Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

louse

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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	Etymology Notes	Range of Term	Word Structure	Word Structure Notes	Classifier	Classifier Notes	Source	Association with Social Categories	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Food Notes	Medicinal	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Distribution	Habitat	Dangerous
Bankalachi Toloim	order Phtiraptera	missing			missing					missing						2		0						no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	order Phtiraptera	pampipusia		head lice	inheritance	*pampi-pusia	Numic	Stubbs 1358a (2008:205) (the pusia word; pampi is the head/pot word, actually UA)	same	phrase	head-louse			Crum & Dayley 1993:278		2		0						no
Cahuilla	order Phtiraptera	sáʔwal	ˈsaʔwal	louse (of hair)	inheritance	*saʔwa-	Takic	S1360 (Stubbs 2009:205); a possible Tepiman form	narrower (head louse only)	other complex	ˈsaʔwa-l	no info		Seiler & Hioki 1979:179	no info	2		no info	N/A	N/A	N/A	Global	in people's hair	no
Central Sierra Miwok	order Phtiraptera	két:y-		louse	inheritance	*keT:-	Miwokan	Callaghan 1971:24		other complex	-y nominalizer			Freeland & Broadbent 1960		2		0						no
Chemehuevi	order Phtiraptera	ɂatsívI		piojo (headlouse, since po'wavI is body louse)	inheritance	*aCti	Proto-Uto-Aztecan	Stubbs 1357 (2008:205)	narrower (head louse only)	other complex	has -pi ABS			Harrington Chemehuevi Noun List		2		0						no
Chumash Barbareno	order Phtiraptera	-ʃik		head louse	inheritance	*Seke	Proto-Chumash	Klar 1977:96		underived				Applegate 239; Beeler 1978:184		2		0						no
Chumash Ineseno	order Phtiraptera	-ʃik		head louse	inheritance	*Seke	Proto-Chumash	Klar 1977:96		underived				Applegate 239;		2		0						no
Chumash Obispeno	order Phtiraptera	(c)pšeqʰe		louse (Harrigton: piojos del cuerpo)	inheritance	*Seke	Proto-Chumash	Klar 1977:92-3		other complex	c-			Klar 1977:92		2		0						no
Chumash Ventureno	order Phtiraptera	šik		louse	inheritance	*Seke	Proto-Chumash	Klar 1977:92-3		underived				Klar 1977:92		2		0						no
Cocopa	order Phtiraptera	ɂiɂíÍłʸ		headlice	semantic shift	*?-?il	Proto-Yuman	Resemblant Yavapai hɂél but not cognate?; from WORM (really VERMIN, VARMINT)	same	underived				Crawford 1989		2		0						no
Comanche	order Phtiraptera	pusi?a		head louse	inheritance	*pusia	Numic	Stubbs 1358a (2008:205)	narrower (head louse only according to R&A)	underived				Robinson & Armagost 1990:164		2		0						no
Cupeño	order Phtiraptera	ala'at	ˈʔalaʔat	head louse	inheritance	*ʔatɨC-	Uto-Aztecan	S1357 (Stubbs 2009:205)	narrower (head louse only)	other complex	ˈʔalaʔa-t head.louse-npn	-ʔaʃ "pet"	possessive classifier for animals	Hill & Nolasquez 1973:151	nickname for the Kaval lineage (“garra”, “laws”)	2		no	N/A	N/A	N/A	global	in human hair	no
Esselen	order Phtiraptera	missing			missing					missing						2		0						no
Gabrielino	order Phtiraptera	-a:r	-ˈʔa:r	piojos	inheritance	*ʔatɨC-	Uto-Aztecan	S1357 (Stubbs 2009:205)	narrower (almost certainly just “head louse”)	other complex	-ˈʔa:r requires possessive prefix	-ʔaʧ "pet"	possessive classifier for animals	Harrington 015	no info	2		no info	N/A	N/A	N/A	Global	On people's hair	no
Iipay 'Aa	order Phtiraptera	emilly		head louse	unique				same	underived				Couro & Hutcheson 1973		2		0						no
Kawaiisu	order Phtiraptera	Ɂaci-vi		head louse	inheritance	*aCtɨ “louse”	Proto-Language	Stubbs 1357 (2008:205) usually head louse)	narrower (head louse only)	other complex	Ɂaci-vi head.louse-ABS			Zigmond et al.		2		0						no
Kiliwa	order Phtiraptera	x?ciil		head louse, flea	unique			Probably contains *?-?il WORM	broader (pest)	underived				Mixco 1985		2		0						no
Kitanemuk	order Phtiraptera	ʔačɨmč	ˈʔaʧɨmʧr	head louse, tick	inheritance	*ʔatɨC-	Uto-Aztecan	S1357 (Stubbs 2009:205)	narrower (head louse only)	other complex	ˈʔaʧɨmʧr		does not take classifier, dirrectly possessed as -ˈʔaʧɨm	Anderton 1988:264	no info	2	highly unlikely	no info				global	on people's hair	no
Lake Miwok	order Phtiraptera	kéet		head louse	inheritance	*keT:-	Miwokan	Callaghan 1971; Bodega Dic		underived				Callaghan 1965		2		0						no
Luiseño	order Phtiraptera	7ulát (B)	Ɂuʹlat	head louse	inheritance	*ʔatɨC-	Uto-Aztecan	S1357 (Stubbs 2009:205); Lu. has odd vowels	narrower (only head louse)	other complex	Ɂuʹla-t head.louse-non.possessed.noun			Elliott 1999:225	no info	2		no	N/A	N/A	N/A	global	on people's hair	no
Maidu	order Phtiraptera	dí		head louse	inheritance	*di	Maiduan	Ultan 1964:362 #49; Note yana Zi		underived				Shipley 1963		2		0						no
Mojave	order Phtiraptera	nyiɂily		head louse	semantic shift	*?-?il	Proto-Yuman	Does this contain *?-?il WORM Langdon 1979:639? (Proto-Yuman)	same	other complex	ny-iɂily p3spossessor-vermin			Munro et al.1992		2		0						no
Mutsun	order Phtiraptera	kahhay		headlouse, black louse	inheritance	kah:aj, ka:j	Costanoan	Callagan 2001:327		underived				Okrand 1977:83		2		0						no
Nisenan	order Phtiraptera	di		head louse	inheritance		Maiduan	Ultan 1964:362 #49		underived				Uldall & Shipley 1966		2		0						no
Northern Paiute	order Phtiraptera	bbooze'a		Lice (M: Head lice [note the inconsistent transcriptions here JHH]	inheritance	*pusi'a	Numic	Stubbs 1358a (2008:205)	broader (fleas and lice, according to the Yerington dictionary)	underived				Yerington Dictionary		2		0						no
Northern Sierra Miwok	order Phtiraptera	ket:y-		head louse	inheritance	*ket:-	Miwokan	Callaghan 1971:24		other complex	-y nominalizer (based on reconstruction)			Callaghan 1987		2		0						no
Plains Miwok	order Phtiraptera	ke:n		head louse	inheritance	*keT:-		“Mip /n/ is unexplained” Callaghan 1971:24		underived				Callaghan 1984		2		0						no
Salinan A	order Phtiraptera	tik'é'		louse	unique		Salinan			other complex	t- is a prefix			Mason 1918:123		2		0						no
Salinan M	order Phtiraptera	íke		louse	unique		Salinan	Chumash has seke; somewhere is dike, where? Maidu?		underived				Mason 1918:123		2		0						no
Seri (Comcaac)	order Phtiraptera	hai		head louse	unique				narrower (head louse only)	underived				Comcaac Dictionary 318		2		0						no
Serrano	order Phtiraptera	arTym		head lice	inheritance	*7atɨC-	Uto-Aztecan	S1357 (Stubbs 2009:205)		other complex	looks like a plural suffix -m			KCHill ms 2001:6		2		0						no
Southern Paiute	order Phtiraptera	po'avI		louse	inheritance	*po'a	Southern Numic only	Stubbs 1358b (2008:205), possibly related to the pusi'a “louse” forms in other Numic	same	other complex	has -pi ABS			Sapir 1930:619		2		0						no
Southern Sierra Miwok	order Phtiraptera	ket:u-		head louse	inheritance	*KeT:-	Miwokan	Callaghan 1971		underived	the -:u comes off etymologically			Broadbent 1964:		2		0						no
Southern Ute	order Phtiraptera	pǫ?ą-vI		flea, louse	inheritance	*po'a	Southern Numic only	Stubbs 1358b (2008:205), possibly related to the pusi'a “louse” forms in other Numic	broader (includes lice and fleas)	other complex	has -pi ABS			Givon 1979		2		0						no
Tübatulabal	order Phtiraptera	nahāl	naˈha:l	louse, lice	unique			S 1361 *nawi but only na- is match, so not good	same	other complex	naˈha:-l louse-npn			Hill 2010:51	no info	2	Voegelin 1938:12	no info	N/A	N/A	N/A	Americas	on people's hair	no
Tümpisa Shoshone	order Phtiraptera	posiattsi		louse	inheritance	*pusi'a	Proto-Numic	Stubbs 1358a (2008:205); etymologically, body louse	same	other complex	posia-ttsi louse-DIM			Dayley 1989:220		2		0						no
Wappo	order Phtiraptera	híy'		head louse (CHM confirms 52:579)	unique					underived				Sawyer 1965		2		0						no
Washo	order Phtiraptera	c'í:bel		head lice	unique					underived				Merriam 55:313; WPD		2		0						no
Western Mono	order Phtiraptera	pusi'a		lice (head in Merriam)	inheritance	*pusi'a	Proto-Numic	Stubbs 1358a (2008:205)	same	underived	Merriam has poo-se'-av-ve with classifier			Merriam 59:71; Bethel et al. 156	no info	2		no	N/A	N/A	N/A			no
Wintu	order Phtiraptera	don		headlice	unique					underived				Pitkin 1985		2		0						no
Yavapai	order Phtiraptera	hɂél		louse	unique			Resembles Cocopa ɂiɂíÍłʸ but not cognate?		unknown				Shaterian 1983		2		0						no
Yokuts Palewyami	order Phtiraptera	tiheT		louse (Kroeber 1961:216 Note 262/263 “really denotes the head louse”)	inheritance	*tʰihiTʰ	Yokutsan	Whistler & Golla 1986:355; Callaghan 2007:327 “matches PM *di- 'head louse'”	narrower (head louse only)	underived				Kroeber 1961:206		2		0						no
Yokuts Yawdanchi	order Phtiraptera	teeT		louse (head louse)	inheritance	*tʰihiTʰ	Yokutsan	Whistler & Golla 1986:355; Callaghan 2007:327 “matches PM *di- 'head louse'”	narrower (head louse only)	underived				Kroeber 1961:206)		2		0						no
Yokuts Yowlumne	order Phtiraptera	ti'iT		(head) louse	inheritance	*tʰihiTʰ	Yokutsan	Whistler & Golla 1986:355; Callaghan 2007:327 “matches PM *di- 'head louse'”	same	underived				Kroeber 1961:206		2		0						no
Yuki	order Phtiraptera	ik'a7 LF		louse (not body louse, so perhaps head louse JHH)	inheritance	*7ik'	Yukian	Schlichter 1985		other complex	-a7 animate suffix			Sawyer & Schlichter 1984		2		0						no
Yuma	order Phtiraptera	>nye'-ēl		Head lice	inheritance	*?-?il	Proto-Yuman	Does this contain *?-?il WORM Langdon 1979:639? (Proto-Yuman); also in Mojave		unknown				Merriam 61:465		2		0						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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