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 |
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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 |
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Bankalachi Toloim | Asclepias eriocarpa | sam'-tal | Milkweed, broad leaf | loan | Yokuts | Tinlinne Yokuts sam'-tahl | same | underived | C. H. Merriam 72-79, 60-473 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone | Asclepias eriocarpa | pitsitepuhippeh | milkweed | inheritance | pitsa “milk” puhi “green” | unknown | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cahuilla | Asclepias eriocarpa | kíyal | ˈkijal | Asclepias sp. | inheritance | *kɨya- | Takic | See also Serrano ky7at “gum plant”; not likely a loan (Serrano has lost /y/ as usual) | unclear | other complex | kija-l | -m-exan-7a "inanimate" | -m-exan-7a (for inanimates; literally "somehow - doing.thus- possessed.noun") | Bean & Saubel 1972:43 | no info | 2 | 1 | for chewing gum. One type eaten as greens, and seeds used, although most are poisonous. Mainly a fiber plant | no info | gathered (wild) | women | gum collected in cup and kept overnight or cooked for chewing gum | 0 | 0 | California, Baja California, Nevada | “Especially dry areas” (Wikipedia) | no | |||||||||||
Central Sierra Miwok | Asclepias eriocarpa | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chemehuevi | Asclepias eriocarpa | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chumash Barbareno | Asclepias eriocarpa | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chumash Ineseno | Asclepias eriocarpa | oo-woo'-mo oi'-yo-so' “food of worms” | Broad leaf Milkweed | unique | phrase | Merriam 55:27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chumash Obispeno | Asclepias eriocarpa | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chumash Ventureno | Asclepias eriocarpa | 7usha'ak | Asclepias (eriocarpa and fascicularis) | unique | underived | Timbrook 2007:40 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cocopa | Asclepias eriocarpa | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comanche | Asclepias eriocarpa | kumiitsanatsu | milkweed | unique | same | underived | obviously complex but no help in R&A; may include sana- “gum” ?? But why the initial ts- then?? | Robinson & Armagost 1990:166 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cupeño | Asclepias eriocarpa | wichusel | ˈwiʧusal | milkweed | inheritance | *wi(k)-chu | Cupan | S1796 (Stubbs 2009:253); word for fiber, plus morphology that may be unique to Cupeño | broader (includes chewing gum from sap of plant) | derived | ˈwi-ʧu-sa-l string-make-?-npn (should be synchronically evident given wichu'at “rope”, wichu “to twist string”, etc. | Hill & Nolasquez 1973:178 | no info | 2 | 1 | used for chewing gum | no info | gathered (wild) | women and children | sap from plant boiled into gum and colored with flowers; fiber also used | 0 | 0 | Califoria, Baja California, Nevada | prefers dry areas | no | |||||||||||||
Esselen | Asclepias eriocarpa | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gabrielino | Asclepias eriocarpa | wi:vor | ˈwi:vor | milkweed; in Merriam, milkweed string | semantic shift | *wi(k)- | Uto-Aztecan | note Kitanemuk wivɨʧ “fiber-producing milkweed”, a perfect cognate; S1796 (Stubbs 2009:253) | broader (includes plant and fiber) | other complex | ˈwi:vo-r milkweed-npn (root is probably derived from wi:) | -hi:n | classifier for worthwhile possessions | Harrington 492 | no info | 2 | 1 | chewing gum | no info | gathered (wild) | women | gum squeezed and cooked, plant soaked and fiber stripped | 0 | 0 | California and adjacent Nevada and Baja California | dry barren areas 200-1900 m (Jepson Herbarium site) | no | |||||||||||
Iipay 'Aa | Asclepias eriocarpa | hahCH-im-sahp | Broadleaf Milkweed (Asclepias | unique | same | underived | a wild guess | Merriam 55:223 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kawaiisu | Asclepias eriocarpa | aviboɁogadɨbɨ | Aesclepias erosa | unique | same | derived | avi-boɁo-gadɨ-bɨ white.rock-water-having-ABS | bɨ, pɨ | bɨ, pɨ seem to classify for plants, trees | 1981 Zigmond | 2 | 1 | chewing gum | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kiliwa | Asclepias eriocarpa | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kitanemuk | Asclepias eriocarpa | kacic | ˈkaʦiʦ | milkweed plant | unique | Note Gabrielino to-hah'-che-ar' 72-79, 60-439 “chewing gum” in McC p. 247, - I'm interested in the hah'-che part, perhaps xachi- | same | derived | kaci-c “chew-passive.nominative” “chew-ed” | -niw | possessive classifier for things | Anderton 1988:338 | no info | 2 | 1 | chewing gum from bitter cooked juice | no info | gathered (wild) | women and children | extract sap, also use fiber, sap chewed with flower | 0 | 0 | California and adjacent Nevada and Baja California | dry barren areas 200-1900 m (Jepson Herbarium site) | no | |||||||||||||
Lake Miwok | Asclepias eriocarpa | múunkaj | milkweed? California poppy? muun is “milk” | unique | other complex | -aj | Callaghan 1965 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luiseño | Asclepias eriocarpa | tókmat, tíkmat | ʹtokmat | white milkweed; Sparkman: Asclepias eriocarpa | loan | Chumash | Note Southern Chumash /tok/ “Apocynum cannabinum”. Milkweed was regarded as the “lesser fiber” so “small tok” is a very likely analysis here. | same | other complex | ʹtokma-t milkweed.sp-non.possessed.noun | Elliott 1999:951 | no info | 2 | 1 | gum | no info | gathered (wild) | women | sap collected from cut stems, boiled to coagulate as chewing gum, much esteemed (Sparkman 1908:197) | 0 | 0 | California and adjacent Nevada and Baja California | dry barren areas 200-1900 m (Jepson Herbarium site) | no | ||||||||||||||
Maidu | Asclepias eriocarpa | poom. om'-poo | broad-leaf milkweed | inheritance | Maiduan | Nisenan poo', aw'-poo; note Mins pop:o- | other complex | -m (same as -im suffix) | Merriam 57:59 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mojave | Asclepias eriocarpa | halapuy | milkweed | unique | same | underived | Munro et al.1992 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mutsun | Asclepias eriocarpa | sis'-kah | Broadleaf milkweed | inheritance | Southern Costanoan; Rumsen she-chin 55:459 | underived | Merriam 55:427 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nisenan | Asclepias eriocarpa | me-wăh; poo'?; awm'-poo | A. eriocarpa | inheritance | “poo” | Maiduan | Maidu 'om-poo (CHM) | phrase | earth-string.plant | Merriam 57:251 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Paiute | Asclepias eriocarpa | weha | fishing line, string, gum made out of Indian hemp (M: Milkweed, broad leaf (Asclepias) -see “species notes” | inheritance | ? | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 1796, a very problematic set, but ancient -- string as wi-, the protypical long object??? | broader (quite a range of plants and derived stuff, I'm sure a lot of the Yerington data is bad) | underived | Merriam 61:157 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Sierra Miwok | Asclepias eriocarpa | pop:o- | milkweed | unique | Compare Maiduan *pu:; might be *po: (it's CHM) | reduplicated | Callaghan 1987 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plains Miwok | Asclepias eriocarpa | te'-koon | Broad-leaf milkweed, milkweed string | unique | Note Yowlumne tc'ikei , Yawdanchi tcitik, Chukchansi chek-kah (CHM) | underived | Merriam 57:505 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salinan A | Asclepias eriocarpa | mo-ti” | broad-leaf milkweed | unique | Salinan | underived | Merriam 55:393 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salinan M | Asclepias eriocarpa | mataí'YI | milkweed (Merriam confirms 55:393) | unique | Salinan | underived | Mason 1918:129 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seri (Comcaac) | Asclepias eriocarpa | najcáazjc | reedstem milkweed, Asclepias albicans/subulata | unique | same | underived | Comcaac Dictionary 453 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serrano | Asclepias eriocarpa | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Paiute | Asclepias eriocarpa | wɨ'ivɨ | milkweed | inheritance | *wiki/*wisi “string” | Proto-Uto-Aztecan | Note Kawaiisu wɨɁivɨbɨ; Stubbs 1796 (2008:254), or Stubbs 1475; I don't like the set but this is where Stubbs has these forms | same | other complex | has -pɨ ABS | Sapir 1930:717 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Sierra Miwok | Asclepias eriocarpa | huken- | milkweed | unique | Yawdanchi hox “dogbane”? | underived | Broadbent 1964: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Ute | Asclepias eriocarpa | ta?á-maą-vI | milk-weed | calque | English | milk-weed | same | phrase | milk-weed-ABS | Givon 1979 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tübatulabal | Asclepias eriocarpa | pollolīwapü:l | pololi:waˈbɨ:l | gum plant, Asclepias erosa | unique | same | derived | pololi:wa-ˈbɨ:-l milkweed-deriv.suffix-npn | Hill 2010:72 | no info | 2 | 1 | chewing gum | 1 | juice rubbed on warts to make them disappear | gathered (wild) | all | gum from boiled sap, sucked out of reed tubes | 0 | 0 | California and adjacent Nevada and Baja California | dry barren areas 200-1900 m (Jepson Herbarium site) | no | |||||||||||||||
Tümpisa Shoshone | Asclepias eriocarpa | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wappo | Asclepias eriocarpa | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washo | Asclepias eriocarpa | mah-maHm'-ke | milkweed, broad leaf | unique | reduplicated | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Mono | Asclepias eriocarpa | wisibi | string, thread, milkweed (Asclepias sp.) (thinner than tɨGapO “rope”) | inheritance | *wisu(N) | Numic | Iannucci's form; Stubbs has *wiki; forms with wi- in “string” very widespread; with -s is the specifically Numic version and may be different increment on *wi- long object | broader (includes string of all kinds) | other complex | has -CL | -bi | Bethel et al.:284 | no info | 2 | 1 | no info | gathered (wild) | men and women (Gifford) | soaked and fibers removed by combing with short stick (Gifford) | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||
Wintu | Asclepias eriocarpa | boq | Shepherd 2005 transcription | A. eriocarpa (consistent, several dialects) | inheritance | *boq | Wintun | Shepherd 2005 | underived | baqi “brush”?? | Merriam 56:25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yavapai | Asclepias eriocarpa | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yokuts Palewyami | Asclepias eriocarpa | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yokuts Yawdanchi | Asclepias eriocarpa | cax | milkweed used for string (Merriam confirms eriocarpa 58:381) | inheritance | Nim-Yokuts | Note Merriam's che-kah for Chukchansi -- cognate? | same | underived | Kroeber 1961:219 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Yokuts Yowlumne | Asclepias eriocarpa | tc'ikei | cord, string (see Yawd Milkweed) M. confirms | inheritance | Nim-Yokuts | Note Yawdanchi tcitik; I suspect a metathesis and am going with Inheritance, especially with Merriam's Chukchansi chek'-kah | same | underived | Kroeber 1961:218 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Yuki | Asclepias eriocarpa | mah chahk' MWO | broad-leaf milkweed | inheritance | *mah | Yukian | Schlichter 1985 | phrase | ch'ak “whip”??? | Sawyer & Schlichter 1984 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Yuma | Asclepias eriocarpa | missing | missing | missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no |
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