Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

saltwater mussel

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	Etymology Notes	Range of Term	Word Structure	Word Structure Notes	Classifier	Classifier Notes	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Food Source	Medicinal	How Collected	Psychotropic	Traded	Habitat	Dangerous
Bardi	Mytilidae	boonyman	boonyman		inheritance					underived				0	1	0		0	0		no
Burarra	Mytilidae	missing			missing					missing				0	1	0		0	0		no
Dhangu	Mytilidae	missing			missing					missing				0	1	0		0	0		no
Dhay’yi	Mytilidae	missing			missing									0	1	0		0	0		no
Dhuwal	Mytilidae	missing			missing					missing				0	1	0		0	0		no
Djinang	Mytilidae	missing			missing					missing				0	1	0		0	0		no
Gumatj	Mytilidae	missing			missing									0	1	0		0	0		no
Gupapuyngu	Mytilidae	missing			missing					missing				0	1	0		0	0		no
Guugu Yimidhirr	Mytilidae	ngulumugu	ngulumugu	SW mussel	loan direction unknown	*ngulumuku	pGYim-KYal	To KYalanji ngulumuku 'seashell'		compound	With /mugu/ 'back, seed, shell, roof, ...'			0	1	0		0	0		no
Koko-Bera	Mytilidae	RRAPÉRR	RRAPÉRR	SEA MUSSEL	unique					simplex
Kuku-Thaypan	Mytilidae	awawr	awawr		unique					reduplicated	?			0	1	0		0	0		no
Kuku-Yalanji	Mytilidae	mukirr	mukirr		unique					underived				0	1	0		0	0		no
Kurtjar	Mytilidae	nyomok ~ nyimok	nyomok ~ nyimok		unique					underived		eeny	animal; shell is walach	0	1	0		0	0	No indication as to fresh- or saltwater	no
Kuuk Thaayorre	Mytilidae	tha'ay; ngat- & thukin; ngat- & wuunhth; ngat-	tha'ay; ngat- & thukin; ngat- & wuunhth; ngat-		unique				No distinction given in source except that thukin is white & wuunhth is long; fw vs. sw not mentioned	underived				0	1	0		0	0		no
Mbabaram	Mytilidae	missing	missing		missing									0	1	0		0	0		no
Ngandi	Mytilidae	missing			missing					missing				0	1	0		0	0		no
Ngarinyin	Mytilidae	bambarri	bambarri		unknown		proto-Worrorran			uncoded				0	1	0		0	0		no
Ngumbarl	Mytilidae	boogarragoolan	boogarragoolan		unique					compound?				0	1	0		0	0		no
Nyikina	Mytilidae	langkarri	langkarri		unknown					underived				0	1	0		0	0		no
Pakanh	Mytilidae	missing	missing		missing									0	1	0		0	0		no
Rembarrnga	Mytilidae	missing			missing					missing				0	1	0		0	0		no
Ritharrngu	Mytilidae	missing			missing					missing				0	1	0		0	0		no
Tjaapukay	Mytilidae	missing	missing		missing									0	1	0		0	0		no
Uw-Olkol	Mytilidae	missing	missing		missing									0	1	0		0	0		no
Uw-Oykangand	Mytilidae	missing	missing		missing									0	1	0		0	0		no
Wik Ngathan	Mytilidae	missing	missing		missing									0	1	0		0	0		no
Yan-nhangu	Mytilidae	missing			missing					missing				0	1	0		0	0		no
Yawuru	Mytilidae	bunyman	bunyman		inheritance					underived				0	1	0		0	0		no
Yidiny	Mytilidae	julwa (C) & julgay (G) & dirngi (CG) & mugi:r (C, G; <mugiriV/i>)	julwa (C) & julgay (G) & dirngi (CG) & mugi:r (C, G; <mugiriV/i>)		unique					underived		minya	?	0	1	0		0	0		no
Yir-Yoront	Mytilidae	wert	wert		unique					underived				0	1	0	all seasons, peaking in Wet	0	0		no


Bardi
Burarra
Dhangu
Dhay’yi
Dhuwal
Djinang
Gumatj
Gupapuyngu
Guugu Yimidhirr
Koko-Bera
Kuku-Thaypan
Kuku-Yalanji
Kurtjar
Kuuk Thaayorre
Mbabaram
Ngandi
Ngarinyin
Ngumbarl
Nyikina
Pakanh
Rembarrnga
Ritharrngu
Tjaapukay
Uw-Olkol
Uw-Oykangand
Wik Ngathan
Yan-nhangu
Yawuru
Yidiny
Yir-Yoront

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