yerba santa

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 Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone Eriodictyon californicum missing inheritance missing 2 1 1 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 0 no
Chemehuevi Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Chumash Barbareno Eriodictyon californicum wishap' Yerba santa E. crassifolium inheritance Central Chumash only also in Ineseno underived Timbrook 2007:83 2 1 1 0 0 no
Chumash Ineseno Eriodictyon californicum wishap Yerba santa, E. crassifolium inheritance Central Chumash only Central Chumash underived Timbrook 2007:83 2 1 1 0 0 no
Chumash Obispeno Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Chumash Ventureno Eriodictyon californicum wishap Eriodictyon crassifolium, Yerba Santa inheritance Central Chumash only Central Chumash underived Timbrook 2007:83 2 1 1 0 0 no
Cocopa Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Comanche Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 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 0 0 Oregon, California, Baja California plants from mountainous areas thought to be most efficacious no
Esselen Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 0 no
Kitanemuk Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 0 no
Mojave Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Mutsun Eriodictyon californicum poo-koo'-te Yerba santa (E. glutinosum) unique reduplicated from {pukit} Merriam 55:425 2 1 1 0 0 no
Nisenan Eriodictyon californicum chahk yerba santa unique underived Merriam 57:249 2 1 1 make tea for colds 0 0 no
Northern Paiute Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 0 no
Salinan A Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 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 0 0 no
Seri (Comcaac) Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Serrano Eriodictyon californicum oor-hahnt Yerba Santa unique other complex -t NPN Merriam 72:29, 60:117 2 1 1 0 0 no
Southern Paiute Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 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 0 0 no
Southern Ute Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 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 0 0 Oregon, California Diverse habitats no
Tümpisa Shoshone Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Wappo Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Washo Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 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 0 0 no
Wintu Eriodictyon californicum how'-chus; how-we choos me Eriodiction unique underived Merriam 56:87; 119 McCloud) 2 1 1 0 0 no
Yavapai Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Yokuts Palewyami Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 0 no
Yuki Eriodictyon californicum tel-at'-mo C Yerba Santa unique relative clause stick catch Sawyer & Schlichter 1984 2 1 1 0 0 no
Yuma Eriodictyon californicum missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no