muxa:vi, of unknown meaning; mu- may be nose prefix	no info		Seiler & Hioki 1979:116	no info	2			no info	no info	no info	no info	All Americas	Prefers to be near water	no
Central Sierra Miwok	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	mélngaly-		yellowjacket	inheritance		Miwokan		Pmiw meenani (Bodega Dic)		underived				Freeland & Broadbent 1960		2			0						no
Chemehuevi	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	watsávI		Yellow jacket	inheritance	*wa'wa, etc.	Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 162 (2008:62) and see also 894 (2008:152)	same	other complex	has -pi ABS			Harrington Chemehuevi Noun List		2			0						no
Chumash Barbareno	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	7ɨy		yellowjacket	inheritance	ɨyɨ, ɨyɨ'	Proto-Chumash		Klar 1977:117		underived				Klar 1977;117		2			0						no
Chumash Ineseno	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	oo'-e (said fast)		yellow jacket	inheritance	ɨyɨ, ɨyɨ'	Proto-Chumash		Klar 1977;117		underived				Merriam 55:19		2			0						no
Chumash Obispeno	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	(t)ɨyɨ		yellowjacket	inheritance	ɨyɨ, ɨyɨ'	Proto-Chumash		Klar 1977:117		other complex	t-			Klar 1977;117		2			0						no
Chumash Ventureno	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	7ɨy		yellowjacket	inheritance	ɨyɨ, ɨyɨ'	Proto-Chumash		Klar 1977:117		underived				Klar 1977;117		2			0						no
Cocopa	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	şxmpa·		yellowjacket	inheritance		Proto-Yuman		Note Kiliwa cpaaw, 'Iipay Aa metpaaw, Mojave thaampo, Yuma mes-paw'		unknown				Crawford 1989		2			0						no
Comanche	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	missing			missing						missing						2			0						no
Cupeño	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	$e$e'ngimi	ˈşəşəʔŋimi	yellowjacket	inheritance	*saŋa-	Takic		S160 (Stubbs 2009:62); what happened to Cu. vowels?	same	other complex	ˈşə-şəʔŋ-im-i dup-yellow.jacket-plural-? (looks like an object form, but was volunteered as “the name”)	-ʔaʃ "pet"	possessive classifier for animals	Hill & Nolasquez 1973:172	no info	2		larvae eaten?	no info	no info	no info	no info	Americas	diverse (depends on species)	no
Esselen	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	missing			missing						missing						2			0						no
Gabrielino	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	hah'ng-ar'	ˈha:ŋar	Yellow jacket	inheritance	*saŋa-	Takic		S160 (Stubbs 2009:62)	same	other complex	ˈha:ŋa-r yellow.jacket-npn	-ʔaʧ "pet"	possessive classifier for animals	http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n415/mode/2up; p. 431	no info	2		larvae (McC 121)	no info	gathered (wild)	all	often eaten raw as found (McC 121)	Americas	diverse (depends on species)	no
Iipay 'Aa	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	metpaaw		yellow jacket	inheritance		Proto-Yuman		Note Cocopa şxmpa·, Kiliwa cpaaw	same	underived				Couro & Hutcheson 1973		2			0						no
Kawaiisu	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	waca-vɨ		yellowjacket	inheritance	*wa'wa, etc.	Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 162 (2008:62) and see also stubbs 894 (2008:152)	same	other complex	waca-vɨ yellow.jacket-ABS			Zigmond et al.		2			0						no
Kiliwa	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	cpaaw		wasp, yellow jacket	inheritance		Proto-Yuman		Note Cocopa şxmpa·; 'Iipay Aa metpaaw, Mojave thaampo	broader (includes other kinds of wasps)	underived				Mixco 1985		2			0						no
Kitanemuk	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	haŋač	ˈhaŋaʧr	Bee sp.: yellow jacket	inheritance	*saŋa-	Takic		S160 (Stubbs 2009:62)	same	other complex	ˈhaŋa-ʧr yellow.jacket-npn	-ʔacit "pet"	possessive classifier for animals	Anderton 1988:303	no info	2		larvae eaten	no info	gathered (wild)	all	no info	Americas	Diverse habitats	no
Lake Miwok	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	láşkin, jáşkin		yellowjacket (Merriam has the latter 57:529)	unique				Note Mib ja$$um “to gig, spear, poker”		underived				Callaghan 1965		2			0						no
Luiseño	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	$áa$angla	ʹşa:şaŋla	yellow jacket	inheritance	*saŋa-	Takic		S160 (Stubbs 2009:62)	same	reduplicated	$áa-$ang-la Dup-yellowjacket-non.possessed.noun			Elliott 1999:830	no info	2			no info	N/A	N/A	N/A	Americas	diverse (depends on species)	no
Maidu	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	7epéni		yellowjacket	inheritance	*7e:pén	Maiduan		Ultan 1964:368 #300		other complex	-i is stem former			Shipley 1963		2			0						no
Mojave	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	thaampo ɂaqwath/thaampo tamkwerk		yellowjacket	inheritance		Proto-Yuman		Note Cocopa şxmpa·; 'Iipay Aa metpaaw, Kiliwa cpaaw	same	phrase	thaampo ɂaqwath bee yellow			Munro et al.1992		2			0						no
Mutsun	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	pe-nan		yellow jacket	inheritance		Southern Costanoan only		Pinart has for “abispas que tienan panales” as “pinnan” for Co IV		underived				Merriam 55:419		2			0						no
Nisenan	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	7e:pen		yellowjacket	inheritance	*7e:pén	Maiduan		Ultan 1964: 368 #300; I think there are other -pen- “bee” words; find		underived				Uldall & Shipley 1966		2			0						no
Northern Paiute	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	nodda		bee (M: Yellow jacket	unique					broader (seems to include bees)	underived				Merriam 61:149		2			0						no
Northern Sierra Miwok	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	melngaj-y-		bee (yellowjacket?)	inheritance		Miwokan		Pmiw meenani (Bodega Dic)		other complex	-y nominalizer			Callaghan 1987		2			0						no
Plains Miwok	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	sus:u-, su:su-		yellow jacket	unique						reduplicated				Callaghan 1984		2			0						no
Salinan A	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	lemém'		yellowjacket wasp	unique		Salinan				underived				Merriam 55:381; Turner 1980:68		2			0						no
Salinan M	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	lemé'm		wasps, bees (Merriam “yellowjacket wasp” 55:381)	unique		Salinan				underived				Mason 1918:123		2			0						no
Seri (Comcaac)	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	missing			missing						missing						2			0						no
Serrano	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	pahng'-ă-hahts	paha:nga-T	yellow jacket	inheritance	*sanga-	Takic		S160 (Stubbs 2009:62); contains pa- “big” prefix not in Kitanemuk		phrase	pa: “big” plus bee			Merriam 60:111		2			0						no
Southern Paiute	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	pangwutcavI		Yellow jacket (Vespula spp., Dolichovespula sp.)	inheritance	wita/wiCta	Proto-Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 159 (2008:62). this has increment pang- which is what???	same	phrase	some increment on “bee”			Sapir 1930:602		2		Larvae a delicacy CHM	0						no
Southern Sierra Miwok	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	melngaj-		yellowjacket	inheritance		Miwokan		Pmiw meenani, and Pmi Bodega Dic		underived				Broadbent 1964:		2			0						no
Southern Ute	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	pa?á-wHcá-vI		yellow-jacket	inheritance	wita/wiCta	Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 159 (2008:62), this has different but similar increment to S. Paiute pang-	same	phrase	long-wasp-ABS (long may be one of many Ute folk etymologizations, though)			Givon 1979		2			0						no
Tübatulabal	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	Voegelin 1938:12	no info	N/A	N/A	N/A	Americas	Diverse habitats	no
Tümpisa Shoshone	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	totongkwaa(n)tün		yellowjacket wasp	inheritance	*totoni	Proto-Uto-Aztecan		Goes with Stubbs 46 (2008:44) from “sting”	same	other complex	tongkwan “to sting” -tün AGENTIVE			Dayley 1989:298		2			0						no
Wappo	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	néw		yellowjacket (CHM confirms 52:579)	inheritance		Yukian-Wappo		Elmendorf 1993:233; Yukian *naw'		underived				Sawyer 1965		2			0						no
Washo	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	gɨX:c'i	gɨ́:c'i	yellow jacket *WPD has a little square after barred i -- I put an “X”.	unique						underived				Merriam 55:313; WPD		2			0						no
Western Mono	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	pā'-nah; pan'-nah	peena (based on Bethel et al. “bee”)	yellow jacket, also means “ant”	loan			Yokuts	Yowlumne, Chukchansi pah-o'-ni “Yellow Jacket”. Perhaps a loan into “Californian”??? Note Cupeno paana- “tarantula” ??? Check	broader (various insects, apparently)	underived	may be onomatopoeic			Merriam 59:83	no info	2			no info	N/A	N/A	N/A			no
Wintu	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	wenemk'ecit		wasp, yellowjacket (CHM consistent with hoo'-bit across all dialects)	inheritance	*k'eč	Wintun		Shepherd 2005		phrase	elements unknown			Pitkin 1985		2			0						no
Yavapai	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	missing			missing						missing						2			0						no
Yokuts Palewyami	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	missing			missing						missing						2			0						no
Yokuts Yawdanchi	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	baònai		yellow jacket	inheritance	*paɂo:nay	Nim-Yokuts		Golla 1964:66	same	underived				Kroeber 1961:206)		2			0						no
Yokuts Yowlumne	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	baònai, ba'o:nay	ba'o:na:y “wasp” N 169	Yellow jacket	inheritance	*paɂo:nay	Nim-Yokuts		Golla 1964:66	same	underived				Kroeber 1961:206		2			0						no
Yuki	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	naw A, nah'-ahm MWO, na>əNm LF		bee, yellowjacket	inheritance	*naw'	Yukian-Wappo		Schlichter 1985; Elmendorf 1993:233)		other complex	-am derives nouns			Sawyer & Schlichter 1984		2			0						no
Yuma	Vespula spp., Dolichovespula spp.	mes-paw'		yellow jacket	inheritance	Proto-Yuman			Note Kiliwa cpaaw, 'Iipay Aa metpaaw, Mojave thaampo		unknown				Merriam 61:465		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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