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grasshopper

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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	Food Source	Food Notes	Medicinal	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Psychotropic	Traded	Distribution	Habitat	Dangerous
Bankalachi Toloim	Caelifera	chahl'-to-wil		Cricket	loan			Yokuts	Chukchansi chah'-noos'; chi'-noo-as, tah-nă-wus “grasshopper”; Wikchamni chah-nā'-kut; chan-ā-kus “grasshopper”			same	underived				C. H. Merriam 72-813, 60-465		2	1		0				0	0			no
Bardi	Orthoptera	dinyidiny	dinydiny		inheritance								reduplicated						0	0		0				0	0			no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	Caelifera	aa-ttankih		Grasshopper	inheritance	*attaNkaC	Numic		Stubbs 1036 (2008:167)			narrower (a species of grasshopper)	underived	probably complex etymologically			Crapo 1976:138		2	1		0				0	0			no
Bunuba	Orthoptera	gindili	kintili		unknown				Goon missing				underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Burarra	Caelifera	jin-gugarrarramiya	dyin-gubatpattya		unique				dyin- noun class										2	1		0				0	0			no
Burarra	Orthoptera		dyin-gubatpattya		unknown				dyin- noun class										0	0		0				0	0
Cahuilla	Caelifera	wíʔit	ˈwiʔit	grass hopper	inheritance	*woʔV-	Uto-Aztecan		S1034 (Stubbs 2009:167)			narrower (Merriam gives sah'-kah-kah-wah “red-winged” 60-143 for Wanikik Cahuilla	other complex	wi7i-t	no info		Seiler & Hioki 1979:244	wi7item is the name of a clan (Seiler & Hioki 1979:244)	2	1		no info	gathered (wild)	All	long trenches dug and filled with hot rocks, grasshopper swarms pushed into these	0	0	All Americas	All habitats	no
Central Sierra Miwok	Caelifera	kó:čo-		Grasshopper	inheritance	*ko:To- ?	Miwokan		Callaghan 1971				underived				Freeland & Broadbent 1960		2	1		0				0	0			no
Chemehuevi	Caelifera	ɂá·takapitsI		Grasshopper	inheritance	*attaNkaC	Proto-Numic		Stubbs 1036 (2008:167)			same	other complex	has -pi-tsi ABS-DIM? (In Kawaiisu this counts as a single ABS)			Harrington Chemehuevi Noun List		2	1		0				0	0			no
Chumash Barbareno	Caelifera	tuq'		small grasshopper	inheritance	ti/uqu (from -qu)	Proto-Chumash		Klar 1977:89				underived				Beeler 1978:187		2	1		0				0	0			no
Chumash Ineseno	Caelifera	tuq		grasshopper (Merriam forms confirm)	inheritance	ti/uqu (< -qu)	Proto-Chumash		Klar 1977:89				underived				Klar 1977:89		2	1		0				0	0			no
Chumash Obispeno	Caelifera	tiqu		grasshopper	inheritance	ti/uqu (< -qu)	Proto-Chumash		Klar 1977:89				underived				Klar 1977:89		2	1		0				0	0			no
Chumash Ventureno	Caelifera	took (1932), tōk (1905); tukh		grasshopper	inheritance	*ti/uqu (<-qu)	Proto-Chumash		Klar 1977:89				underived				Merriam 55:51; JPH 0157		2	1		0				0	0			no
Cocopa	Caelifera	łxmpaţ		grasshopper, horse lubber (Taeniopoda eques)	inheritance		Proto-Yuman		Note Yavapai kąpámka, Kiliwa xnkpaap, Yuma >hīk-ahm-putk'			narrower (defined as a species -- but I'll bet it's generic)	underived				Crawford 1989		2	1		0				0	0			no
Comanche	Caelifera	ahtakii		grasshopper (small sp.)	inheritance	*attaNkaC	Numic		Stubbs 1036 (2008:167)			narrower (a kind of grasshopper)	underived				Robinson & Armagost 1990:164		2	1		0				0	0			no
Cupeño	Caelifera	wi'et	ˈwiʔət	grasshopper	inheritance	*woʔV-	Uto-Aztecan		S1034 (Stubbs 2009:167)			same (seems to be generic)	other complex	ˈwiʔə-t grasshopper-npn	-ʔaʃ "pet"	possessive classifier for animals	Hill & Nolasquez 1973:179	no info	2	1		no info	gathered (wild)	all	swarms scooped into pits and orasted	0	0	global	diverse habitats	no
Dhangu	Caelifera	ḏetj	ḏety		inheritance								underived						2	1		0				0	0			no
Dhangu	Orthoptera		ḏety		inheritance								simplex						0	0		0				0	0
Dhay’yi	Caelifera	missing			missing														2	1		0				0	0			no
Dhuwal	Caelifera	ḏetj	ḏety		inheritance								underived						2	1		0				0	0			no
Dhuwal	Orthoptera		ḏety		inheritance								simplex						0	0		0				0	0
Djapu	Orthoptera		rdi:ty		inheritance														0	0		0				0	0
Djinang	Caelifera	ḻiṯmirringi	rlirtmirriŋi		unique														2	1		0				0	0			no
Djinang	Orthoptera		rlirtmirriŋi		unknown														0	0		0				0	0
Esselen	Caelifera	polokoni		grasshopper	loan			Costanoan	Costanoan M, R, S polokV-s/nč				unknown				Shaul 1986:699		2	1		0				0	0			no
Gabrielino	Caelifera	we'e:t	weˈʔe:t	chapule	inheritance	*woʔV-	Uto-Aztecan		S1034 (Stubbs 2009:167)			same	other complex	weˈʔe:-t grasshopper-npn	-ʔaʧ "pet"	possessive classifier for animals	Harrington 596	no info	2	1		no info	gathered (wild)	all	roasted on stick in fire (McC 121)	0	0	Global	diverse (depends on species)	no
Gajirrabeng	Orthoptera	bilbiljing, gerndilng, janjibeng, janyoongba	pilpiltying		inheritance	pilpityi	Jarragan		also gerndilng, janjibeng, janyoongba				reduplicated						0	0		0				0	0			no
Gooniyandi	Orthoptera	jaadoo			unique								missing						0	0		0				0	0			no
Gumatj	Caelifera	missing			missing														2	1		0				0	0			no
Gupapuyngu	Caelifera	ḏetj	dhety		inheritance								underived						2	1		0				0	0			no
Gupapuyngu	Orthoptera		dhety		inheritance								simplex						0	0		0				0	0
Gurindji	Orthoptera	pilpilytyi	pilpilytyi		loan			Jarragan		WW	%pilpiltyi		underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Guugu Yimidhirr	Orthoptera	bundiil & yiijin	bundiil & yiijin	grasshopper & green grasshopper sp	inheritance	*puntilV	pPaman		As *punti+, pPama-Maric. /yiijin/ is cognate w KYim /yiljun/.				underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Iipay 'Aa	Caelifera	tuɂmuw, tuumuw		grasshopper	unique							narrower (a kind of grasshopper)	underived				Couro & Hutcheson 1973		2	1		0				0	0			no
Jaru	Orthoptera	bilbildyi	pilpiltyi		loan			Jarragan		WW	%pilpiltyi		uncoded						0	0		0				0	0			no
Jingulu	Orthoptera	kuratyaapa	kuratyaapa		unknown								underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Karajarri	Orthoptera	djinbalga	cinpalka		loan			Yawuru					underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Kawaiisu	Caelifera	Ɂaataka-piži		grasshopper	inheritance	*attaNkaC	Proto-Numic		Stubbs 1036 (2008:167)			same	other complex	Ɂaataka-piži grasshopper-ABS			Zigmond et al.		2	1		0				0	0			no
Kija	Orthoptera	kirntilji	kirntiltyi		unique								underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Kiliwa	Caelifera	xnkpaap		grasshopper	inheritance		Proto-Yuman		Note Yavapai kąpámka, Cocopa łxmpaţ			same	underived				Mixco 1985		2	1		0				0	0			no
Kitanemuk	Caelifera	woʔoht	ˈwoʔoht	grasshopper, or dragonfly	inheritance	*woʔV-	Uto-Aztecan		S1034 (Stubbs 2009:167)			narrower (I think this is only one kind of grasshopper)	other complex	ˈwoʔoh-t grasshopper-npn	-ʔacit "pet"	possessive classifier for animals	Anderton 1988:580	no info	2	1		no info	gathered (wild)	all	roasted in pits, on sticks, etc. (no info specific to Kitanemuk)	0	0	global	Diverse habitats	no
Koko-Bera	Orthoptera	PÉNGKVLPARVNY	PÉNGKVLPARVÑ	grasshopper	unique								simplex
Kuku-Thaypan	Orthoptera	andil	andil		inheritance	*puntil(V)	pPaman		pPama-Maric punti+; pKarnic pinti				underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Kuku-Yalanji	Orthoptera	jimu & yiljun	jimu & yiljun		unique				/yiljun/ is cognate w GYim /yiijin/.				underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Kurtjar	Orthoptera	ruaangkird	ruaangkird		unique								underived		eeny	used as a generik with at least one species term			0	0		0				0	0			no
Kuuk Thaayorre	Orthoptera	punhk+rathulk; ruurr-	ruurr-pungk+rathulk		unique								compound	pungk 'knee'					0	0		0				0	0			no
Lake Miwok	Caelifera	kóoTo		grasshopper	inheritance	*ko:To- ?	Miwokan		Callaghan 1971				underived				Callaghan 1965		2	1		0				0	0			no
Luiseño	Caelifera	wi'ét	wiʹɁet	grasshopper	inheritance	*woʔV-	Uto-Aztecan		S1034 (Stubbs 2009:167)			same	other complex	wiʹɁe-t grasshopper-non.possessed.noun			Elliott 1999:1047	no info	2	1		no	gathered (wild)	all	roasted en masse in pit (Sparkman 1908:200	0	0	global	diverse (depends on species)	no
Maidu	Caelifera	ty\lí		grasshopper	unique								other complex	-i is stem former			Shipley 1963		2	1		0				0	0			no
Mangala	Orthoptera	carrcun	carrcun		unique								underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Mbabaram	Orthoptera	bundí	bundí		loan			Yidiny	Yidiny /bundim/ Source could be Dyirbal /bundiñ/.				underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Miriwung	Orthoptera	bilbildjing	pilpiltying		inheritance	pilpiltyi	Jarragan			WW	%pilpiltyi		reduplicated						0	0		0				0	0			no
Mojave	Caelifera	yamkuka		grasshopper	unique							narrower (according to Merriam 55:151, a large grasshopper)	phrase	from iiya “mouth” + mkuka ??			Munro et al.1992		2	1		0				0	0			no
Mutsun	Caelifera	po'-lo-kish		grasshopper	inheritance		Costanoan		M, R, S polokV-s/nč (Shaul 1989 on Esselen)				reduplicated				Merriam 55:419		2	1		0				0	0			no
Ngandi	Caelifera	jalma	dyalma		unique								underived						2	1		0				0	0			no
Ngandi	Orthoptera		dyalma		unknown								simplex						0	0		0				0	0
Ngarinyin	Orthoptera	dadge	dadge		inheritance	*rtarrke	proto-Worrorran						uncoded						0	0		0				0	0			no
Ngarluma	Orthoptera		watyapi		inheritance														0	0		0				0	0
Ngumbarl	Orthoptera	jinÕbala	<jinÕbala>		inheritance								underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Nimanburru	Orthoptera	dinj dinj	diny diny		inheritance								reduplicated						0	0		0				0	0			no
Nisenan	Caelifera	7en		grasshopper CHM “any kind” (also bŭ-daw; koon, yoon	unique								underived				Uldall & Shipley 1966; Merriam 57:243		2	1		0				0	0			no
Northern Paiute	Caelifera	wutata		Grasshopper	unique				Could this be part of *wo'V (Stubbs 1034 (2008:167)??			same	underived				Merriam 61:149		2	1		0				0	0			no
Northern Sierra Miwok	Caelifera	ko:co-		grasshopper	inheritance	*ko:To- ?	Miwokan		Callaghan 1971				underived				Callaghan 1987		2	1		0				0	0			no
Nyangumarta	Orthoptera	wajapi	wacapi		unique								underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Nyikina	Orthoptera	moorrkoo	moorrkoo		unique								underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Nyulnyul	Orthoptera	laladj	lalaj		unique								underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Pakanh	Orthoptera	athathim	athathim		unknown								underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Plains Miwok	Caelifera	ko:co-		grasshopper	inheritance	*ko:To-?			Callaghan 1971				underived				Callaghan 1984		2	1		0				0	0			no
Rembarrnga	Caelifera	djabburdenjhrdenjh	tyappurtentyhrtentyh		unique								reduplicated						2	1		0				0	0			no
Rembarrnga	Orthoptera		tyappurtentyhrtentyh		unknown								reduplicated						0	0		0				0	0
Ritharrngu	Caelifera	ḏe'	rdapurrurru7		unique								underived						2	1		0				0	0			no
Ritharrngu	Orthoptera		rdapurrurru7		unknown								simplex						0	0		0				0	0
Salinan A	Caelifera	košoló7		grasshopper	unique		Salinan						underived				Mason 1918:123; Turner 1980:75		2	1		0				0	0			no
Salinan M	Caelifera	kaculó		grasshopper	unique		Salinan						underived				Mason 1918:123		2	1		0				0	0			no
Seri (Comcaac)	Caelifera	caatc		grasshopper (especially Oedipodinae)	unique							narrower (certain species)	underived				Comcaac Dictionary 74		2	1		0				0	0			no
Serrano	Caelifera	wor7-orht		grasshopper	inheritance	*wo7V-	Uto-Aztecan		S1034 (Stubbs 2009:167)				other complex	-t NPN			KCHill ms 2001:65		2	1		0				0	0			no
Southern Paiute	Caelifera	a:rangqapitsi		Grasshopper	inheritance	*attaNkaC	Proto-Numic		Stubbs 1036 (2008:167)			same	other complex	has -pitsi ABS			Sapir 1930:553		2	1		0				0	0			no
Southern Sierra Miwok	Caelifera	paTa:ti-, 7ang:ut-		grasshopper	unique								underived				Broadbent 1964:		2	1		0				0	0			no
Southern Ute	Caelifera	?áa-rAká-cI		grasshopper	inheritance	*attaNkaC	Numic		Stubbs 1036 (2008:167)			same	other complex	has -ci ABS (I see no reason for G's segmentation)			Givon 1979		2	1		0				0	0			no
Tjaapukay	Orthoptera	bundim	puntim	grasshopper	inheritance	*puntim	pYTj		To pPama-Maric *punti+. Forms like /pinti/ are very widespread				underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Tübatulabal	Caelifera	ka'awüt	kaʔaˈwɨt	grasshopper	unique				Note: (Merriam gives sah'-kah-kah-wah “red-winged grasshopper” 60-143 for Wanikik Cahuilla			same	other complex	kaʔaˈwɨ-t grasshopper-nph (may contain augmentative)			Hill 2010:33	no info	2	1	Voegelin 1938:12	no info	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0	global	Diverse habitats	no
Tümpisa Shoshone	Caelifera	aattangki		grasshopper	inheritance	*attaNkaC	Proto-Numic		Stubbs 1036 (2008:167) Central & Southern Numic only			narrower (I think this is a specific kind of large grasshopper, not the little green ones)	unknown				Dayley 1989:2		2	1		0				0	0			no
Uw-Olkol	Orthoptera	udndil	udndil	grasshopper	inheritance								underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Uw-Oykangand	Orthoptera	udndil	udndil	grasshopper	unique								underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Walmajarri	Orthoptera	jarrjun	tyarrtyun		unique								underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Wappo	Caelifera	cíy'		grasshopper (CHM confirms (he has a binomial, tsel che)	unique								underived				Sawyer 1965		2	1		0				0	0			no
Wardaman	Orthoptera	belejejeman	belejejeman		unknown								uncoded						0	0		0				0	0			no
Warlpiri	Orthoptera	jintilyka ~ kintilyka	jintilyka		loan			Wati					underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Washo	Caelifera	pa7gó:t'omhu		grasshopper	unique								phrase	elements unknown			Merriam 55:313; WPD		2	1		0				0	0			no
Western Mono	Caelifera	akisa', akɨsa'		grasshopper	unique	*akɨsa	Western Numic only					same	underived				Bethel et al.:4	no info	2	1	probably eaten	no info	no info	no info	no info	0	0			no
Wik Ngathan	Orthoptera	thatel	thatvl	grasshopper	inheritance	*catal	pWesternCYP (??)		Homophonous w 'thigh'; cognates incl 'thigh', 'frog', 'mudskipper'; attested (as *cata 'frog') as far as Gunwinyguan				underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Wintu	Caelifera	nep		grasshopper (several kinds)	unique								underived				Pitkin 1985		2	1		0				0	0			no
Worrorra	Orthoptera	rdarrgenya	rdarrgenya		inheritance	*rtarrke	proto-Worrorran					gender suffix -nya	uncoded						0	0		0				0	0			no
Wubuy	Orthoptera		rtapurrurruk		unknown														0	0		0				0	0
Wunambal	Orthoptera		ˈwɑŋɡuˈwɑŋɡɑḷ		unique		proto-Worrorran												0	0		0				0	0			no
Yan-nhangu	Caelifera	ḻit'mirriŋu	ḻit'mirriŋu		unique				mirriŋu kinship term?				underived						2	1		0				0	0			no
Yan-nhangu	Orthoptera		ḻit'mirriŋu		unique				mirriŋu kinship term?				simplex						0	0		0				0	0
Yavapai	Caelifera	kąpámka		Grasshopper	inheritance		Proto-Yuman		Note Kiliwa xnkpaap, Cocopa Cocopa łxmpaţ				unknown				Shaterian 1983		2	1		0				0	0			no
Yawuru	Orthoptera	dyinybarlka	jinybarlka		inheritance								underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Yidiny	Orthoptera	bundim (TC) & balmbiny (TC)	puntim & palmpiñ		inheritance	*puntim	pYTj		To pPama-Maric *punti+. Forms like /pinti/ are very widespread				underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Yir-Yoront	Orthoptera	pirtilt; lorr-	lorr-pirtilt		inheritance	*punti+	pPama-Maric, with likely cognates as far away as Karnic		phonological history in YYoront is problematic				underived						0	0		0				0	0			no
Yokuts Palewyami	Caelifera	tat'-kā		grasshopper	unique				only resemblant in Kroeber is Nutunutu ToTutoi, Wo'lasi DoDotic; might be Golla's Nim-Y t'a:n-, č'a:n-			same	underived	probably has reduplicated first syllable with syncope			Merriam 58:531		2	1		0				0	0			no
Yokuts Yawdanchi	Caelifera	tc'anèkac		grasshopper	inheritance	t'a:n-, č'a:n	Nim-Yokuts		Golla 1964:62			same	underived	probably complex but no possibility of analysis			Kroeber 1961:206)		2	1		0				0	0			no
Yokuts Yowlumne	Caelifera	t'anauwuT, t'anawat		grasshopper	inheritance	t'a:n-, č'a:n-	Nim-Yokuts		Golla 1964:62			same	underived	must be complex but analysis not possible			Kroeber 1961:206		2	1		0				0	0			no
Yuki	Caelifera	la:čam, la:č'am A		grasshopper	inheritance	*lač'am	Yukian		Schlichter 1985				other complex	-am derives nouns			Sawyer & Schlichter 1984		2	1		0				0	0			no
Yuma	Caelifera	>hīk-ahm-putk'		Grasshopper	inheritance		Proto-Yuman		Note Yavapai kąpámka, Kiliwa xnkpaap, Cocopa łxmpaţ				unknown				Merriam 61:465		2	1		0				0	0			no


Bankalachi Toloim
Bardi
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone
Bunuba
Burarra
Burarra
Cahuilla
Central Sierra Miwok
Chemehuevi
Chumash Barbareno
Chumash Ineseno
Chumash Obispeno
Chumash Ventureno
Cocopa
Comanche
Cupeño
Dhangu
Dhangu
Dhay’yi
Dhuwal
Dhuwal
Djapu
Djinang
Djinang
Esselen
Gabrielino
Gajirrabeng
Gooniyandi
Gumatj
Gupapuyngu
Gupapuyngu
Gurindji
Guugu Yimidhirr
Iipay 'Aa
Jaru
Jingulu
Karajarri
Kawaiisu
Kija
Kiliwa
Kitanemuk
Koko-Bera
Kuku-Thaypan
Kuku-Yalanji
Kurtjar
Kuuk Thaayorre
Lake Miwok
Luiseño
Maidu
Mangala
Mbabaram
Miriwung
Mojave
Mutsun
Ngandi
Ngandi
Ngarinyin
Ngarluma
Ngumbarl
Nimanburru
Nisenan
Northern Paiute
Northern Sierra Miwok
Nyangumarta
Nyikina
Nyulnyul
Pakanh
Plains Miwok
Rembarrnga
Rembarrnga
Ritharrngu
Ritharrngu
Salinan A
Salinan M
Seri (Comcaac)
Serrano
Southern Paiute
Southern Sierra Miwok
Southern Ute
Tjaapukay
Tübatulabal
Tümpisa Shoshone
Uw-Olkol
Uw-Oykangand
Walmajarri
Wappo
Wardaman
Warlpiri
Washo
Western Mono
Wik Ngathan
Wintu
Worrorra
Wubuy
Wunambal
Yan-nhangu
Yan-nhangu
Yavapai
Yawuru
Yidiny
Yir-Yoront
Yokuts Palewyami
Yokuts Yawdanchi
Yokuts Yowlumne
Yuki
Yuma

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