Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

red paint

Semantic Field: culture-mythology
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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

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
Bankalachi Toloim	waht-se-gun		red paint	unknown						maybe the 'red' word from Kitanemuk and ultimately Yuman? See Tub 'lightning' in basic vocab with washak??	derived	this is franly a guess. Too long for canonical root		Merriam 49:185
Bardi	pitimarr			inheritance
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	pisa-ppyh, pisa"-pin(-tta")		red ochre, red face-paint clay	inheritance	pisa, paisa	Numic				not in Stubbs	other complex			Crapo 1976
Bunuba	piltyi			missing				WW	%piltyi
Burarra	-mugulumberrpa			unique
Cahuilla	kaal		red clay (used for painting)	unique						Merriam has selnekish 'red' 48:257, ispish 'red paint'48:337 (means 'thing to make stripes')	other complex			Seiler & Hioki 1979
Central Sierra Miwok	missing			missing
Chemehuevi	missing			missing						probably same as 'ochre'
Chumash Barbareno	muns-ma/		red paint	unknown							derived			Henshaw (Heizer)
Chumash Ineseno	ta-sŭr		red paint	inheritance		Proto-Central Chumash				B tasin 'be red' (Beeler)	simplex			Henshaw (Heizer)
Chumash Obispeno	na-hu-pĭ		red paint	unknown							simplex			Henshaw (Heizer)
Chumash Ventureno	al-lōk-sta'-hi	7uqštahay 'be red' Mamet 2008:72	red paint	unknown						and Henshaw	derived			Merriam 38:19
Cocopa	missing			missing
Comanche	missing			missing
Cupeño	te'xat		red face paint	inheritance	ty7ka	Cupan				Stubbs 2011 1777; Merriam has mo-oos'-vel (48:495), my mu'ushvel 'red powder for paint' (from iron-bearing algae, see Lu. Section)	other complex			Hill & Nolasquez 1973
Dhangu	miku(')			inheritance
Dhuwal	miku(')			inheritance
Djapu	miku(7)			inheritance
Djinang	girnimirni			unique
Esselen	missing			missing
Gabrielino	oyi:' (H); ne'e:sen kwaxo:xa'		red paint, mi pintura colorada (H:260)	unknown						is this same as Kawaiisu 7om-by??	simplex			Merriam 49:97, Hill Harrington notes 253
Gooniyandi	pilytyi			loan			Walmajarri
Gumatj	miku(')			inheritance
Gupapuyngu	miku(7)			inheritance
Gurindji	kalnga			unknown				WW	%kalnga	murtu red o. mixed with fat			murtu red o. mixed with fat
Iipay 'Aa	a-hwaht		red paint	inheritance		Proto-Yuman					simplex			Merriam 38:209
Jabirr-Jabirr	bidimarr			inheritance
Jaru	murtu			inheritance
Jingulu	kalnga			loan			Mudburra	WW	%kalnga
Karajarri	punturr punturr			unique
Kawaiisu	7o(m)-by		red ochre; paint or makeup made from powdered red ochre	unknown						Southern Numic only; is this same as Gab. 7oyi?	other complex			Zigmond et al. 1990
Kija	pate			loan			Ngarinyin			red chre yellow o.kurntultyi; Ngar. patawate direction uncertain
Kiliwa	missing			missing
Kitanemuk	ohat		ochre, red paint clay, red paint	inheritance	*osa	Uto-Aztecan				Stubbs 2011 711; CHM 48:175 shu-reen'-kah oosh-niv 'red paint'	other complex			Anderton 1988
Lake Miwok	missing			missing
Luiseño	paa'isval		red paint made from iron-bearing pond scum	unique						from *os 'to draw'	other complex	water-paint-stuff		Elliott 1999
Maidu	heem		red paint	unique						possibly *he:m 'coal'???	simplex			Merriam 41:271
Mangala	pilypurr			inheritance
Miriwung	kamanterang			unknown						red ochre also tangkang
Mojave	itch-ĕ-hwat		red paint	inheritance		Proto-Yuman				just 'red'	derived			Merriam 38:97
Mudburra	kalnga			unknown				WW	%kalnga
Mutsun	koo-rā		red paint	unknown						kure Mason 1916:436; Henshaw u-tuh<	simplex			Merriam 39:95
Ngarluma	martarr			inheritance
Ngumbarl	<doggul, dogul, doogul>			unknown
Nimanburru	bidimarr			inheritance
Nisenan	kat		paint, cosmetics	unique							simplex			Uldall & Shipley 1966
Northern Paiute	pesape		red paint	inheritance	pisa, paisa	Numic				not in Stubbs	other complex			Yerington 1987
Northern Sierra Miwok	missing			missing
Nyangumarta	pilyarri			inheritance
Nyikina	pilyi			unique
Nyulnyul	bidimarr			inheritance
Plains Miwok	missing			missing
Rembarrnga	marnarr			unique
Ritharrngu	gamuruŋgu			unique
Salinan A	kitpe/lel		paint	unknown						kah-tin Merriam 38:393	reduplicated			Mason 1918
Salinan M	missing			missing
Seri (Comcaac)	missing			missing
Serrano	u:ha:t (H)		same as Gab oyi:', but in "S."	inheritance	*osa	Uto-Aztecan				Stubbs 2011 711; CHM 48:175 shu-reen'-kah oosh-niv 'red paint'	other complex			Hill Harrington notes
Southern Paiute	missing			missing
Southern Sierra Miwok	moke-		red paint	unique							simplex			Broadbent 1964
Southern Ute	7ipi-cI		red body paint, a mineral used for ceremonial body painting, as for Sundance	unique						also nuu-7ipi-cI	other complex			Givon
Tübatulabal	yahhawāl		red earth or clay (Merriam 'red paint' 49:261)	unique							other complex			K. Hill Tb>Eng
Tümpisa Shoshone	pisappyh, pisappin		red ochre, rouge, lipstick, red (face) paint	inheritance	pisa, paisa	Numic				not in Stubbs	other complex			Dayley 1989
Walmajarri	pirlji			inheritance				WW	%piltyi	red ochre; martarr E dial
Wappo	missing			missing
Warrwa	bulliŋun			semantic shift
Washo	7itgúmp'a7lušošoŋha		rouge (for making one's cheeks red)	unknown							derived	7it-kM-...šošoŋ 'brownish red', sasaŋ 'red'		Washo Project Dictionary
Western Mono	pisApi		red pigment obtained from clay	inheritance	pisa, paisa	Numic				not in Stubbs	other complex			Loether & Bethel 1993
Wintu	te:di		red, red paint	inheritance	*tede	Proto-Wintun				Shepherd 2006:174	simplex			Schlichter 1981
Yan-nhangu	miku			inheritance
Yavapai	missing			missing
Yawuru	bilyurrbilyurr			inheritance
Yir-Yoront	wo7		red paint	unique
Yokuts Palewyami	haw'-yu, sēp'-woo-tan'		red paint (used by women (only))	inheritance		Proto-Yokutsan				see Yawl, Yawd	simplex			Berman 2002
Yokuts Yawdanchi	hoo'-yu		red paint	inheritance		Proto-Yokutsan				Palewyami haw-yu	simplex			Merriam 44:183
Yokuts Yawelmani	ho7jiw		red paint	inheritance		Proto-Yokutsan				CHM 44:523 has only literal trans of English	simplex			Harrington
Yuki	ah-sitch		red paint	inheritance	*7asič						simplex	see 'blood'		Schlichter 1985
Yulparija	karrku			inheritance


Bankalachi Toloim
Bardi
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone
Bunuba
Burarra
Cahuilla
Central Sierra Miwok
Chemehuevi
Chumash Barbareno
Chumash Ineseno
Chumash Obispeno
Chumash Ventureno
Cocopa
Comanche
Cupeño
Dhangu
Dhuwal
Djapu
Djinang
Esselen
Gabrielino
Gooniyandi
Gumatj
Gupapuyngu
Gurindji
Iipay 'Aa
Jabirr-Jabirr
Jaru
Jingulu
Karajarri
Kawaiisu
Kija
Kiliwa
Kitanemuk
Lake Miwok
Luiseño
Maidu
Mangala
Miriwung
Mojave
Mudburra
Mutsun
Ngarluma
Ngumbarl
Nimanburru
Nisenan
Northern Paiute
Northern Sierra Miwok
Nyangumarta
Nyikina
Nyulnyul
Plains Miwok
Rembarrnga
Ritharrngu
Salinan A
Salinan M
Seri (Comcaac)
Serrano
Southern Paiute
Southern Sierra Miwok
Southern Ute
Tübatulabal
Tümpisa Shoshone
Walmajarri
Wappo
Warrwa
Washo
Western Mono
Wintu
Yan-nhangu
Yavapai
Yawuru
Yir-Yoront
Yokuts Palewyami
Yokuts Yawdanchi
Yokuts Yawelmani
Yuki
Yulparija

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