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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 |
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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 |
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| Bankalachi Toloim | Ovis canadensis | le-wā'-sip | Bighorn sheep | loan | Yokuts | Yowlumne lew-ā'-sip; le-wā'-sip (ultimately from Chumash “seal”, in Tubatulabal for mythical water monster) | WW | %lewasip | same | underived | C. H. Merriam 72-77, 60-451 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Big Smokey Valley Shoshone | Ovis canadensis | wasy”-pin | mountain sheep, game animals | unique | Central Numic | From “kill several” -- not similarity with %lewasip, though | broader (can label other large game) | derived | kill-ed (with -pɨ | Crapo 1976:175 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cahuilla | Ovis canadensis | páʔat | ˈpaʔat | mountain sheep | inheritance | *paʔaC- | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S204 (Stubbs 2009:67); may be a Proto-Kiowa-tanoan loan into Proto NUA | same | other complex | pa7a-t | -7aʃ "pet" | animal is -7ash; the meat is with a meat classifier, usually -sex7a “cooked item” or -wa7 “roasted item” (Seiler 1977:304-5) | suqtam “game” (literally, deer-plural) | Seiler & Hioki 1979:145 | no info | 2 | 1 | hunting rules uncertain, but these are very hard to hunt | no info | hunted | Men | boiled, roasted | 0 | 0 | I'll bet horn sets were traded | Western North America | Steep slopes | no | |||||||||
| Central Sierra Miwok | Ovis canadensis | wangì:- | mountain sheep | unique | Sierra Miwokan only | In Miss | underived | Freeland & Broadbent 1960 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chemehuevi | Ovis canadensis | nágA | Bighorn (Ovis) | semantic shift | *nakV “meat” | Proto-Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 1392 (1008:209) | same | underived | Harrington Chemehuevi Noun List | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Barbareno | Ovis canadensis | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Ineseno | Ovis canadensis | ʔal-ʃɨ-Vn > ʔalʃɨhɨn “the cliff-climber” | mountain goat | inheritance | relative clause | 7al- agentive | Applegate 211 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Obispeno | Ovis canadensis | tšopoX'o7o | borrego, said to be domestic, not wild sheep, but NOT a Spanish loan; wild sheep not known | unique | phrase | elements unanalyzable | JPH III:1:233 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Ventureno | Ovis canadensis | al-lix'mah 1932 | bighorn sheep | unique | other complex | 7al- | Merriam 55:37 V | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cocopa | Ovis canadensis | mu łyayák | bighorn sheep | inheritance | *?-mu(w) | Proto-Yuman | Mixco 1978:80, 91 (has increment) | WW | %mo: | same | phrase | sheep that.which.is.wild (a nice marking reversal) | Crawford 1989 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||
| Comanche | Ovis canadensis | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cupeño | Ovis canadensis | pa'at | ˈpaʔat | mountain sheep | inheritance | *paʔaC- | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S204 (Stubbs 2009:67); may be a Proto-Kiowa-tanoan loan into Proto NUA | same | other complex | ˈpaʔa-t bighorn-npn | -ʔaʃ "pet" | possessive classifier for animals | Hill & Nolasquez 1973:167 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | no info | 0 | 0 | western North America | steep slopes, cliffs | no | ||||||||||||
| Esselen | Ovis canadensis | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gabrielino | Ovis canadensis | pa:'at | ˈpa:ʔat | mountain sheep | inheritance | *paʔaC- | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S204 (Stubbs 2009:67); may be a Proto-Kiowa-tanoan loan into Proto NUA | same | other complex | ˈpa:ʔa-t bighorn-npn | -ʔaʧ "pet" | possessive classifier for animals | Harrington 080, 603 | no info | 2 | 1 | McC p. 116 | no info | hunted | men | roasted | 0 | 0 | Western North America | steep slopes, cliffs | no | |||||||||||
| Iipay 'Aa | Ovis canadensis | ɂemuu | wild sheep | inheritance | *?-mu(w) | Proto-Yuman | Mixco 1978:80, 91 | WW | %mo: | same | underived | Couro & Hutcheson 1973 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kawaiisu | Ovis canadensis | nagi | bighorn sheep | semantic shift | *nakV “meat” | Proto-Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 1392 (2008:209); “sheep” throughout S. Numic | same | underived | Zigmond et al. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kiliwa | Ovis canadensis | ?+muw | Mountain sheep, domestic sheep, Orion's Sword | inheritance | *?-mu(w) | Proto-Yuman | Mixco 1978:80, 91 for P-Y | WW | %mo: | broader (includes all kinds of sheep) | other complex | ? dummy.nominal.element +sheep | Mixco 1985 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kitanemuk | Ovis canadensis | paʔt | ˈpaʔt | mountain sheep | inheritance | *paʔaC- | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S204 (Stubbs 2009:67); may be a Proto-Kiowa-tanoan loan into Proto NUA | same | other complex | ˈpaʔ-t bighorn-npn (perhaps a loan into PNUA from Proto-Kiowa-Tanoan) | -ʔacit "pet" | possessive classifier for animals | Anderton 1988:462 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted, boiled | 0 | 0 | Western North America | steep slopes, cliffs | no | ||||||||||||
| Lake Miwok | Ovis canadensis | léep; hah-loo | imitation of a large mythical game animal; bighorn sheep | loan | Miwokan | unknown | Mip hah-loo- “antelope” | WW | %lewasip | underived | Callaghan 1965; Merriam 57:515 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Luiseño | Ovis canadensis | páa'at | ʹpa:Ɂat | mountain sheep | inheritance | *paʔaC- | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S204 (Stubbs 2009:67); may be a Proto-Kiowa-tanoan loan into Proto NUA | same | other complex | ʹpa:Ɂa-t bighorn-non.possessed.noun | tó'wiyam “wild animals, principally edible meat animals” ; the sixth stage of Creation (Harrington 1978:116) | Elliott 1999:660 | no info | 2 | In a Season Song for Nemoyil, “North the bighorn bears its young” (Kroeber 1925:658) | 1 | no | hunted | men | roasted on coals or in earth oven, meat could be ground and stored, rarely boiled | 0 | 0 | Western North America | steep slopes, cliffs | no | ||||||||||||
| Maidu | Ovis canadensis | awm'-sā-mim | bighorn | unique | other complex | -im suffix | Merriam 57:37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mojave | Ovis canadensis | ɂamo | mountain sheep; part of the constellation Orion | inheritance | *?-mu(w) | Proto-Yuman | Mixco 1978:80, 91 ; Yuma 7amo/ Halpern 1:30 | WW | %mo: | same | underived | Munro et al.1992 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mutsun | Ovis canadensis | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nisenan | Ovis canadensis | wah-tā-kah | bighorn | unique | underived | Merriam 57:229 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Paiute | Ovis canadensis | koepa | Bighorn (Ovis) | unique | same | underived | Yerington Dictionary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Sierra Miwok | Ovis canadensis | che'-wo | bighorn (used for all sheep) | loan | Spanish | Spanish chivo “goat” | underived | Merriam 57:307 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plains Miwok | Ovis canadensis | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinan A | Ovis canadensis | lă-wā'-sit | Bighorn | loan | Yokuts | Note similar forms as far east as Tub le:wshe:p “female spirit, perhaps otter”; Yowlumne lew-ā'-sip; le-wā'-sip; Yowlumne lew-ā'-sip; le-wā'-sip; Nim-Yokuts diwècip (Yawdanchi form) | WW | %lewasip | underived | must be etymologically complex if not a loan | Merriam 65:367 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinan M | Ovis canadensis | lă-wā'-sit | Bighorn | loan | unknown | Note similar forms as far east as Tub le:wshe:p “female spirit, perhaps otter”; Yowlumne lew-ā'-sip; le-wā'-sip; | WW | %lewasip | underived | Merriam 55:367 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seri (Comcaac) | Ovis canadensis | mojet | bighorn sheep | loan | Cocopa? | Yuman *?-mu(w) “bighorn sheep” | WW | %mo: | same | underived | Comcaac Dictionary 447 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Serrano | Ovis canadensis | pa:7t | mountain sheep | inheritance | *pa7aC- | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S204 (Stubbs 2009:67); may be a Proto-Kiowa-Tanoan loan into PNUA | other complex | -t NPN | KCHill ms 2001:41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Paiute | Ovis canadensis | nagA | Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) | semantic shift | *nakV “meat” | Proto-Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 1392 (2008:209) | same | underived | Sapir 1930:581 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Sierra Miwok | Ovis canadensis | wan'-he; wahn'-he | bighorn | inheritance | Sierra Miwokan only | In Mics; could this be a Numic loan??? | underived | Merriam 57:451 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Ute | Ovis canadensis | nagá-cI | bighorn (sheep) | semantic shift | *nakV “meat” | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 1392 (2008:209) | same | other complex | has -ci ABS | Givon 1979 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tübatulabal | Ovis canadensis | pā'at | pa:ˈʔat | bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis | inheritance | *paʔaC- | Northern Uto-Aztecan | S204 (Stubbs 2009:67); may be a Proto-Kiowa-tanoan loan into Proto NUA | same | other complex | pa:ˈʔa-t bighorn-npn | hill 2010:62 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted, diverse uses for skin, horn, etc. | 0 | 0 | Western North America | steep slopes, cliffs | no | ||||||||||||||
| Tümpisa Shoshone | Ovis canadensis | wasüppin | bighorn, game, Orion's Belt constellation | unique | Central Numic only | Fowler notes regular derivation from “kill” in Numic for bighorn | same | other complex | wasü” “kill”, ppin CL | pin | Dayley 1989:379 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wappo | Ovis canadensis | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washo | Ovis canadensis | 7ó:gal | bighorn | unique | underived | Merriam 55:299; WPD | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Mono | Ovis canadensis | ne-vav'-ve tŭ-hŭt “snow deer” | nɨbabi tihitA | Bighorn sheep | unique | neologism with PNUA form for “snow”, Numic word for “deer” | same | phrase | Merriam 59:67 CHECK | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | no info | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wintu | Ovis canadensis | son too-rep | so:n ture:p | bighorn “rock antelope” | unique | phrase | Merriam 56:67; 97 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yavapai | Ovis canadensis | ɂmú | sheep | inheritance | *?-mu(w) | Proto-Yuman | Mixco 1978:80, 91 | WW | %mo: | unknown | Shaterian 1983 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yokuts Palewyami | Ovis canadensis | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yokuts Yawdanchi | Ovis canadensis | diwècip | mountain sheep | inheritance | Nim-Yokuts | Note similar forms as far east as Tub le:wshe:p “female spirit, perhaps otter”; Yowlumne lew-ā'-sip; le-wā'-sip; Nim-Yokuts diwècip (Yawdanchi form); Salinan lă-wā'-sit | WW | %lewasip | same | underived | complex form but may be a loan | Kroeber 1907:198 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Yokuts Yowlumne | Ovis canadensis | lew-ā'-sip; le-wā'-sip | bighorn sheep | inheritance | Nim-Yokuts | Probably a loan from somewhere; it's in Tubatulabal | WW | %lewasip | same | underived | probably complex but unanalyzable given available materials | Merriam 58:549 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Yuki | Ovis canadensis | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yuma | Ovis canadensis | 7amo | Bighorn (Ovis) | inheritance | *?-mu(w) | Proto-Yuman | Mixco 1978:80, 91 | WW | %mo: | unknown | Merriam 61:451, Halpern 1:30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no |
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