Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

gooseberry

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 Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone Ribes spp. pokwai-mpih, poko-mpih; pokono-ppyh the bush currant berry inheritance *pokoN Uto-Aztecan Stubbs 183 (2008:65) broader (several kinds of berries, apparently, at least for modern speakers) other complex has -pi ABS Crapo 1976:122 2 1 1 0 0 no
Cahuilla Ribes spp. no name ever recorded missing missing no info 2 1 1 0 0 no
Central Sierra Miwok Ribes spp. kí:lili- gooseberry inheritance *kil:i- “horn, antler” Utian Bodega Dic; Mib has a cognate verb meaning “be hard, sharp” so Pmi may have included “thorn”. Note Misn kle'-de-de' “wild rose”, presumably from the same root. Utian:Callaghan 1997:33 reduplicated Freeland & Broadbent 1960 2 1 1 0 0 no
Chemehuevi Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Chumash Barbareno Ribes spp. chtɨmɨy Ribes spp., Gooseberry unique Central Chumash only underived Timbrook 2007:170 2 1 1 0 0 no
Chumash Ineseno Ribes spp. stɨmɨy Ribes spp., gooseberry inheritance Central Chumash only Central Chumash underived Timbrook 2007:170 2 1 1 0 0 no
Chumash Obispeno Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Chumash Ventureno Ribes spp. chtɨmɨy Ribes spp., Gooseberry inheritance Central Chumash only Central Chumash underived Timbrook 2007:170 2 1 1 0 0 no
Cocopa Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Comanche Ribes spp. pokopi berries, fruits, nuts inheritance *pokoN Uto-Aztecan Stubbs 183 (2008:65) broader (diverse fruits) other complex has -pi ABS Robinson & Armagost 1990:85 2 1 1 0 0 no
Cupeño Ribes spp. tukchikal ˈtukʧikal currants unique possibly *tuk-chi7a-ka black-berry-? ??, cf. Northern Paiuge muguciabui “gooseberry”, but note Gab. kucha:r “currant, suggesting tuk-kuchV-ka- same other complex ˈtukʧika-l currant-npn (root almost certainly derived) Hill & Nolasquez 1973:151 no info 2 1 no info gathered (wild) women and children eaten ripe, or dried and stored 0 0 California coast ranges http://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/ribes-californicum likes shady spots, canyons, forest edges no
Esselen Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Gabrielino Ribes spp. ko-char' kuˈʧa:r (?) gooseberry loan Chumash Southern Chumash xutaʃ “pupil of eye, berry sp.” broader (for all of these kinds of berries) other complex kuˈʧa:-r currant-npn -hi:n classifier for worthwhile possessions http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n415/mode/2up; p. 437 no info 2 1 no info gathered (wild but closely managed) women and children eaten fresh or ground and preserved 0 0 diverse species in California chaparral, woodland no
Iipay 'Aa Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Kawaiisu Ribes spp. kɨzarabɨ Ribes californicum, roezlii unique same other complex kɨzara-bɨ gooseberry-ABS bɨ, pɨ bɨ, pɨ seem to classify for plants, trees 1981 Zigmond 2 1 1 0 0 no
Kiliwa Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Kitanemuk Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 diverse species in California chaparral, woodland no
Lake Miwok Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Luiseño Ribes spp. wu$óochish wuʹşo:tʃiʃ wild gooseberry unique same other complex wuʹşo:tʃi-ʃ gooseberry-non.possessed.noun (root includes unproductive diminutive -tʃi) Elliott 1999:1086 no info 2 1 not important as “grow but sparingly” (Sparkman 1908:195) no info gathered (wild) women eaten fresh, dried and stored 0 0 Diverse species in california chaparral, woodland no
Maidu Ribes spp. jyhémi wild gooseberry inheritance Maiduan Nisenan yū-hem (CHM) other complex -i is stem former Shipley 1963 2 1 1 0 0 no
Mojave Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Mutsun Ribes spp. tow-ka'-lee (JPH per CHM) gooseberry (with black berries) unique other complex morphology unknown Merriam 55:421 2 1 1 0 0 no
Nisenan Ribes spp. yū-hem gooseberry inheritance Maiduan Maidu jyhémi underived Merriam 57:249 2 1 1 0 0 no
Northern Paiute Ribes spp. mababbooe currant, gooseberry (the plant) unique *-pui is Numic “eye, seed, berry”, maba- unknown same underived etymologically a phrase but unanalyzable initial modifier on “berry” Yerington Dictionary 2 1 1 0 0 no
Northern Sierra Miwok Ribes spp. 7in:ani- gooseberry inheritance Eastern Miwokan In Mip underived Callaghan 1987 2 1 1 0 0 no
Plains Miwok Ribes spp. 7in:an berry inheritance Eastern Miwokan In Min, Mics underived Callaghan 1984 2 1 1 0 0 no
Salinan A Ribes spp. kesóy; k'esóy' gooseberry unique Salinan A only not recorded in M underived Turner 1980:75 (from Harrington, Jacobsen) 2 1 1 0 0 no
Salinan M Ribes spp. toipen gooseberries unique Salinan M only underived Mason 1918:130 2 1 1 0 0 no
Seri (Comcaac) Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Serrano Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Southern Paiute Ribes spp. pogompivɨ currant bush inheritance *pokoN Proto-Uto-Aztecan Stubbs 183 (2008:65) same other complex has -pɨ ABS Sapir 1930:620 2 1 1 0 0 no
Southern Sierra Miwok Ribes spp. cumuk-ha-; ki:li- wild currant; Sierra gooseberry (Merriam confirms ke'le as Ribes bracteosum) inheritance *kil:i- “horn, antler” Utian Bodega Dic; Mib has a cognate verb meaning “be hard, sharp” so Pmi may have included “thorn”. Note Misn kle'-de-de' “wild rose”, presumably from the same root. Utian: Callagha 1997:33 other complex -ha Broadbent 1964: 2 1 1 0 0 no
Southern Ute Ribes spp. pogóy-pŲ goose-berries inheritance *pokoN Uto-Aztecan Stubbs 183 (2008:65) same other complex has -pɨ ABS Givon 1979 2 1 1 0 0 no
Tübatulabal Ribes spp. woppul woˈpul gooseberry, Ribes quercetorum unique There are lots of NUA *po- berry words -- no /wo/, though same other complex woˈpu-l gooseberry.npn Hill 2010:123 no info 2 1 no info gathered (wild) all eaten raw, or boiled, ground and stored as cakes 0 0 diverse species in California chaparral, woodland no
Tümpisa Shoshone Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Wappo Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Washo Ribes spp. séwɨt yá:gɨl gooseberry unique phrase WPD 2 1 1 0 0 no
Western Mono Ribes spp. tabapI, taba'ya gooseberries (Ribes sp.) unique same derived taba'ya said to be older word -pi Bethel et al.:193 no info 2 1 no info gathered (wild) all no info 0 0 no
Wintu Ribes spp. buli kilus gooseberry, thorny gooseberry (CHM Ribes sp. “currant” 56:23) unique on *kHi:l “thorn”, note also Utian *kil:i- “horn, antler” (which appears in “thorn” words too -- and W “thorn” is related to “horn” words. A “Penutian” item? phrase buli “hill”/ kilus from *kHi:l “thorn” Schlichter 1981 2 1 1 0 0 no
Yavapai Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Yokuts Palewyami Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Yokuts Yawdanchi Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Yokuts Yowlumne Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no
Yuki Ribes spp. mum' MW; mam ču:hu (?) A gooseberry, currants (Ribes sp.); gooseberry inheritance *mam Yukian JHH. see blackberry, note Nim-Yokuts *mam-l WW %mam underived Sawyer & Schlichter 1984 2 1 1 0 0 no
Yuma Ribes spp. missing missing missing 2 1 1 0 0 no