black ant
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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 | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Big Smokey Valley Shoshone | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | tuu-tasamincih | black ant | calque | English | black-black.ant | same | phrase | Crapo 1976:106 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cahuilla | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | kúvišnilʸ | ˈkuviʃniʎ | small ant | inheritance | *kusin(pa) | Cupan | Also in Cupeño. S48 (Stubbs 2009:44) suggests O'odham 7uhimal “large velvet-covered ant”, which seems unlikely. Cahuilla has a metathesis | broader (while this is the word for a small black ant, it is also the generic for “small ant” | derived | In Cupeño, word is ku$ín-ve-l “take.away-er”; Cahuilla ˈkuviʃni-ʎ must have similar derivation in the long root. Has there been metathesis? Which way? | -7aʃ "pet" | possibly possessive classifier -7ash | Seiler&Hioki 1979:87 | no info | 2 | 0 | ants and larvae eaten | no info | gathered (wild) | All | anthill swarms with larvae pushed into pits with hot rocks and roasted, also boiled | 0 | 0 | All Americas | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||
| Central Sierra Miwok | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | homo'-kel-loo | big black ant | inheritance | Sierra Miwokan only | Also in Mins | phrase | homo element widespread; meaning unknown | Merriam 57:465 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chemehuevi | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | on'-tat' | Black ant | inheritance | Southern Numic only | Note Kawaiisu Ɂoodɨ-ci “black ant” | same | underived | note Press 'onto-ka BROWN (V) | Merriam 59:537 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Barbareno | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | anenoho | black ant | loan | Takic | Takic 7ani-t | phrase | ane-noho ant-X | Heizer/Pinart I:59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Ineseno | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Obispeno | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | t qaya | small black ant | inheritance | *tkaya' | Proto-Chumash | other complex | t- | Klar 1977:64 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Ventureno | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | aniwouho aLnunasimilaqsa | small black ant | loan | Takic | Takic 7ane- “ant, red ant” | other complex | ant-X | JPH III:69:0081 from FL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cocopa | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | šmuyúły nyi·ły | black ant | unique | no info | phrase | ant black (calque?) | Crawford 1989 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comanche | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | tɨe anikuura? | sugar ant | unique | narrower (small black kitchen ants are probably meant) | phrase | small ant | Robinson & Armagost 1990:164 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cupeño | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | ku$inval | kuˈşinval | small black ant | inheritance | *kusin(pa) | Cupan | S48 (Stubbs 2009:44) suggests O'odham 7uhimal “large velvet-covered ant”, which seems unlikely. Cahuilla has a metathesis tp kuvisnil | same | derived | kuˈşin-va-l take.away-agent-npn (should be transparent; these are the kitchen ants that carry off crumbs, sugar, etc.) | -ʔaʃ "pet" | possessive classifier for animals | Hill & Nolasquez 1973:159 | no info | 2 | 0 | these are very small | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||
| Esselen | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gabrielino | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | yoxa:r | joˈxa:r | hormiga chiquita amarilla, hormiga picadora | inheritance | *yuka:- | Takic | S47 (Stubbs 2009:44), otherwise only in Serrano, possible loan? | same | other complex | joˈxa:-r black.ant-npn (jo- is in root for “black”) | -ʔaʧ "pet" | possessive classifier for animals | Harrington 400 | no info | 2 | 0 | no info | gathered (wild) | women and children | larvae often eaten raw as found McC 121 | 0 | 0 | Americas | diverse habitats (depends on species) | no | ||||||||||||
| Iipay 'Aa | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | mechhallaahall | black ant (that bites, lives on oak trees) | unique | narrower (a kind of black ant) | underived | Couro & Hutcheson 1973 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kawaiisu | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | Ɂoodɨ-ci | Black ant | inheritance | Southern Numic | Note Chemehuevi on-tat (Merriam); Press has onto-ka “brown” | same | other complex | Ɂoodɨ-ci ant-DIM | Zigmond et al. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kiliwa | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | kl?mayup | ant, black, medium-sized, lives in willow, sycamore, and cottonwood trees | unique | narrower (a kind of black ant) | underived | Mixco 1985 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kitanemuk | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | yokač | ˈjokaʧr | ant sp: black, medium-sized | inheritance | *yuka | Takic | S47 (Stubbs 2009:44) | same | other complex | ˈjoka-ʧr ant.sp-npn; may contain element yu - from “black” | -ʔacit "pet" | possessive classifier for animals | Anderton 1988:591 | no info | 2 | 0 | no info | no info | no info | no info | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | ||||||||||||
| Lake Miwok | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | holóot'aj | large black ants | loan | Wappo | “probably from Western Wappo ho:lotTew' “ant” with -aj by analogy with other insect terms” 39. Mib has almost exactly the Wappo word. | other complex | -aj | Callaghan 1965 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luiseño | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | lamáqata | laʹmaqata | tick-like animal; a kind of black ant (Bright), bites but does not sting (Harrington) | unique | narrower (a species of black ant, not black ant in general) | other complex | laʹmaqa-ta black.ant-non.possessed.noun (long root must be derived etymologically) | 7a:nat | Elliott 1999:449 | no info | 2 | 0 | no info | no info | no info | no info | 0 | 0 | Americas | diverse (depends on species) | no | ||||||||||||||||
| Maidu | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | poo-koo'-le-soo | small stinking black ant | unique | phrase | meaning unknown | Merriam 57:51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mojave | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | chamaduuly ɂavii | type of black ant | unique | narrower (a species of black ant) | phrase | chamaduuly ɂavii ant mountain/rock | Munro et al.1992 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mutsun | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | poskoi-min | black ant (Merriam confirms) | unique | relative clause | -min "one who is/has" | Mason 1916:428 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nisenan | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | bu:pepe | small black stinking ant | unique | relative clause | bu: break wind, stink | Uldall & Shipley 1966 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Paiute | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | anebe | little black ants | semantic shift | *anɨN | Uto-Aztecan | usually this is “red ant”; Stubbs 44 (2008:44) | same | other complex | has -pi ABS | Merriam 61:149; Yerington Dictionary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Sierra Miwok | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | oo-moo'-goo-loo | black ant | inheritance | Sierra Miwokan only | Also in Mics; this is the homo:- element | compound | looks compound with the /homo/ element like in Mics | Merriam 57:433 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plains Miwok | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | mulu7lu7 tisi:naj | black ants | unique | neologism? loan translation? | phrase | black ant | Callaghan 1984 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinan A | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | c'an | black ant; Carpenter ant | unique | Salinan | underived | Merriam 55:381; Turner 1983:67 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinan M | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | santən | black ant | unique | Salinan | this is a plural | underived | Mason 1918:124 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seri (Comcaac) | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | cootaj coopol | black ant | unique | same | phrase | ant black | Comcaac Dictionary 228 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serrano | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | kah-powm | big black ant | unique | other complex | looks like a plural suffix -m | Merriam 60:111 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Paiute | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | aŋa·vi | Small black ant sp. | inheritance | *anɨN | Proto-Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 44 (2008:44); I think this is a semantic shift; this is usually red ant | narrower (a kind of black ant) | other complex | has -pi ABS | Sapir 1930:548 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Sierra Miwok | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | paTa:ka- | small black ant | unique | Probably same root as Misn pa:Tymy “ant | underived | Broadbent 1964: | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Ute | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | túu-tAsí?ą-vI | black ant | calque | English | black-ant (I am sure this is a calque, probably formed upon elicitation; no other Numic lg. does this | same | phrase | black-ant-ABS | Givon 1979 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tübatulabal | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | ullumush | ʔuluˈmuʃ | big black ant | unique | same | underived | Hill 2010:101 | no info | 2 | 0 | Voegelin 1938:12 | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Americas | Diverse habitats | no | |||||||||||||||||
| Tümpisa Shoshone | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wappo | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washo | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | yagɨlt'áyhɨŋé7 | black ant (big) | unique | phrase | Merriam 55:313; WPD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Mono | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | ko'-kon-noi; waw-ko'-noi-i (in hollow trees & logs) | black ant | loan | Yokuts | Chukchansi kah'-kow “red ant”; Yowlumne kah-kow (big hairy stinging red ant) | same | underived | Merriam 59:83 | no info | 2 | 0 | no info | no info | N/A | no info | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wintu | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | lalas ti'ido:q | little black ant, tiny stink ant | unique | phrase | Schlichter 1981 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yavapai | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | čnᶏhpŭka | black ant (small, brown) | unique | unknown | Shaterian 1983 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yokuts Palewyami | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yokuts Yawdanchi | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | haw'-di-haw'-di; | Black ant (Wik) | inheritance | *k/po:lay- | Nim-Yokuts | Golla 1964:60 | same | reduplicated | Merriam 58:373) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yokuts Yowlumne | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | xO:layxOla:y | black ant (Merriam confirms “big black ant” 58:563 | inheritance | *k/po:lay- | Nim-Yokuts | Golla 1964:60 | same | reduplicated | Newman 1944:36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yuki | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | o-lah'-letch MWO | small odorous ant, piss ant | unique | other complex | -ich suffix | Sawyer & Schlichter 1984 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yuma | Camponotus pennsylvanicus/Lasius niger | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no |
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