Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

juniper

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/Mythologically Significant	Ritual Notes	Food Source	Food Notes	Medicinal	Medicinal Notes	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Distribution	Habitat	Dangerous
Bankalachi Toloim	Juniperus californica	missing			missing						missing						2		1		1							no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	Juniperus californica	sow-wah'-be, RM 61:53		Juniper (Juniperus)	inheritance	*sama	Central Numic		Stubbs 416 (2008:95	same	other complex	has -pi ABS			Merriam 61:85		2		1		1							no
Cahuilla	Juniperus californica	yúyilʸ	ˈjujiʎ	California Juniper	inheritance	*juwiN-	Northern Uto-Aztecan		S1580 (Stubbs 2009:231)	same	other complex	looks like juj(i) “snow” -ʎ, but this is probably spurious given the etymology	-m-exan-7a "inanimate"	-m-exan-7a (inanimate classifier) for plants, -7ay7a "picking" for berries	Seiler&Hioki 1979:257	no info	2		1	berries eaten fresh or dried. Berries called /iswat/. Not a major food.	1	berries in tea or chewed for fevers and colds	gathered (wild)	All	dried berries ground into flour and made into mush or bread	North America	Abundant at about 3000 feet in Santa Rosa Mountains	no
Central Sierra Miwok	Juniperus californica	wi'-yow-wel		Juniper	unique						underived	must be etymologically complex			Merriam 57:465		2		1		1							no
Chemehuevi	Juniperus californica	waɂápə		guata, applied to the bush	inheritance	*wa'aC	Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 415 (2008:94)	same	other complex	has -pɨ ABS			Merriam 59:537		2		1		1							no
Chumash Barbareno	Juniperus californica	mulus		Juniperus californicus, California Juniper	unique		Central Chumash only				underived				Timbrook 2007:108		2		1		1							no
Chumash Ineseno	Juniperus californica	mulus		Juniperus californicus, California Juniper	inheritance		Central Chumash only		Central Chumash		underived				Timbrook 2007:108		2		1		1							no
Chumash Obispeno	Juniperus californica	t'pi'nɨ		Juniperus californica	unique						other complex	t'-			Timbrook 2007:108		2		1		1							no
Chumash Ventureno	Juniperus californica	mulus		Juniperus californicus, California Juniper	inheritance		Central Chumash only		Central Chumash		underived				Timbrook 2007:108		2		1		1							no
Cocopa	Juniperus californica	missing			missing						missing						2		1		1							no
Comanche	Juniperus californica	ekawaapi		juniper	inheritance	*wa'aC	Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 414 (2008:94), interestingly, it's not Central Numic *sama, suggesting that's a recent innovation	same	phrase	red-juniper-ABS			Robinson & Armagost 1990:165		2		1		1							no
Cupeño	Juniperus californica	yuyily	ˈjujiʎ	Fir	inheritance	*juwiN-	Northern Uto-Aztecan		S1580 (Stubbs 2009:231)	same	other complex	ˈjuji-ʎ conifer.sp-npn (may be derived from yuy- “snow”)			Hill & Nolasquez 1973:181	no info	2	mentioned in creation account as killed by first bow and arrows	1	berries eaten	no info		gathered (wild)	all	no info, but used for wood as well as berries	North America	dominant in life zone 3000-4500 feet	no
Esselen	Juniperus californica	missing			missing						missing						2		1		1							no
Gabrielino	Juniperus californica	wa:'at	ˈwa:ʔat	guata	inheritance	*waʔaC-	Northern Uto-Aztecan		S414 (Stubbs 2009:94)	same	other complex	ˈwa:ʔa-t Juniper - NPN			Harrington 030, 195, 597	no info	2		1		no info		gathered (wild)	all	wood, berries probably used	North America	abundant 3000-4500 feet	no
Iipay 'Aa	Juniperus californica	missing			missing						missing						2		1		1							no
Kawaiisu	Juniperus californica	waɁadabɨ		Juniperus californica	inheritance	*wa'aC	Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 415 (2008:94)	same	other complex	waɁada-bɨ juniper-ABS	bɨ, pɨ	bɨ, pɨ seem to classify for plants, trees	1981 Zigmond		2		1		1							no
Kiliwa	Juniperus californica	?+saa		Juniper	unique					same	other complex	?dummy.nominal.element-juniper			Mixco 1985		2		1		1							no
Kitanemuk	Juniperus californica	waʔt	ˈwaʔt	juniper tree	inheritance	*waʔaC-	Northern Uto-Aztecan		S414 (Stubbs 2009:94)	same	other complex	ˈwaʔ-t juniper-npn	-niw	possessive classifier for things	Anderton 1988:565	no info	2		1	berries eaten	1	mistletoe on Juniper good for asthma	gathered (wild)	women	no info	North America	abundant 3000-4500 feet	no
Lake Miwok	Juniperus californica	mónmon7ala		juniper tree ? Merriam says is Cupressus goviniana 57:531	unique						phrase, reduplicated	monmon tree			Callaghan 1965		2		1		1							no
Luiseño	Juniperus californica	wáa'at	ʹwa:Ɂat	California juniper, Juniperus californica	inheritance	*waʔaC-	Northern Uto-Aztecan		S414 (Stubbs 2009:94)	same	other complex	ʹwa:Ɂa-t juniper-non.possessed.noun			Elliott 1999:1012	no info	2		1		no info		no info	no info	no info	North America	abundant 3000-4500 feet	no
Maidu	Juniperus californica	tah'-pah		Juniper	unique						underived				Merriam 57:53		2		1		1							no
Mojave	Juniperus californica	missing			missing						missing						2		1		1							no
Mutsun	Juniperus californica	missing			missing						missing						2		1		1							no
Nisenan	Juniperus californica	missing			missing						missing						2		1		1							no
Northern Paiute	Juniperus californica	waape		cedar, juniper, juniper trees (M: Juniper (Juniperus)	inheritance	*wa'aC	Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 415 (2008:94)	same	other complex	has -pi ABS			Yerington Dictionary		2		1		1							no
Northern Sierra Miwok	Juniperus californica	missing			missing						missing						2		1		1							no
Plains Miwok	Juniperus californica	missing			missing						missing						2		1		1							no
Salinan A	Juniperus californica	trah-nān'		Juniper	unique		Salinan				underived	/tr/ might be T- articular prefix			Merriam 55:383		2		1		1							no
Salinan M	Juniperus californica	trah-nem'		Juniper	unique		Salinan				underived				Merriam 55:383		2		1		1							no
Seri (Comcaac)	Juniperus californica	hocö cheel		cedar	loan			O'odham	Piman huk “wood”	same	phrase	wood red			Comcaac Dictionary 382		2		1		1							no
Serrano	Juniperus californica	waht'		juniper	inheritance	*wa7aC-	Northern Uto-Aztecan		S414 (Stubbs 2009:94)		other complex	-t NPN			Merriam 60:113		2		1		1							no
Southern Paiute	Juniperus californica	wa'apɨ		cedar (Merriam: Juniper (J. californica))	inheritance	*wa'aC	Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 415 (2008:94)	same	other complex	has -pɨ ABS			Sapir 1930:711		2		1		1							no
Southern Sierra Miwok	Juniperus californica	pylyw-		Juniper	unique						underived				Broadbent 1964:		2		1		1							no
Southern Ute	Juniperus californica	wa?á-pŲ		juniper	inheritance	*wa'aC	Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 415 (2008:94)	same	other complex	has -pɨ ABS			Givon 1979		2		1		1							no
Tübatulabal	Juniperus californica	wa'atul	waʔaʹdul	Juniper	inheritance	*waʔaC-	Northern Uto-Aztecan		S414 (Stubbs 2009:94)	same	derived	waʔaʹd-u-l juniper-deriv.suffix-npn			Hill 2010:114	no info	2		1	berries boiled fresh; when dry and fully rpie seeded by hand, fleshpounded inpit mortars and eaten raw (Voegelin 1938:18)	no info		gathered (wild)	all	see food notes	North America	abundant 3000-4500 feet	no
Tümpisa Shoshone	Juniperus californica	samapi		juniper, cedar	inheritance	*sama	Central Numic only		Stubbs 416 (2008:95)	same	other complex	sama-pi	pi		Dayley 1989:235		2		1		1							no
Wappo	Juniperus californica	missing			missing						missing						2		1		1							no
Washo	Juniperus californica	p'á7l		Juniper	unique						underived				Merriam 55:313; WPD		2		1		1							no
Western Mono	Juniperus californica	wa'apɨ		Gayton 2:261 is definite that this is “Juniper”	inheritance	*wa'aC	Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 415 (2008:94)	same	derived		-pɨ		Bethel et al.:279	no info	2		1		no info		gathered (wild)	all	bark for walls of traditional winter house -- probably is cedar, then, not juniper			no
Wintu	Juniperus californica	puy7it		juniperW tree (Merriam chĕ-ĕk chek'-min 56:113 McCloud)	unique				Wintun is *mon		other complex	puy “east”???			Pitkin 1985		2		1		1							no
Yavapai	Juniperus californica	čóqa		juniper	unique						unknown				Shaterian 1983		2		1		1							no
Yokuts Palewyami	Juniperus californica	missing			missing						missing						2		1		1							no
Yokuts Yawdanchi	Juniperus californica	missing			missing						missing						2		1		1							no
Yokuts Yowlumne	Juniperus californica	po'-hook		Juniper	unique				Can't find other attestation but haven't looked at all Merriam	same	underived				Merriam 58:565		2		1		1							no
Yuki	Juniperus californica	missing			missing						missing						2		1		1							no
Yuma	Juniperus californica	missing			missing						missing						2		1		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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