Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

dogbane

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
Bankalachi Toloim Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone Apocynum cannabinum missing inheritance missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Cahuilla Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing Bean & Saubel 1972:39 no info 2 1 2 0 0 no
Central Sierra Miwok Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Chemehuevi Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Chumash Barbareno Apocynum cannabinum tok Apocynum cannabinum unique B,Cr,I,V Source of Luiseno tokmat milkweed underived Timbrook 2007:31 2 1 2 0 0 no
Chumash Ineseno Apocynum cannabinum tok Indian-Hemp, Dogbane, A. cannabinum inheritance Central Chumash only B, Cr, I, V, but Cr is probably just B underived Timbrook 2007:31 2 1 2 0 0 no
Chumash Obispeno Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Chumash Ventureno Apocynum cannabinum tok Apocynum cannabinum, Indian-Hemp, Dogbane inheritance Southern Chumash underived Timbrook 2007:31 2 1 2 0 0 no
Cocopa Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Comanche Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Cupeño Apocynum cannabinum wish ˈwiʃ bowstring, willow fiber, willow sp. inheritance *wi(k)- Uto-Aztecan S1796 (Stubbs 2009:253); means Apocynum only in NUA broader (includes plant, fibers, and string/rope product) other complex ˈwi-ʃ fiber-npn Hill & Nolasquez 1973:178 wichu'at “fiberstring”, a nickname of the “Northerner” lineage (Strong 1929:186) 2 bracelets of wish put on girls at initiation ceremony (Strong 1929:257) 1 probably not eaten, most plant parts poisonous no info gathered (wild) women for fiber 0 Plant does yield atropine but literature doesn't mention use of psychotropic properties 0 Southern Canada to Mexico open wooded areas, hillsides, ravines no
Esselen Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Gabrielino Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Iipay 'Aa Apocynum cannabinum ah-holCH Indian hemp (Apocynum) unique unique because this is ONLY Yuman form anywhere for Apocynum same underived Merriam 55:223 2 1 2 0 0 no
Kawaiisu Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Kiliwa Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Kitanemuk Apocynum cannabinum wivƗč ˈwivƗʧr red milkweed, or its fiber used in making string inheritance *wi(k)- Uto-Aztecan S1796 (Stubbs 2009:253); note Gab. wivor, a perfect cognate, suggesting Takic *wi-vɨ-ta broader (plant and fiber) other complex ˈwivƗ-ʧr milkweed-npn -niw possessive classifier for things Anderton 1988:575 no info 2 1 a fiber plant no info gathered (wild but closely managed women for fiber 0 0 Timbrook 2007;139 says groups that didn't have it traded for it Southern Canada to Mexico open wooded areas, hillsides, ravines no
Lake Miwok Apocynum cannabinum wittum Indian string, probably Inidan Hemp, A. cannabinum unique underived Merriam 57:539 2 1 2 0 0 no
Luiseño Apocynum cannabinum wíicha ʹwi:ʧa Indian hemp, apocynum cannabinum inheritance *wi(k)- Uto-Aztecan S1796 (Stubbs 2009:253) same other complex ʹwi:-ʧa string-non.possessed.noun; note wiichu “to make rope, string”. A binomial form has wiichat, doubly suffixed Elliott 1999: 1051 no info 2 1 fiber (berries are poisonous) no info must have been used, but no report gathered (wild but closely managed) women soaked to remove fibers for bowstrings, netting of women's front aprons, etc. 0 0 North America from southern Canada open wooded areas, hillsides, ditches yes (but not very)
Maidu Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Mojave Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Mutsun Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Nisenan Apocynum cannabinum poo' Apocynum (red kind) inheritance “poo” Maiduan underived Merriam 57:251 2 1 2 0 0 no
Northern Paiute Apocynum cannabinum numu weha Indian hemp calque English wiha is Stubbs 1796, a UA “string” form. same phrase literally: Indian string Yerington Dictionary 2 1 2 0 0 no
Northern Sierra Miwok Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Plains Miwok Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Salinan A Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Salinan M Apocynum cannabinum t'mahn' Indian hemp unique not recorded in A; perhaps same as “Yucca root” in 59??; note Yukian mah, Pomo *mahxwa WW %mah other complex t- is articular prefix (should be /T/, on mah, areal form Merriam 55:393 2 1 2 0 0 no
Seri (Comcaac) Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Serrano Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Southern Paiute Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Southern Sierra Miwok Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Southern Ute Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Tübatulabal Apocynum cannabinum māwil ma:ˈwil Indian hemp, dogbane, Apocynum cannabinum loan no information Has the UA *wi- “string” element; ma:- may be from *maha “greens, herbs, weeds” but there is also a widespread Californianism %mah in Pomo, Yuki, Salinan WW %mah same other complex ma:ˈwi-l apocynum-npn (historically, wi-l “twine”) Hill 2010:44 no info 2 1 no info gathered (wild but closely managed) women major fiber plant; stems crushed, fiber extracted 0 0 Timbrook says this could be obtained in trade if a shortabe Southern Canada to Mexico open wooded areas, hillsides, ravines no
Tümpisa Shoshone Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Wappo Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Washo Apocynum cannabinum e-se'-ke; it'-se-ge Indian hemp unique underived Merriam 55:321 2 1 2 0 0 no
Western Mono Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Wintu Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yavapai Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yokuts Palewyami Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yokuts Yawdanchi Apocynum cannabinum hox a shrub, string fiber (1907:239); “large shrub, inner bark used for string” (p. 219 in Kroeber's notes); see species notes unique chuk tc'aka; Note Miss huken “milkweed” unknown 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yokuts Yowlumne Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yuki Apocynum cannabinum mah' MWO Indian hemp, thread inheritance *mah Yukian Schlichter 1985; note proto-Pomo *mahxa (McLendon 1973:78) WW %mah underived Sawyer & Schlichter 1984 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yuma Apocynum cannabinum missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no