Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

foothills yucca

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	Source	Association with Social Categories	Ritual Notes	Food Source	Food Notes	Medicinal	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Trade Notes	Distribution	Habitat	Dangerous
Bankalachi Toloim	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	Yucca whipplei	missing			inheritance						missing							1		0							no
Cahuilla	Yucca whipplei	pánuʔul	ˈpanuʔul	Yucca whipplei	inheritance	*panaa-	Cupan		S2547 (Stubbs 2009:340). Cahuilla form may be a compound from panaa plus u7u, of unknown meaning; note Cupeño 7uwet “Yucca head”	same	other complex	panu7u-l	-m-exan-7a "inanimate"	-m-exan-7a (for inanimates; literally "somehow - doing.thus- possessed.noun")	Seiler&Hioki 1979:141	no info		1	flower stalks, blossoms eaten through several stages of growth	no info	gathered (wild)	All	stalks roasted, ground, made into cakes, or boiled like squash. Blossoms boiled.		Southern California and Baja California	chaparral and oak woodlands, 300-2500 m.	no
Central Sierra Miwok	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Chemehuevi	Yucca whipplei	ɂú·vimpə	schwa voiceless	Spanish bayonet	unique					same	other complex	has -pɨ ABS			Harrington Chemehuevi Noun List			1		0							no
Chumash Barbareno	Yucca whipplei	meq		yucca	unique						underived				Beeler 1978:179			1		0							no
Chumash Ineseno	Yucca whipplei	meq		yucca	unique						underived				Applegate 192			1		0							no
Chumash Obispeno	Yucca whipplei	ts'isuyi'		Yucca whipplei, Chaparral yucca, Spanish bayonet	unique						other complex	c- ?			Timbrook 2007:226			1		0							no
Chumash Ventureno	Yucca whipplei	pash		amole	unique				ts'ats'əs 7i pash “barba del amole”, amole fiber, suggests Y. whipplei		underived				JPH III:91:00278			1		0							no
Cocopa	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Comanche	Yucca whipplei	mumutsi?		soapweed, yucca, beargrass; Yucca louisianensis (Rejon lechugilla)	inheritance	*amu(wV)	Uto-Aztecan		A specifically Central Numic development, note T. Shoshone muuppüh “Joshua tree”; probably one of the etyma in Stubbs 4 (2008:40), the agave words	same	other complex	has -tsi ABS, may be a diminutive here (it's a smallish plant, the “shin-dagger”)			Robinson & Armagost 1990:166			1		0							no
Cupeño	Yucca whipplei	panaal	paˈna:l	Yucca sp.	inheritance	*panaa-	Cupan		S2547 (Stubbs 2009:340).	broader (includes plant, stalk. Flowers are -$evey'et, head is 'uwet (?))	other complex	paˈna:-l yucca.sp-npn			Hill & Nolasquez 1973:167	no info		1	stalk, head, flowers eaten	no info	gathered (wild but closely managed)	all	stalks roasted, ground, made into cakes, or boiled like squash. Blossoms boiled. Head roasted in pit, ground, stored		Southern California, Baja California	chaparral and oak woodlands, 300-2500 m.	no
Esselen	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Gabrielino	Yucca whipplei	ah-ko' 60-439	ʔaˈko:n (?)	Foothills Yucca	unique					narrower (refers only to head or “cabbage” of the plant)	other complex	ʔa-ˈko:-n its-head-possessed (consultant gave 7a-wi:wi-n for Y. schidigera “its root”)	-hi:n	classifier for worthwhile possessions	http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n415/mode/2up; p. 439	no info	source of charcoal for tattooing (McCawley 1996:13)	1	Harrington said not used by Gab (McC131)	no info	gathered (wild)	all	no info		Southern California and Baja California	chaparral and oak woodlands, 300-2500 m	no
Iipay 'Aa	Yucca whipplei	ɂaakuull		Yucca whipplei, Our Lord's Candle	unique					same	underived				http://www.powayusd.com/projects/kumeyaay/Ethnobotany.htm (spelling is Couro & Hutcheson 1973)			1		0							no
Kawaiisu	Yucca whipplei	kwinuurɨbɨ		Yucca whipplei	unique					same	other complex	kwinuurɨ-bɨ X-ABS	bɨ, pɨ	bɨ, pɨ seem to classify for plants, trees	1981 Zigmond			1		0							no
Kiliwa	Yucca whipplei	?+ma?		yucca (Y. baccata)	unique					same	other complex	?-ma? dummy.nominal.prefix-yucca			Mixco 1985			1		0							no
Kitanemuk	Yucca whipplei	ʔumoč	ˈʔumoʧr	stem or root of the quiote, Spanish bayonet stump)	inheritance	*amuwV	Uto-Aztecan		S4 (Stubbs 2009:40)	narrower (may not mean whole plant -- although it does refer to whole plant in other languages)	other complex	ʔumo-č Yucca.sp.-npn	-niw	possessive classifier for things	Anderton 1988:551	no info	decorated stalks used in mourning ceremony	1		no info	gathered (wild)	all	head roasted	stalk obtained from Tubatulabal	Southern California and Baja California	chaparral and oak woodlands, 300-2500 m	no
Lake Miwok	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Luiseño	Yucca whipplei	panáa'al	paʹna:Ɂal	yucca sp. Bright: Spanish bayonet, Yucca whipplei	inheritance	*panaa-	Cupan		S2547 (Stubbs 2009:340).	broader (stalk and plant)	other complex	paʹna:Ɂa-l Y.whipplei-non.possessed.noun (may be derivation in root; see Ethnobiology notes)			Elliott 1999:684	no info	charcoal from head used to make girls' tattoos at initiation (Harrington 178:166)	1	stalk, head, flowers eaten	no info	gathered (wild but closely managed))	all	stalk is roasted; head roasted in earth oven, flowers eaten cooked in water (Sparkman 1908:195)	“an important exchange item” (among Kumeyaay, so almost certainly among Lu.) (Lightfoot & Parrish 2009:270)	Southern California and Baja California	chaparral and oak woodlands, 300-2500 m	no
Maidu	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Mojave	Yucca whipplei	vaanat		type of yucca whose roots are used to make shampoo	loan			Cupan	Cupan *panaa- is a better resemblance than Yuman forms like Yavapai Note Yavapai mnāt	same	underived	final -t MIGHT be “big” but Munro et al. don't say so			Munro et al.1992			1		0							no
Mutsun	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Nisenan	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Northern Paiute	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Northern Sierra Miwok	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Plains Miwok	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Salinan A	Yucca whipplei	troi-yahs'		Yucca whipplei	unique		Salinan				other complex	t- (articular prefix) on vowel-initial stem, probablyl Turner 1987 says should be /T/			Merriam 55:397			1		0							no
Salinan M	Yucca whipplei	t<Ma (this is the root); tri-yahs'		Y. whipplei	unique		Salinan				other complex	t- is articular prefix (should be /T/			Mason 1918:129; Merriam 55:397			1		0							no
Seri (Comcaac)	Yucca whipplei	hamat		blue yucca, Y. baccata	unique					same	underived				Comcaac Dictionary 321			1		0							no
Serrano	Yucca whipplei	u:mu-T		Spanish dagger, a yucca stalk that is eaten (CHM confirms Y. whipplei 60:119	inheritance	*amuwV	Uto-Aztecan		S4 (Stubbs 2009:40)		other complex	-t NPN			KCHill ms 2001:60			1	blossoms and root cooked, good food	0							no
Southern Paiute	Yucca whipplei	tcamavipɨ		Yucca-like plant (Hesperoyucca whipplei?) whose stalk is roasted for food and root is used for food; Merriam 61:377 confirms Y. whipplei	inheritance		Southern Numic only		probably related to Ka. cawarabɨ	same	other complex	has -pɨ ABS			Sapir 1930:697			1		0							no
Southern Sierra Miwok	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Southern Ute	Yucca whipplei	wíisi-vŲ		yucca (plant)	semantic shift	wiki/wisi	Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1796 (2008:254), or Stubbs 1475; usually in the north “milkweed fiber” or “Apocynum” --oddly, the original may have been Yucca fiber so all others should be semantic shift???	same	other complex	has -pɨ ABS			Givon 1979			1		0							no
Tübatulabal	Yucca whipplei	kuyat	kuˈjat	Spanish bayonet, Yucca whipplei	inheritance	*ku(ru)	Uto-Aztecan		S6 (Stubbs 2009;40); difficult since only first syllable but I find this a sensible start	same	other complex	kuˈja-t y.whipplei-npn			Hill 2010:38	no info		1		no info	gathered (wild but closely managed)	all	stalks laid on open fire, buried in sand, then peeled (Voegelin 1938:18)	stalks traded to Kitanemuk (Harrington in Anderton 1988)	Southern California and Baja California	chaparral and oak woodlands, 300-2500 m	no
Tümpisa Shoshone	Yucca whipplei	tattsumpi		yucca sp.	unique				I wonder if the -umpi is related to BSVS oop' “tree yucca”	same	other complex	tattsum-pi Yucca-CL	pi		Dayley 1989:284			1		0							no
Wappo	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Washo	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Western Mono	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Wintu	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Yavapai	Yucca whipplei	mnāt		yucca	inheritance		Proto-Yuman		Note Mojave vaanat		unknown				Shaterian 1983			1		0							no
Yokuts Palewyami	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Yokuts Yawdanchi	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Yokuts Yowlumne	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Yuki	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							1		0							no
Yuma	Yucca whipplei	missing			missing						missing							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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