Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

bush yam

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
Bardi Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata ?? irrilm unique missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Bunuba Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata yinngani yinngani unique underived 0 1 2 0 1 no
Burarra Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing missing missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Dhangu Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing yukuwa(7) inheritance missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Dhay’yi Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Dhuwal Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing yukuwa(7) inheritance missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Djapu Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata yukuwa(7) inheritance missing 0 1 2 0 1
Djinang Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing missing missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Gajirrabeng Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata thelabeng thelapeng long yam. Dioscorea transversa unique underived 0 1 2 0 1 no
Gooniyandi Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata gunthurrngarri gunthurrngarri unique derived 0 1 2 0 1 no
Gumatj Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing yukuwa(7) inheritance 0 1 2 0 1 no
Gupapuyngu Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing yukuwa(7) inheritance missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Gurindji Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata wayit wayit loan Western Mirndi Jam. Wayita <Mudburra because of -a but wayit could be older form WW %wayita underived 0 1 2 0 1 no
Guugu Yimidhirr Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata baabuunh baabuunh vine sp, edible (Avicennia officinalis, but poss. Vigna lutea) unique underived 0 1 2 0 1 no
Jaru Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata bawuwurda bawuwurda inheritance papirta uncoded 0 1 2 0 1 no
Jingulu Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata kipilimi kipilimi unknown underived 0 1 2 0 1 no
Kija Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata ngawuny(ji) ngawuny(ji) unique underived 0 1 2 0 1 no
Koko-Bera Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata wáñcvpv (; ma-) (ma-) wáñcvpv yam, Dioscorea bulbifera loan direction unknown areal As far north as Wik-Mungknh Dioscorea, NOT Vigna or Ipomoea simplex
Kuku-Thaypan Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing missing missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Kuku-Yalanji Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing missing missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Kurtjar Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata [see above] [see above] unknown underived 0 1 2 0 1 no
Kuuk Thaayorre Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing missing missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Mbabaram Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing missing missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Miriwung Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata walanggalng walanggalng unknown underived 0 1 2 0 1 no
Ngandi Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing kulparuŋ loan direction unknown Ritharrngu missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Ngarinyin Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata mankujangarri mankujangarri inheritance *mangkuC proto-Worrorran derived [?+ASSOC]; [mankuja+ngarrri] 0 1 2 0 1 no
Nyangumarta Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata kanyjamarra kanyjamarra unique unknown 0 1 2 0 1 no
Pakanh Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing missing missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Rembarrnga Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing missing missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Ritharrngu Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing gulparuŋ7 loan direction unknown Ngandi missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Tjaapukay Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing missing missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Uw-Olkol Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing missing missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Uw-Oykangand Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing missing missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Walmajarri Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata karnti karnti inheritance karnti Ngumpin-Yapa underived 0 1 2 0 1 no
Wardaman Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata wayida wayida loan Mudburra WW %wayita uncoded 0 1 2 0 1 no
Warlpiri Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata yarla unique underived 0 1 2 0 1 no
Wik Ngathan Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing missing missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Worrorra Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata garnmanggu garnmanggu inheritance *mangku proto-Worrorran uncoded 0 1 2 0 1 no
Wubuy Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata marwa unique missing 0 1 2 0 1
Wunambal Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata wanggalu wanggalu unique proto-Worrorran underived 0 1 2 0 1 no
Yan-nhangu Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing missing missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Yawuru Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata missing missing missing missing 0 1 2 0 1 no
Yidiny Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata ngarrga (TC) ngarrga (TC) unique underived mayi 0 1 2 0 1 no
Yir-Yoront Vigna lanceolata var. lanceolata wortol; may- may-wortol unique Also /wañcvw/ 'Dioscorea bulbifera' (see KKaper entry): this is the yam that is the standard item of diet underived 0 1 Root cooked in ashes & eaten 2 0 1 no