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yerba santa

Semantic Field: flora-fauna
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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

Language	Linnean Name	Orthographic Form	Phonemicized Form	Gloss as in Source	Etymology Code	Proto-Language	Etymology Notes	Range of Term	Word Structure	Word Structure Notes	Classifier	Classifier Notes	Source	Association with Social Categories	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Ritual Notes	Food Source	Food Notes	Medicinal	Medicinal Notes	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Distribution	Habitat	Dangerous
Bankalachi Toloim	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			inheritance				missing						2		1		1							no
Cahuilla	Eriodictyon californicum	tánwivel	ˈtanwivel	yerba santa (used as tea for cold)	unique			same	derived	tanwi-ve-l; root meaning unknown but -ve looks derivational	-m-exan-7a "inanimate"	-m-exan-7a (for inanimates; literally "somehow - doing.thus- possessed.noun")	Seiler&Hioki 1979:198	no info	2		1		1	blood purifier, cure for coughs, colds, catarrh, rheumatism, tuberculosis, paste to reduce fever	gathered (wild)	women	diverse preparations: leaves boiled into tea, or crushed as paste for liniment. Fresh leaves chewed to alleviate thirst	Oregon, California -- USDA, oddly, doesn't show it in southern California deserts (http://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=California&statefips=06&symbol=ERCA6)	plants from mountainous areas thought to be most efficacious	no
Central Sierra Miwok	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Chemehuevi	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Chumash Barbareno	Eriodictyon californicum	wishap'		Yerba santa E. crassifolium	inheritance	Central Chumash only	also in Ineseno		underived				Timbrook 2007:83		2		1		1							no
Chumash Ineseno	Eriodictyon californicum	wishap		Yerba santa, E. crassifolium	inheritance	Central Chumash only	Central Chumash		underived				Timbrook 2007:83		2		1		1							no
Chumash Obispeno	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Chumash Ventureno	Eriodictyon californicum	wishap		Eriodictyon crassifolium, Yerba Santa	inheritance	Central Chumash only	Central Chumash		underived				Timbrook 2007:83		2		1		1							no
Cocopa	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Comanche	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Cupeño	Eriodictyon californicum	saankat	ˈsa:nkat	Yerba santa	unique			same	other complex	ˈsa:nka-t Yerba.santa-npn			Hill & Nolasquez 1973:170	no info	2		1		1	drink for cold (Hill & Nolasquez 48)	gathered (wild)	women	brewed in a tea	Oregon, California, Baja California	plants from mountainous areas thought to be most efficacious	no
Esselen	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Gabrielino	Eriodictyon californicum	hŭ-hĕr'-hetch-ō>t 72-79, 60-437 (medicine)	haˈheheʧʔot (?)	Yerba Santa	unique			same	other complex	haˈheheʧʔo-t has npn; root must be derived somehow but I can't find source	-hi:n	classifier for worthwhile possessions	http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n415/mode/2up; p. 437	no info	2	Couplet in Luiseno, so probably at Creator's mourning ceremony	1		1		gathered (wild)	women	teas, etc	Oregon, California	Diverse habitats	no
Iipay 'Aa	Eriodictyon californicum	sa'mall		Yerba Santa, Eriodictyon trichocalyx	unique		Note Kiliwa smiil=xpiil; Cocopa şmal “grass”	same	underived				www.kumeyaay.info		2		1		1							no
Kawaiisu	Eriodictyon californicum	wupɨgidɨbɨ		Eriodictyon californicum	unique			same	other complex	wupɨgidɨ-bɨ yerba.santa-ABS (root probably complex)	bɨ, pɨ	bɨ, pɨ seem to classify for plants, trees	1981 Zigmond		2		1		1							no
Kiliwa	Eriodictyon californicum	smiil=xpiil		Rama Santa, Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)	unique		Note 'Iipay Aa sa'mall	same	phrase	plant-filthy			Mixco 1985		2		1		1							no
Kitanemuk	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1					Oregon, California ; USDA plants profile doesn't have south of Kern County???	Diverse habitats	no
Lake Miwok	Eriodictyon californicum	múlleponi		Yerba santa (?) (Merriam confirms 57:537)	unique				underived	must be complex etymologically			Callaghan 1965		2		1		1							no
Luiseño	Eriodictyon californicum	pálwut	ʹpalwut	plant species known as “hierba santa”	unique			same	derived	ʹpal-wu-t plant.sp-augmentative-non.possessed.noun			Elliott 1999:683	no info	2	couplet: palwut, 'aválwut	1	Harrington: make pinole of seeds	1	“much valued” Sparkman 1908:230	gathered (wild)	women	seeds parched and mixed with other seeds for pinole mush	Oregon, California -- USDA, oddly, doesn't show it in southern California deserts (http://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=California&statefips=06&symbol=ERCA6)	diverse habitats	no
Maidu	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Mojave	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Mutsun	Eriodictyon californicum	poo-koo'-te		Yerba santa (E. glutinosum)	unique				reduplicated	from {pukit}			Merriam 55:425		2		1		1							no
Nisenan	Eriodictyon californicum	chahk		yerba santa	unique				underived				Merriam 57:249		2		1		1	make tea for colds						no
Northern Paiute	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Northern Sierra Miwok	Eriodictyon californicum	pas:a:le-		Yerba santa	inheritance	Eastern Miwokan	Also in Miss, may be in Mip (form unclear in Merriam); looks like the chia words but not similar plant		underived				Callaghan 1987		2		1		1							no
Plains Miwok	Eriodictyon californicum	pah-sah-le in Korme??		Yerba Santa (pencilled above line toward right margin)	inheritance	Eastern Miwokan	May be Eastern Miwokan if source of form verifiable; pas:a:le- in Mins		underived				Merriam 57:503		2		1		1							no
Salinan A	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Salinan M	Eriodictyon californicum	t'cha-luk, trā-pul-trah'-hi		Yerba Santa (E. glutinosum)	unique		not recorded in in A		other complex	t- is articular prefix (should be /T/			Merriam 55:389		2		1		1							no
Seri (Comcaac)	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Serrano	Eriodictyon californicum	oor-hahnt		Yerba Santa	unique				other complex	-t NPN			Merriam 72:29, 60:117		2		1		1							no
Southern Paiute	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Southern Sierra Miwok	Eriodictyon californicum	??-sahl-le	water damage obscures first syllable; should be pah- (as in Mins)	Yerba Santa (	inheritance	Sierra Miwokan only	Also in Mins		underived						2		1		1							no
Southern Ute	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Tübatulabal	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	Oregon, California	Diverse habitats	no
Tümpisa Shoshone	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Wappo	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Washo	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Western Mono	Eriodictyon californicum	tɨhubɨ, tuhubɨ		wild peach, yerba santa (Eriodictyon sp.)	unique			same	other complex	has -CL	-pɨ		Bethel et al.:264	no info	2		1		1	leaves used for cough syrup and poison oak poultice	gathered (wild)	women	no info			no
Wintu	Eriodictyon californicum	how'-chus; how-we choos me		Eriodiction	unique				underived				Merriam 56:87; 119 McCloud)		2		1		1							no
Yavapai	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Yokuts Palewyami	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							no
Yokuts Yawdanchi	Eriodictyon californicum	kut'-ten-ā'-sit		Yerba santa, E. californicum	unique			same	underived	probably complex but no possibility of analysis			Merriam 58:503		2		1		1							no
Yokuts Yowlumne	Eriodictyon californicum	get-noo'-sil		Yerba Santa	unique		All forms have -sil (or in Yawd, -sit) final, but first elements differ.	same	other complex	-sil clearly separable etymologically			Merriam 58:569		2		1		1							no
Yuki	Eriodictyon californicum	tel-at'-mo C		Yerba Santa	unique				relative clause	stick catch			Sawyer & Schlichter 1984		2		1		1							no
Yuma	Eriodictyon californicum	missing			missing				missing						2		1		1							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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