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great horned owl

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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	Hypernym	Source	Association with Social Categories	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Ritual Notes	Food Source	Food Notes	Medicinal	Medicinal Notes	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Traded	Trade Notes	Distribution	Habitat	Dangerous
Bankalachi Toloim	Bubo virginianus	hoo-too'-lah		Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)	loan			Yokuts	Proto NimYokuts *hutulu (Golla 1964:64)	WW	%(hu)tukul	same	underived					C. H. Merriam 72-77, 60-453		1		2		2					1				no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	Bubo virginianus	mom-piccih, mum-piccih		owl (M: Great horned owl (Bubo)	inheritance	*muhuN	Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1542 (2008;227)			same	other complex	has -piccih ABS				Crapo 1976:159		1		2		2					1				no
Cahuilla	Bubo virginianus	múut	ˈmu:t	owl	inheritance	*muhuN	Uto-Aztecan		S1542 (Stubbs 2009:227), do NOT include Raramuri form with mo-			same	other complex	muhu-t owl.sound-non-possessed-noun	-7aʃ “pet”	Possessive classifier -7aʃ	wikikmal	Seiler&Hioki 1979:115	no info	1	S&H 115 report of muh-lu-sh (n): talks like a human being, calls the names of those people who are going to die (of a being who turned into the owl); Hooper (1920:330) reports owl feathers in ceremonial headdress, wands, as shamanic feathers	2		1	feathers used for shaman's wands, fans	hunted	Men	roasted, stewed, eggs eaten	1	feathered costume elements, wands, etc.	All Americas	Diverse habitats (less common in extreme deserts)	no
Central Sierra Miwok	Bubo virginianus	šúk:umì-		big owl	unique				Also in Merriam's Tuolomne 57:453				underived					Freeland & Broadbent 1960		1		2		2					1				no
Chemehuevi	Bubo virginianus	moo-hoo'-puts, mo-hoom'-buts	muhúmpətsI JPH	Great horned owl (Bubo)	inheritance	*muhuN	Proto-Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1542 (2008:227)			same	other complex	muhúm-pə-tsI owl-?-ABS				Merriam 59:525		1		2		2					1				no
Chumash Barbareno	Bubo virginianus	muhu		Great horned owl	inheritance		Central Chumash only		Gab. muhut; this is a Proto-Uto-Aztecan word. But it's sound-imitative..., and if loan is into Central Chumash				underived					Beeler?		1	Warns “a good person will die” (Ono 89)	2		2					1				no
Chumash Ineseno	Bubo virginianus	muhu		great-horned owl (Merriam confirms mo-hoo)	unique		Central Chumash only		Central Chumash; Gab. muhut; this is a Proto-Uto-Aztecan word. But it's sound-imitative..., and if loan, is in to Central Chumash				underived					Applegate 155		1	Warns “a good person will die” (Ono 89)	2		2					1				no
Chumash Obispeno	Bubo virginianus	tukunu		tecolote	unique				Salinan cokonoi? But other similar forms areally				underived					Harrington III:1:118		1		2		2					1				no
Chumash Ventureno	Bubo virginianus	moo-hoo (1932), mŏ-hŏ 1905; JPH muju		great horned owl	inheritance		Central Chumash only		Gab. muhut; this is a Proto-Uto-Aztecan word. But it's sound-imitative.... Also loan is into Central Chumash, not daughter langs. May be Chumash.				underived					Merriam 55:41		1	Warns “a good person will die” (Ono 89)	2		2					1				no
Cocopa	Bubo virginianus	cu·pí·c		great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)	unique							same	underived	no analysis in Crawford				Crawford 1989		1		2		2					1				no
Comanche	Bubo virginianus	mupitz		owl	inheritance	*muhuN	Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1542 (2008:227), the expected VERY stable form for Bubo virginianus and given that there is at least one other word for “owl” I assume in “range” that it is NOT generic			same	other complex	has -pitsi or -pɨtsi abs (source does not distinguish)				Rejon 1995:38		1		2		2					1				no
Cupeño	Bubo virginianus	muut	mu:t	owl (any large owl)	inheritance	*muhuN	Uto-Aztecan		S1542 (Stubbs 2009:227), do NOT include Raramuri form with mo-			same	other complex	mu:-t owl.sp.-npn	-ʔaʃ "pet"	possessive classifier for animals	mukikmal (?)	Hill & Nolasquez 1973:163	no info	1	owl feathers used in chiyat, eagle-down and eagle-feather headdress (Strong 1929:258)	2	eggs surely eaten	no info		hunted	men	feathers plucked (no information on whether bird is eaten; eggs presumably eaten)	1	feathered headdresses and wands were traded	Americas	diverse habitats (less common in desert areas)	no
Esselen	Bubo virginianus	tukunupš		owl (not barn owl)	loan			Plains Miwok	Note Proto-Miwokan *tukuli (approx), Salinan šo:konóy'	WW	%(hu)tukul		other complex	-sh classifier	-sh			Heizer/Pinart I:79		1		2		2					1				no
Gabrielino	Bubo virginianus	mu:hut	ˈmu:hut	tecolote	inheritance	*muhuN	Uto-Aztecan		S1542 (Stubbs 2009:227), do NOT include Raramuri form with mo-			same	other complex	ˈmu:hu-t owl-npn	-ʔaʧ “pet”	possessive classifier for animals	chi:ya	Harrington 018	no info	1	held in reverence, predicted death	2	never killed McC p. 117	no info		N/A	N/A	N/A	1		Americas	Diverse habitats (less common in extreme deserts)	no
Iipay 'Aa	Bubo virginianus	ɂuɂuu		horned owl	unique							same	reduplicated	and onomatopoeia				Couro & Hutcheson 1973		1		2		2					1				no
Kawaiisu	Bubo virginianus	muhu-ci		owl (different from “barn owl”)	inheritance	*muhuN	Proto-Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1542 (2008:227), seems unproblematic although sound imitative			same	other complex	muhu-ci owl-ABS				Zigmond et al.		1		2		2					1				no
Kiliwa	Bubo virginianus	missing			missing								missing							1		2		2					1				no
Kitanemuk	Bubo virginianus	muŋt	ˈmuŋt	owl, great horned	inheritance	*muhuN	Uto-Aztecan		S1542 (Stubbs 2009:227), do NOT include Raramuri form with mo-			same	other complex	muŋ-t owl-npn	-ʔacit "pet"	possessive classifier for animals		Anderton 1988:413	no info	1	feathers in ritual regalia , widely taken to give omens of death	2		no info		hunted	men	perhaps for feathers only	1	feathered regalia traded regularly	Americas	Diverse habitats (less common in extreme deserts)	no
Lake Miwok	Bubo virginianus	túkkuli		hoot owl (Merriam confirms as Great Horned owl 57:517)	inheritance		Miwokan		Pmi *tuk:ú:li Callaghan Bodega Dic	WW	%(hu)tukul		underived					Callaghan 1965		1		2		2					1				no
Luiseño	Bubo virginianus	múuta	ʹmu:ta	horned owl	inheritance	*muhuN	Uto-Aztecan		S1542 (Stubbs 2009:227), do NOT include Raramuri form with mo-			same	other complex	muhu-ta owl-non.possessed.noun	-ʔaʃ "pet"	possessive classifier; NPN form of noun is ʔaʃla	7ehéngmal	Elliott1999:136	Clan name at Puerta Cruz (Strong 1929:278)	1	feathers for headdress (Sparkman 1908:208); has ceremonial couplet, muuta, qeweewish, mixeel, mixeevawut (Y1134)	2		no info		hunted	men	feathers for cheeyat headdress (Sparkman 1908:208)	1	feathered costume elements were bought and sold	Americas	All habitats (less common in extreme deserts)	no
Maidu	Bubo virginianus	my/kkyly\si		owl (general) (CHM confirms as greathorned owl)	unique								underived	must be complex etymologically				Shipley 1963		1		2		2					1				no
Mojave	Bubo virginianus	kataruyruy		horned owl	unique				Maricopa mmdii “owl” Gordon 38			same	other complex	perhaps kw+taruyny, or kw _ tara'uy? “be nice, good”??				Munro et al.1992		1		2		2					1				no
Mutsun	Bubo virginianus	hoo'-mish (hoo-mis JPH)		great horned owl	inheritance		Costanoan		Pinart has in Co I, II				other complex	-ish must be suffix, but can't find in Okrand				Merriam 55:407		1		2		2					1				no
Nisenan	Bubo virginianus	hymhym		horned owl	unique								underived					Uldall & Shipley 1966		1		2		2					1				no
Northern Paiute	Bubo virginianus	mŏ-hŏ, kō-hoo; moo-hoo “Once Shoshone people”		Great horned owl (Bubo)	inheritance	*muhuN	Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1542 (2008:227)			same	underived					Merriam 61:137		1		2		2					1				no
Northern Sierra Miwok	Bubo virginianus	tuk:u:li-		owl (Merriam confirms great horned owl 57:423)	inheritance	*tuk:ú:li	Miwokan		Bodega Dic	WW	%(hu)tukul		underived					Callaghan 1987		1		2		2					1				no
Plains Miwok	Bubo virginianus	tuk:ul:i-		owl, horned owl, hoot owl	inheritance	*tuk:úli-	Miwokan		Bodega Dic	WW	%(hu)tukul		underived					Callaghan 1984		1		2		2					1				no
Salinan A	Bubo virginianus	šo:konóy'		horned-owl	unique		Salinan		Note Proto-Miwokan *tuk:úli-	WW	%(hu)tukul		underived					Mason 1918:123; Turner 1980:80		1		2		2					1				no
Salinan M	Bubo virginianus	cokonoí'		horned-owl	unique		Salinan		Note Proto-Miwokan *tuk:úli-	WW	%(hu)tukul		underived					Mason 1918:123		1		2		2					1				no
Seri (Comcaac)	Bubo virginianus	sah		great horned owl, Bubo virginiana [sic]	unique							same	underived					Comcaac Dictionary 553		1		2		2					1				no
Serrano	Bubo virginianus	mu:m-t		owl (CHM confirms great horned owl)	inheritance	*muhuN	Uto-Aztecan		S1542 (Stubbs 2009:228)				other complex	-t NPN				KCHill ms 2001:32		1		2		2					1				no
Southern Paiute	Bubo virginianus	moopɨtsI		Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)	inheritance	*muhuN	Proto-Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1542 (2008:227)			same	other complex	has -pɨtsI ABS				Sapir 1930:571		1		2		2					1				no
Southern Sierra Miwok	Bubo virginianus	hoh:oho-		horned owl (?) M. has soo'-koo'-me 57:453	unique				Note Palewyami Yokuts ho'ho'-wŏ-let'				reduplicated					Broadbent 1964:		1		2		2					1				no
Southern Ute	Bubo virginianus	múu-pų-cI		owl	inheritance	*muhuN	Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1542 (2008:277)			same	other complex	has -ci ABS				Givon 1979		1		2		2					1				no
Tübatulabal	Bubo virginianus	muhhumpisht	muhumˈbiʃt	horned owl, great-horned owl	inheritance	*muhuN-	Uto-Aztecan		S1542 (Stubbs 2009:227), do NOT include Raramuri form with mo-			same	derived	muhumˈ-biʃ-t sound-ind-npn				Hill 2010:48	no info	1	Owl is a supernatural being, a yümükīwal, and must be treated with respect	2	Voegelin 1938:12	no info		hunted	men	for feathers for arrow fletching (Voegelin 1938:28)	1		Americas	Diverse habitats (less common in extreme deserts)	no
Tümpisa Shoshone	Bubo virginianus	muumpi		Great horned owl	inheritance	*muhuN	Proto-Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1542 (2008:227), seems unproblematic although sound imitative			same	other complex	muum-pi owl-CL	-pi			Dayley 1989:113		1		2		2					1				no
Wappo	Bubo virginianus	hutúku:lu		moth (?), owl sp., hoot owl (CHM confirms great horned owl 52:569)	loan			Miwok	Pmi *tuk:úli Callaghan Bodega Dic; Nim-Yokuts huttulu-	WW	%(hu)tukul		underived	hu- may be some prefix on the loan form				Sawyer 1965		1		2		2					1				no
Washo	Bubo virginianus	dímum		Great horned owl	unique								underived	might have d- on verb				Merriam 55:301; WPD		1		2		2					1				no
Western Mono	Bubo virginianus	muhu		owl (Merriam's “Great Horned Owl”)	inheritance	*muhuN	Proto-Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1542 (2008:227), seems unproblematic although sound imitative			same	underived	ultimately onomatopoeic but very widespread cognacy suggests this is not prominently felt				Bethel et al.:78	totem of curing shaman lineage	1	familiar for curers, totem; owls assocated with redwoods, both treated with great respect (Gifford 40)	2	I'm speculating, really no info, but owls not generally eaten	no info		hunted	men	for feathers	1				no
Wintu	Bubo virginianus	ču(:)tkudu:t		great horned owl (CHM confirms 56:7)	inheritance	*kudu: (?)	Wintun		Shepherd 2005; not a very good set JHH	WW	%(hu)tukul		other complex					Schlichter 1981		1		2		2					1				no
Yavapai	Bubo virginianus	ɂyu·		owl	unique								unknown					Shaterian 1983		1		2		2					1				no
Yokuts Palewyami	Bubo virginianus	ho'ho'-wŏ-let'		great horned owl	unique				Yawelmani hutuluwèitc only remotely similar form in Kroeber, heleTi (1961:202). I give Merriam form because bird is securely identified. Note Miss hoh:oho-.			same	other complex	has the -wilets element on an onomatopoeic root again				Merriam 58:521		1		2		2					1				no
Yokuts Yawdanchi	Bubo virginianus	[hutulu] sic, hutulu (220 from spec.)		large owl (Merriam confirms 58:361)	inheritance	*huttulu-?	Nim-Yokuts		Callaghan 1997:59, compares some Mi forms, but...; Wappo hutúku:lu, Pmi *tuk:uli	WW	%(hu)tukul	same	underived	probably sound-imitative in origin				Kroeber 1961:202		1		2		2					1				no
Yokuts Yowlumne	Bubo virginianus	huddulu', hihhina'	huddulo: N 216	large owl	inheritance	*huttulu-?	Nim-Yokuts		Callagan 1997:59 compares some Mi forms, but ...			same	underived	probably sound-imitative in origin				Kroeber 1961:202		1		2		2					1				no
Yuki	Bubo virginianus	minkuTa F, minkuT A		great horned owl	inheritance	*məhk'uT(a7)	Yukian		Schlichter 1985				underived	probably complex				Sawyer & Schlichter 1984		1		2		2					1				no
Yuma	Bubo virginianus	mahm'-ve'		Great horned owl (Bubo)	unique								unknown					Merriam 61:455		1		2		2					1				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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