Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

dogbane

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	Classifier Notes	Source	Association with Social Categories	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Ritual Notes	Food Source	Food Notes	Medicinal	Medicinal Notes	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Psychotropic Notes	Trade Notes	Distribution	Habitat	Dangerous
Bankalachi Toloim	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			inheritance								missing						2		1		2									no
Cahuilla	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing				Bean & Saubel 1972:39	no info	2		1		2									no
Central Sierra Miwok	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Chemehuevi	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									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									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									no
Chumash Obispeno	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Chumash Ventureno	Apocynum cannabinum	tok		Apocynum cannabinum, Indian-Hemp, Dogbane	inheritance		Southern Chumash						underived				Timbrook 2007:31		2		1		2									no
Cocopa	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Comanche	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									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	Plant does yield atropine but literature doesn't mention use of psychotropic properties		Southern Canada to Mexico	open wooded areas, hillsides, ravines	no
Esselen	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Gabrielino	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									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									no
Kawaiisu	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Kiliwa	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									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		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									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.			North America from southern Canada	open wooded areas, hillsides, ditches	yes (but not very)
Maidu	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Mojave	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Mutsun	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Nisenan	Apocynum cannabinum	poo'		Apocynum (red kind)	inheritance	“poo”	Maiduan						underived				Merriam 57:251		2		1		2									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									no
Northern Sierra Miwok	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Plains Miwok	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Salinan A	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									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									no
Seri (Comcaac)	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Serrano	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Southern Paiute	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Southern Sierra Miwok	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Southern Ute	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									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		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									no
Wappo	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Washo	Apocynum cannabinum	e-se'-ke; it'-se-ge		Indian hemp	unique								underived				Merriam 55:321		2		1		2									no
Western Mono	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Wintu	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Yavapai	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									no
Yokuts Palewyami	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									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									no
Yokuts Yowlumne	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									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									no
Yuma	Apocynum cannabinum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		2									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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