Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

coot

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	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	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Distribution	Habitat	Dangerous
Bankalachi Toloim	Fulica americana	hoi-yo'-le		Coot (Fulica)	loan			Yokuts	Tinlinne Yokuts hoi-yol'-lis	same	underived					C. H. Merriam 72-79, 60-461		2		1		0						no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	Fulica americana	si'-ah (RV, RM);		coot (Fulica)	inheritance	*saya	Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 217 (2008:69)	same	underived					Merriam 61:79		2		1		0						no
Cahuilla	Fulica americana	tan'-no-mal	no Luiseno form to help	Coot, Fulica	unique					same	derived	ends in -mal “diminutive”; Merriam recorded tanu-wet in other dialects. Meaning of root unknown tanu? tanew?	-7aʃ “pet”	Possessive classifier -7aʃ	sásaymalʸem?	http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n155/mode/2up; p. 171	no info	2	Bird songs are all about water birds, but I don't know if this bird is mentioned	1	Water birds are an important food source.	no info	hunted	Men	roasted, stewed, eggs eaten	West coastal and southern North America to Central America	Wetlands, open water	no
Central Sierra Miwok	Fulica americana	7óp7iple-		mudhen	unique						underived	must be etymologically complex				Freeland & Broadbent 1960		2		1		0						no
Chemehuevi	Fulica americana	shă'-bits, sah'-put/ts	'saapɨcI	Coot (Fulica)	inheritance	*saya	Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 217 (2008:69)	same	other complex	'saa-pɨ-cI coot-?-ABS				Merriam 59:533		2		1		0						no
Chumash Barbareno	Fulica americana	missing			missing						missing							2		1		0						no
Chumash Ineseno	Fulica americana	tesk'; nek'		coot	unique						underived					Merriam 55:15		2		1		0						no
Chumash Obispeno	Fulica americana	missing			missing						missing							2		1		0						no
Chumash Ventureno	Fulica americana	ksen		coot (Merriam confirms k'sā-en 55:45)	unique						underived					Mamet 2008:18		2		1		0						no
Cocopa	Fulica americana	missing			missing						missing							2		1		0						no
Comanche	Fulica americana	missing			missing						missing							2		1		0						no
Cupeño	Fulica americana	moo'-kul 60-265	ˈmukal (?)	Coot, Fulica sp.	inheritance	*muk-	Takic		mukal “beaked one”. This is probably a nickname; cf. song: wisayne pumuknele “I am wisay, his beak am I”; S1497a (Stubbs 2009:222)	same	other complex	ˈmuka-l beak-npn (?)	-ʔaʃ "pet"	possessive classifier for animals		http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n251/mode/2up, p. 265	no info	2	has his song	1	water birds a favorite	no info	hunted	men	roasted, stewed, eggs eaten	Americas	wetlands, open water	no
Esselen	Fulica americana	missing			missing						missing							2		1		0						no
Gabrielino	Fulica americana	kwah-e-ar kwe-nar-saht 72-79, 60-427 mud eater duck	kwaˈʔi:ʔar kwiˈna:r şa:t	Coot	unique	kwa, kwira, *saya	Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan respectively		A nonce formation	same	phrase	kwaˈʔi:ʔar kwiˈna:r şa:t eater mud water.bird	-ʔaʧ “pet	possessive classifier for animals	şa:t	http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n415/mode/2up; p. 427	no info	2		1	all birds eaten (McC 116)	no info	hunted	men	roasted	West coastal and southern North America to Central America	wetlands and open water	no
Iipay 'Aa	Fulica americana	ɂeyuw		mud hen	unique					broader (includes ducks)	underived					Couro & Hutcheson 1973		2		1		0						no
Kawaiisu	Fulica americana	saapɨzi		mudhen	inheritance	*saya	Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 217 (2008:69)	same	other complex	saa-pɨ-zi coot-ABS-ABS				Zigmond et al.		2		1		0						no
Kiliwa	Fulica americana	missing			missing						missing							2		1		0						no
Kitanemuk	Fulica americana	pah-kwe-nee-tah-hah kwah-he-ŭt pang-aht-sah “mud hen”	ˈpakʷinitay ˈkʷaʔiwɨt ˈpaŋaʦaʔ	Coot	unique				good UA vocabulary but probably a nonce form	same	phrase	ˈpakʷini-ta-y ˈkʷaʔi-wɨ-t ˈpaŋaʦaʔ mud-npn-obj eat-augmentative-npn duck (probably a nonce formation)	-ʔacit "pet"	possessive classifier for animals	ˈpaŋacaʔ	http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n1/mode/2up, p. 15	no info	2		1	probably	no info	hunted	men	roasted, boiled, eggs eaten	West coastal and southern North America to Central America	wetlands and open water	no
Lake Miwok	Fulica americana	lóhlok, tóhlok		mudhen	loan			Hill Patwin	“probably fro Hill Patwin LoLok 'mudhen' and Hill Patwin toLok 'mudhen'” 1965:244		reduplicated					Callaghan 1965		2		1		0						no
Luiseño	Fulica americana	$áyla	ʹşajla	mud hen	inheritance	*saya(C)	Northern Uto-Aztecan		S217 (and 710) Stubbs 2009:69, very consistently for “coot, mud-hen” except in Cahuilla	same	other complex	ʹşaj-la mud.hen-non.possessed.noun	-ʔaʃ "pet"	possessive classifier; NPN form of noun is ʔaʃla	no info	Elliott 1999: 846	no info	2		1	not eaten (Sparkman 1908:199)	no info	N/A	N/A	N/A	West coastal and southern North America to Central America	Wetlands, open water	no
Maidu	Fulica americana	bos'-toi		coot	unique						underived					Merriam 57:47		2		1		0						no
Mojave	Fulica americana	hanyiwily, ɂahanyiiwily		mudhen	unique					same	phrase	ha- “water”				Munro et al.1992		2		1		0						no
Mutsun	Fulica americana	yū-rān, u-ran		coot	inheritance		Southern Costanoan only		Pinart has for “duck” in Co IV		underived					Merriam 55:415		2		1		0						no
Nisenan	Fulica americana	tol'-lok		coot	loan			Sierra Miwok	Mip tohkol, tok:ol, and in Mins		underived					Merriam 57:239		2		1		0						no
Northern Paiute	Fulica americana	saya		mudhen (M: Coot (Fulica)	inheritance	*saya	Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 217 (2008:69)	same	underived					Yerington Dictionary		2		1		0						no
Northern Sierra Miwok	Fulica americana	o-to'-kā-e, o-to'-koi		coot	inheritance		Eastern Miwokan		In Mip		other complex	-aj (and probably -y)				Merriam 57:399		2		1		0						no
Plains Miwok	Fulica americana	tohkol, tok:ol		mudhen	inheritance		Eastern Miwokan		In Mins		underived					Callaghan 1984		2		1		0						no
Salinan A	Fulica americana	shōn'-shun		coot	unique		Salinan				reduplicated					Merriam 55:377		2		1		0						no
Salinan M	Fulica americana	shum'-shum		coot	unique		Salinan				reduplicated					Merriam 55:377		2		1		0						no
Seri (Comcaac)	Fulica americana	ziic hacáatol		American coot	unique					same	phrase	bird dangerous (brings bad luck)				Comcaac Dictionary 616		2		1		0						no
Serrano	Fulica americana	missing			missing						missing							2		1		0						no
Southern Paiute	Fulica americana	sah'-sit	saapɨtsI	Coot (Fulica)	inheritance	*saya	Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 217 (2008:69)	same	other complex	has -pɨtsI ABS				Merriam's Ki-vav-vit 61:365		2		1		0						no
Southern Sierra Miwok	Fulica americana	chool-chool'-lah		coot	inheritance		Eastern Miwokan		Mip culcul “teal duck”		reduplicated					Merriam 57:461		2		1		0						no
Southern Ute	Fulica americana	missing			missing						missing							2		1		0						no
Tübatulabal	Fulica americana	shāyal	ʃa:ˈjal	Mudhen or American coot, Fulica americana	inheritance	*saya(C)	Northern Uto-Aztecan		S217 (and 710) Stubbs 2009:69, very consistently for “coot, mud-hen” except in Cahuilla, Cupeño	same	other complex	ʃa:ˈja-l mudhen-npn				Hill 2010:77	no info	2	feathers in wand carried at burning	1		no info	hunted	men	roasted on coals, bones ground (some consultants denied Tub. ate eggs before Whites)	West coastal and southern North America to Central America	wetlands and open water	no
Tümpisa Shoshone	Fulica americana	saiyappüh		mud hen, coot	inheritance	*saya	Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 217:2008:69	same	other complex	saiya-ppüh coot-CL	ppüh			Dayley 1989:234		2		1		0						no
Wappo	Fulica americana	méyc'ic'a		mudhen (CHM confirms 52:575)	unique						phrase	water-bird				Sawyer 1965		2		1		0						no
Washo	Fulica americana	madá:t'ak		coot, mud hen	unique						underived					Merriam 55:309; WPD		2		1		0						no
Western Mono	Fulica americana	pasaya		Mud hen	inheritance	*pa:-saya	Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 217 (2008:69), unproblematic	same	derived	pa-saya water-mud.hen				Bethel et al.:130	no info	2		1	surely eaten	no info	hunted	men	no info			no
Wintu	Fulica americana	qa:tqat		any tame or wild duck, coot	unique						reduplicated					Pitkin 1985		2		1		0						no
Yavapai	Fulica americana	missing			missing						missing							2		1		0						no
Yokuts Palewyami	Fulica americana	concen		mudhen	unique				unique in Kroeber	same	underived	might have reduplication				Kroeber 1961:204		2		1		0						no
Yokuts Yawdanchi	Fulica americana	datcai		mudhen (Merriam confirms 58:369)	inheritance		Nim-Yokuts		Kroeber except for Buena Vista, Pal, Yowl	same	underived					Kroeber 1961:204		2		1		0						no
Yokuts Yowlumne	Fulica americana	hoyòlis		mudhen	unique				Unique in Kroeber	same	underived	might have -is suffix?				Kroeber 1961:204		2		1		0						no
Yuki	Fulica americana	we'-shil mat'-mah MO, ūūtcûNi B		mudhen	inheritance	*wišil matma	Yukian		Schlichter 1985; B form is *7uk'čəy		compound	Schlichter diss				Sawyer & Schlichter 1984		2		1		0						no
Yuma	Fulica americana	mus-em'-kwer-yahk'		Coot (Fulica, Mudhen	unique						unknown	Contains the -yaq “lying.in” element				Merriam 61:461		2		1		0						no


Bankalachi Toloim
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone
Cahuilla
Central Sierra Miwok
Chemehuevi
Chumash Barbareno
Chumash Ineseno
Chumash Obispeno
Chumash Ventureno
Cocopa
Comanche
Cupeño
Esselen
Gabrielino
Iipay 'Aa
Kawaiisu
Kiliwa
Kitanemuk
Lake Miwok
Luiseño
Maidu
Mojave
Mutsun
Nisenan
Northern Paiute
Northern Sierra Miwok
Plains Miwok
Salinan A
Salinan M
Seri (Comcaac)
Serrano
Southern Paiute
Southern Sierra Miwok
Southern Ute
Tübatulabal
Tümpisa Shoshone
Wappo
Washo
Western Mono
Wintu
Yavapai
Yokuts Palewyami
Yokuts Yawdanchi
Yokuts Yowlumne
Yuki
Yuma

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