Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

necklace

Semantic Field
other
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish
Meaning Portuguese

Languages

Language Orthographic Form Phonemicized Form Gloss as in Source Etymology Code Proto-Form Proto-Language Loan Source Wanderwort Status Etyma Set Etymology Notes Word Structure Word Structure Notes General Notes Source
Cahuilla qenxa-t beads (anything that one hangs around the neck) inheritance *koLoka Uto-Aztecan WW %xene Stubbs 2011 1505 other complex Seiler & Hioki 1979
Cupeño qinxat necklace, strings of shell beads inheritance *koLoka Uto-Aztecan WW %xene Stubbs 2011 1505 other complex Hill & Nolasquez 1973
Luiseño qenxat necklace, beads inheritance *koLoka Uto-Aztecan WW %xene Stubbs 2011 1505 other complex Elliott 1999
Gabrielino ah-hoo-noCH xu:nxo'ar beads worn as necklace H 455 necklace of shells inheritance *koLoka Uto-Aztecan WW %xene Stubbs 2011 1505 other complex Merriam 49:97
Serrano qornqat necklace inheritance *koLoka Uto-Aztecan WW %xene Stubbs 2011 1505 other complex K. Hill Dict.
Kitanemuk konakat necklace, belt inheritance *koLoka Uto-Aztecan WW %xene Stubbs 2011 1505 other complex Anderton 1988
Tübatulabal ho'-naht CHM's ' is stress necklace of shells inheritance *koLoka Uto-Aztecan WW %xene Stubbs 2011 1505 other complex Merriam 49:261
Bankalachi Toloim o'-yot' necklace (general term) unique other complex Merriam 49:183
Kawaiisu kagi necklace, collar inheritance *kak(k)i Numic Stubbs 2011 1506 simplex Zigmond et al. 1990
Chemehuevi kagAI necklace inheritance *kak(k)i Numic Stubbs 2011 1506 simplex Harrington Chemehuevi Noun List (K. Hill 1969)
Southern Paiute qagI necklace, collar inheritance *kak(k)i Numic Stubbs 2011 1506 simplex Sapir
Southern Ute kaagA necklace inheritance *kak(k)i Numic Stubbs 2011 1506 simplex Givon
Tümpisa Shoshone kotoho(ttsi) necklace, neckpiece unknown is this *koLoka 'necklace' or *kuta 'neck?? Or both? simplex Dayley 1989
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone kotokki" necklace unknown Is this *koLoka or *kuta? simplex Crapo 1976
Comanche tsomo korohko bead necklace inheritance *koLoka Uto-Aztecan Central Numic only, from either *koLoka or *kuta phrase R
Western Mono qakijAnu necklace inheritance *kak(k)i Numic Stubbs 2011 1506 derived qakiya 'to wear around neck' Loether & Bethel 1993
Northern Paiute kakea beads around neck inheritance *kak(k)i Numic Stubbs 2011 1506 simplex Yerington 1987
Southern Sierra Miwok po:ko necklace inheritance Proto-Sierra Miwok JHH simplex Broadbent 1964
Central Sierra Miwok hy/:ly- necklace inheritance Proto-Miwok note Pmiw helék:I 'neck' simplex Freeland & Broadbent 1960
Northern Sierra Miwok po:ko- necklace inheritance Proto-Sierra Miwok JHH simplex Callaghan 1987
Plains Miwok hy:le- necklace inheritance Proto-Miwok note Pmiw helék:I 'neck' simplex Callaghan 1984
Lake Miwok pojénni necklace, necktie, collar inheritance *póje- Proto-Western Miwok Callaghan 1970:60 other complex póje- to put something around neck Callaghan 1965
Maidu k'újla necklace inheritance *k'új 'neck' Proto-Maiduan Ultan 1964:364 derived k'ûj 'neck' Shipley 1963
Nisenan 7ëlëw necklace loan Plains Miwok note Chumashan *el???; *hy:le is Proto-Miwokan simplex 7ë:lew 'abalone shell' Uldall & Shipley 1966
Yokuts Yawelmani walaTh necklace, neck ornament, any ornament worn around the neck including necktie' inheritance ProtoYokutsan see Palewyami form simplex Berman 2002
Yokuts Yawdanchi waiatc necklace, garland inheritance Proto-Yokutsan merriam confirms 44:181, so not a typo, but must be related to the walaT forms in Yawl, Palew derived instrumental -ac'? Kroeber 1907
Yokuts Palewyami wal-leht' necklace (general term, shells, bones, beads) inheritance Proto-Yokutsan see Yawelmani walaTh 'necklace' simplex Berman 2002
Washo to7omódop necklace unknown unknown Washo Project Dictionary
Wintu loyo:q necklace unknown derived Loy 'encircle' (O is cap, Excel refuses to admit L.O. sequence) Schlichter 1981
Yuki hus'-sah necklace (see bead) loan Yok-Utian WW %kys simplex Sawyer & Schlichter 1984
Wappo káse necklace, bead string loan Coast Miwok Callaghan 1968 Bodega Miwok Dict simplex Sawyer 1965
Mutsun mash-shā necklace of shells inheritance Proto-Costanoan also Henshaw, confirms for northern Costanoan simplex Merriam 39:97
Esselen am-hĕ'n-ni necklace of beads loan Salinan WW %xene Henshaw simplex Kroeber 1902
Salinan A taaneka necklace unknown simplex Mason 1918
Salinan M apenik necklace unknown simplex Mason 1918
Chumash Obispeno tel'e necklace inheritance *el' Proto-Chumashan the t- from Salinan?? simplex Klar 1977
Chumash Ineseno 7el' necklace inheritance *el' Proto-Chumashan simplex Klar 1977
Chumash Barbareno 7el' necklace inheritance *el' Proto-Chumashan simplex Klar 1977 Klar 1977. Beeler 1978:174
Chumash Ventureno 7el necklace inheritance *el' Proto-Chumashan simplex Klar 1977
Iipay 'Aa hah-nahk' necklace (general term) inheritance Proto-Yuman WW Kiliwa p-naq 'neckerchief' simplex Merriam 38:209
Cocopa xanYá:k necklace inheritance Proto-Yuman WW derived xnYak put on or wear a necklace; derivation with infix -a- Crawford 1989
Mojave honak, huunak necktie, beads, kerchief (anything worn around neck) inheritance Proto-Yuman WW simplex Munro et al. 1992
Yavapai hnáq necklace inheritance Proto-Yuman WW simplex Shaterian 1983
Kiliwa t-p+naq necklace, neckerchief inheritance Proto-Yuman WW derived p+naq 'wear around neck' Mixco 1985
Seri (Comcaac) hapápjc necklade, beads on a necklace (lo que se cuelga en el cuello) unknown simplex quipjc Moser & Marlett 2005