Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

sinew-backed bow

Semantic Field: subsistence tool
Part of Speech
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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	Etymology Notes	Word Structure	Word Structure Notes	Source
Bankalachi Toloim	missing			missing
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	missing			missing
Cahuilla	čukinapi-š		bow, gun	unknown				Cupeno and Cahuilla only; uncertain as to meaning here but the hul is the ordinary bow	derived, other complex		Seiler & Hioki 1979
Central Sierra Miwok	missing			missing
Chemehuevi	missing			missing
Chumash Barbareno	talip		sinew-backed bow	loan			Yokuts		simplex		Klar 1977; Beeler 1978:185
Chumash Ineseno	talip'		sinew-backed bow	loan			Yokuts	JPH, klar 1977:168	simplex		Applegate 1972
Chumash Obispeno	missing			missing
Chumash Ventureno	taliwiš		a bow	loan			Yokuts		simplex	possessed -taliw	Mamet 2008
Cocopa	missing			missing
Comanche	missing			missing
Cupeño	choo-ken-ah	see Cahuilla word	bow	unknown				Cupeno and Cahuilla only	other complex		Merriam 48:501
Esselen	missing			missing
Gabrielino	chah-kah'-mar		war bow, sinew on back (what about H. ku:cap 'arco (poss)' (H 189)	unique					other complex		Merriam 49:101
Iipay 'Aa	missing			Missing
Kawaiisu	hu(n)du-naky		to be sinew-backed (e.g. of a bow)	unique					derived	hu(n)du-vy muscle along both sides of backbone, meat on the upper back	Zigmond et al. 1990
Kiliwa	missing			missing
Kitanemuk	missing			missing
Lake Miwok	missing			missing
Luiseño	nemeexát		bow (Sparkman, archaic)	unique				related to word for "wrap"	other complex		Elliott 1999
Maidu	missing			missing
Mojave	missing			missing
Mutsun	missing			missing
Nisenan	missing			missing
Northern Paiute	missing			missing
Northern Sierra Miwok	missing			missing
Plains Miwok	tanuk:a, tonuk:a-		bow, bow and arrow	loan			Costanoan	speculating that this is right because resemblant to Yokuts talip word; Callaghan 2001:330 says "probably a loanword from Costanoan"	simplex		Callaghan 1984
Salinan A	missing			missing
Salinan M	missing			missing
Seri (Comcaac)	missing			missing
Serrano	missing			missing
Southern Paiute	tanga7atcy		kick bow, sinew-backed bow	unique				literally, sinew-bow	compound	sinew-bow	Sapir
Southern Sierra Miwok	missing			missing
Southern Ute	missing			missing
Tübatulabal	ālitt tappanīl		sinew-backed bow	inheritance	*aCta	Uto-Aztecan		with 'wrap' also inherited	phrase		K. Hill Tb>E
Tümpisa Shoshone	missing			missing
Wappo	missing			missing
Washo	missing			missing
Western Mono	missing			missing
Wintu	missing			missing
Yavapai	missing			missing
Yokuts Palewyami	missing			missing
Yokuts Yawdanchi	tayaph		bow (2)	inheritance	*T'alaph	Proto-Nim-Yokuts			simplex		Golla 1964
Yokuts Yawelmani	T'alaph		bow (2)	inheritance	*T'alaph	Proto-Nim-Yokuts			simplex		Golla 1964
Yuki	missing			missing


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 Yawelmani
Yuki

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