Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

foothills yucca

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 Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone Yucca whipplei missing inheritance missing 0 1 0 0 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 0 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. 0 0 Southern California and Baja California chaparral and oak woodlands, 300-2500 m. no
Central Sierra Miwok Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Chemehuevi Yucca whipplei ɂú·vimpə schwa voiceless Spanish bayonet unique same other complex has -pɨ ABS Harrington Chemehuevi Noun List 0 1 0 0 0 no
Chumash Barbareno Yucca whipplei meq yucca unique underived Beeler 1978:179 0 1 0 0 0 no
Chumash Ineseno Yucca whipplei meq yucca unique underived Applegate 192 0 1 0 0 0 no
Chumash Obispeno Yucca whipplei ts'isuyi' Yucca whipplei, Chaparral yucca, Spanish bayonet unique other complex c- ? Timbrook 2007:226 0 1 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 no
Cocopa Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 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 0 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 0 0 Southern California, Baja California chaparral and oak woodlands, 300-2500 m. no
Esselen Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 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 0 source of charcoal for tattooing (McCawley 1996:13) 1 Harrington said not used by Gab (McC131) no info gathered (wild) all no info 0 0 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) 0 1 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 no
Kiliwa Yucca whipplei ?+ma? yucca (Y. baccata) unique same other complex ?-ma? dummy.nominal.prefix-yucca Mixco 1985 0 1 0 0 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 0 decorated stalks used in mourning ceremony 1 no info gathered (wild) all head roasted 0 0 stalk obtained from Tubatulabal Southern California and Baja California chaparral and oak woodlands, 300-2500 m no
Lake Miwok Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 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 0 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) 0 0 “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 0 1 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 no
Mutsun Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Nisenan Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Northern Paiute Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Northern Sierra Miwok Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Plains Miwok Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 no
Seri (Comcaac) Yucca whipplei hamat blue yucca, Y. baccata unique same underived Comcaac Dictionary 321 0 1 0 0 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 0 1 blossoms and root cooked, good food 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 no
Southern Sierra Miwok Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 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 0 1 no info gathered (wild but closely managed) all stalks laid on open fire, buried in sand, then peeled (Voegelin 1938:18) 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 no
Wappo Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Washo Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Western Mono Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Wintu Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yavapai Yucca whipplei mnāt yucca inheritance Proto-Yuman Note Mojave vaanat unknown Shaterian 1983 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yokuts Palewyami Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yokuts Yawdanchi Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yokuts Yowlumne Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yuki Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no
Yuma Yucca whipplei missing missing missing 0 1 0 0 0 no