cliff swallow
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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 | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | tan'-nah-puk'-kēk | Barn swallow | loan | Yokuts | Yowlumne tan'-nah-kah-pitch', Chukchansi tan'-nah-pek'-kă-lis “barn swallow” | same (problem with which swallow -- some semantic shift?) | underived | , although obviously complex in Yokuts | C. H. Merriam 72-77, 60-457 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Big Smokey Valley Shoshone | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | pas”-wum'-be (RV); bă-so-wum'-be (RM, for all swallows) 61:43 | pasokompii “swallow” Duckwater 278 | Cliff swallow (Petrochelidon) | inheritance | Northern Uto-Aztecan | new set for “swallow with paso... | unknown | Merriam 61:75 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cahuilla | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | yūn-ning-mo'-nil | no Luiseno form to help | Cliff swallow | unique | same | derived | Word is too long to have simplex root, has final -l | -7aʃ “pet” | takes possessive classifier -7aʃ (Seiler 1977:305 | wikikmal | http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n155/mode/2up; p. 167 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | All | roasted, stewed, eggs eaten | 0 | 0 | Breed in North America | Cliffs (and now in/on buildings) | no | ||||||||||||||
| Central Sierra Miwok | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | šalíp:ip”i- | swallow | inheritance | Eastern Miwokan | In all Mis, Mip | reduplicated | Freeland & Broadbent 1960 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chemehuevi | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | teví-Kagaivə | (final schwa voiceless) | golondrina | unique | same | phrase | lit. “earth-necklace”, | Harrington Chemehuevi Noun List | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Barbareno | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | ʔan'ipHey | cliff swallow | unique | ansut'uy “bank swallow” | other complex | has 7al- | Beeler 1978:172 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Ineseno | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | an-ne-pĕH | barn swallow (Hirundo) | inheritance | Central Chumash only | Central Chumash | other complex | 7al- | Merriam 55:11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Obispeno | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | tšo; telekseLkse; tošlojo | golondrina; la clase de golondrinas que vienen primero; golondrinas mas grande | unique | underived | Harrington III:1:118, 297; 304 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Ventureno | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | an-ne'-pe | barn swallow (Hirundo) | inheritance | Central Chumash only | Central Chumash | other complex | 7al- | Merriam 55:43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cocopa | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | xmka | swallow, purple Martin | inheritance | Proto-Yuman | Note Mojave hamkyee | same | underived | Crawford 1989 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comanche | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | pasocopi | golondrina | inheritance | *pasoko- | Northern Uto-Aztecan | new set for “swallow”; this is identical to the W. Shoshone form pasokompii from Duckwater | broader (any swallow, as per Rejon's “golondrina”) | other complex | has -pi ABS | Rejon 1995:46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cupeño | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | sekwikwina | səˈkʷikʷina | swallow (bird) | inheritance | *sik-wiwi(k)- | Cupan | Note Lu. taywiiwikal (Sparkman), Cahuilla(Wanikik, Palm Springs) sik-kwe-kweh-net (Mountain) sik'-wis-kwe'-nil, Merriam). This may be wikik “bird” reduplicated, with diverse increments(?). Could also have to do with mud (*kwiLa) But note Central Sierra | same | underived | perhaps sound imitative | -ʔaʃ "pet" | possessive classifier for animals | mukikmal | Hill & Nolasquez 1973:171 | no info | 2 | they have their own song, which I assume they sang in creation time | 1 | songbirds eaten by Cahuilla, Luiseño so surely also by Cupeño | no info | hunted | all | roasted, stewed, eggs eaten | 0 | 0 | global | open country, breeds today in man-made structures, must have lived in rocks in old days in California with no walls! | no | |||||||||
| Esselen | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gabrielino | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | e-vē'ng-ar 72-11, 60-423 | ʔiˈvi:ŋar (?) | Cliff swallow | unique | Note Chumash B ʔan'ipHey ??? | same | other complex | ʔiˈvi:ŋa-r swallow-npn | -ʔaʧ “pet | possessive classifier for animals | chi:ya | http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n415/mode/2up; p. 423 | no info | 2 | 1 | all birds eaten (McC 116) | no info | hunted | all | roasted | 0 | 0 | Breed in North America | Cliffs (and now in/on buildings) | no | ||||||||||||
| Iipay 'Aa | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | mil'de-kar' | Cliff swallow (Petrochelidon) | unique | same | underived | really a wild guess | Merriam 55:207 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kawaiisu | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | pah-too-kŭ az'-ze | Cliff swallow | unique | May include Stubbs 124 *pati'a, the “bat” word??? | same | other complex | pah-too-ku-az-ze patukuwa-zi??? X-ABS | Merriam 59:369 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kiliwa | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | pnwiitu | swallow (Hirundinidae) | unique | same | underived | Mixco 1985 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kitanemuk | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | mawiyɨt | ˈmawijɨt | bird sp. resembles swallow | inheritance | *mawi-wɨ | Takic | Gab. Barn swallow:mah-wā-ō>t (> is CHM's back apostrophe) 72-77; see precautionary note with “bat” | same | derived | ˈmawi-jɨ-t feather.fan-augmentative-npn (mawiʃr “feather fan held by dancer”) | -ʔacit "pet" | possessive classifier for animals | wicitat | Anderton 1988:394 | no info | 2 | involved somehow with fans; perhaps by resemblance | 1 | no decent info but everybody ate songbirds and eggs | no info | hunted | men | roasted, boiled, eggs eaten | 0 | 0 | if feathers are in fans, would have been traded | Breed in North America | Cliffs (and now in/on buildings) | no | ||||||||
| Lake Miwok | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | káttawkataw | swallow (Merriam 57:521 OK for Hirundo; also tsah'-de “cliff swallow, barn swallow”, tse-lik'-tse-lik “Cliff swallow” “ | unique | Almost certainly a loan but source unidentified | reduplicated | Callaghan 1965 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luiseño | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | pál'vismal | ʹpalɁvismal | swallow (type of bird) | inheritance | *pati7a/*paCti7a “bat”; *pata “fly” | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2009:56-57 derives from *pati7a/*paCti7a “bat” (S124). But Numic and Cora all have pa[c/ch]a, which should reflect *paCtsV. -Cts- regularly yields Cahuilla /s/, not /l/. A problematic set. Note *pata “fly” S902, p. 153. | same | derived | ʹpalɁ-vis-ma-l bat-?-diminutive-non.possessed.noun (I'm conjecturing based on Cahuilla palily “bat”) | -ʔaʃ "pet" | possessive classifier; NPN form of noun is ʔaʃla | 7ehéngmal | Elliott 1999:681 | no info | 2 | 1 | songbirds eaten | no info | hunted | all | roasted, boiled, eggs eaten (no info on feathers) | 0 | 0 | Breed in North America | Cliffs, and now in, on buildings | no | ||||||||||
| Maidu | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | kómp'ic'ìlip'i | barnswallow, swallow | unique | other complex | -i is stem former; Shpley 1961:23 lists the rest as root! Must be complex etymologically | Shipley 1963 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mojave | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | hamkyee | swallow | inheritance | Proto-Yuman | Yuma | Note Co. xmka; Yuma xamkye/ Halpern 3:208; kamto/.shq “swallow” Halpern 1:28 | same | underived | Munro et al.1992 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mutsun | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | pe'-lo-ke-an | barn swallow (Hirundo) | unique | Rumsen che'-lo-kan cliff swallow 55:443 | other complex | morphology unknown | Merriam 55:409 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nisenan | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | aw'tet | cliff swallow (barn: taw-taw-poo') | unique | underived | Merriam 57:235 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Paiute | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | soggobbena | mudswalow (M: Cliff swallow (Petrochelidon) | inheritance | Northern Uto-Aztecan | new set for “swallow”, usually with pa- prefix | same | underived | looks complex but no etymology of any parts | Yerington Dictionary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Sierra Miwok | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | sa:lipsali:p-y- | swallow | inheritance | Eastern Miwokan | In all Mis, MIP | other complex | -y nominalizer | Callaghan 1987 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plains Miwok | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | sal:ip, sal:ipsali:p(y)- | swallow | inheritance | Eastern Miwokan | In all Mis | reduplicated | Callaghan 1984 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinan A | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | she-tah'-nil | Cliff swallow | unique | Salinan | underived | probably complex etymologically | Merriam 55:373 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinan M | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | siatánil | swallow (Merriam confirms 55:373) | unique | Salinan | underived | Mason 1918:124 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seri (Comcaac) | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | xaasj an quiimtoj | swallow (bird) | unique | broader (any swallow?) | relative clause | xaasj cardon; lit. los que tienen su nido en el cardon | Comcaac Dictionary 577 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serrano | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | su'-wut ahn-kin'-ne-ahts | cliff swallow “wind open” | unique | phrase | wind opener? | Merriam 60-103 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Paiute | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | wah-pas'-so-pe (M; to-wah pas'-să-ro-vep' “Rain.cloud swallow” | pa'sagovipI | Cliff swallow (Petrochelidon) | inheritance | pasVkopi- | Proto-Numic | Note Panamint paz'-zah-noo-pe'-dah W; Merriam 59:335; Yerington Paiute soggobbena; W. Mono (Northfork) paziGopiina'; “mudswallow”; Southern Paiute pas'-să-ro-vep' “swallow”; Southern Ute tŲpá-sǫǫ-cI | unknown | Merriam 59:465 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Sierra Miwok | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | sal'-le-pe'-pe | barn swallow, cliff-swallow | inheritance | Eastern Miwokan | In all Mis, MIP | reduplicated | Merriam 57:457 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Ute | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | tŲpá-sǫǫ-cI | swallow | inheritance | *pasV- | Numic | Note Panamint paz'-zah-noo-pe'-dah W; Merriam 59:335; Yerington Paiute soggobbena; W. Mono (Northfork) paziGopiina'; “mudswallow”; Southern Paiute pas'-să-ro-vep' “swallow” | same | phrase | Givon's mouth-soldier is wrong -- it's earth-swallow (tų-pasoo, not tupa-soo), once you see the comparative data | Givon 1979 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tübatulabal | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | omhompit | ʔomhomʹbit | cliff swallow, mud diver, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | unique | same | derived | ʔomhom-ʹbi-t swallow.sp-diminutive-npn | chikkīt | Hill 2010:58 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | hunted | men | roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites) | 0 | 0 | Breed in North America | Cliffs (and now in/on buildings) | no | ||||||||||||||||
| Tümpisa Shoshone | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | namokku(n) | cliff swallow | unique | same | derived | kaimpüwakia-ttü -ttü is Agentive “one who”; kaimpüwakia must be complex but no clue in Dayley | Dayley 1989:41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wappo | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | cékhe:ma | swallow (CHM confirms 52:571 cliff swallow and barn swallow) | unique | underived | Sawyer 1965 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washo | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | pa7dómc'iluk | cliff swallow, barn swallow | unique | phrase | meaning of elements unknown | Merriam 55:305; WPD | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Mono | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | isa', iza', | swallow | inheritance | Proto-Numic | Note Panamint paz'-zah-noo-pe'-dah W; Merriam 59:335; Yerington Paiute soggobbena “mudswallow”; Southern Paiute pas'-să-ro-vep' “swallow” | same | unknown | Note siGoGohi- “to slide” (as on a rock) | Bethel et al.:136 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wintu | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | q'i(:)rteqčit | q'an-tun-ut “wing-gatherer” | California swallow, barn swallow; mud dauber bee; CHM >kēL-to-ne “cliff swallow” (L raised, underlined); at 56:69 has >kan-too'-nut Cliff swallow) | unique | relative clause | q'i(:)r- “mud”, teqčit dauber | Schlichter 1981 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yavapai | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yokuts Palewyami | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | tan'-nah-pah'-kitch | barn swallow (Hirundo) | loan | Yowlumne Yokuts | Kroeber has Yawe danabak'yits -- same word? at 224. | same | other complex | has -itch/-its suffix, probably agentive | Merriam 58:523 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yokuts Yawdanchi | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | taipālutc | Merriam ti'-pum-nautch (Wik) is barn swallow Hirundo 58:363 | swallow | unique | The taip- element also in Wechitit in Kroeber, but this is geographically adjacent | unknown | Kroeber 1961:212 (224) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yokuts Yowlumne | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | dánabak'yits | swallow (M form very similar for Hirundo) | inheritance | Nim-Yokuts | Merriam has tan'-nah-pek'-kă-lis, tan-nah-pok'-hĕ'-lis for Chukchansi | same | other complex | must be a verb danabak, with -its agentive?? | Kroeber 1961:212 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yuki | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | awl-koos-spă'-tah MWO | barn swallow (Hirundo) | inheritance | *pot'a, *pot'a7 | Yukian | Schlichter 1985 | phrase | “tree-bodyhair (moss) swallow” Schlichter 1985:88 | Sawyer & Schlichter 1984 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yuma | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | xamkye/ | swallow | inheritance | Proto-Yuman | Note Co. xmka: | unknown | Halpern 3:208 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no |
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