Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

bush yam

Semantic Field: flora-fauna
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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-Form	Proto-Language	Loan Source	Etymology Notes	Wanderwort Status	Etyma Set	Range of Term	Word Structure	Word Structure Notes	Classifier	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Food Source	Food Notes	Medicinal	Psychotropic	Traded	Dangerous
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


Bardi
Bunuba
Burarra
Dhangu
Dhay’yi
Dhuwal
Djapu
Djinang
Gajirrabeng
Gooniyandi
Gumatj
Gupapuyngu
Gurindji
Guugu Yimidhirr
Jaru
Jingulu
Kija
Koko-Bera
Kuku-Thaypan
Kuku-Yalanji
Kurtjar
Kuuk Thaayorre
Mbabaram
Miriwung
Ngandi
Ngarinyin
Nyangumarta
Pakanh
Rembarrnga
Ritharrngu
Tjaapukay
Uw-Olkol
Uw-Oykangand
Walmajarri
Wardaman
Warlpiri
Wik Ngathan
Worrorra
Wubuy
Wunambal
Yan-nhangu
Yawuru
Yidiny
Yir-Yoront

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