Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

tell history

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	Etymology Notes	Word Structure	Word Structure Notes	Source
Bankalachi Toloim	missing			missing
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	natekwina		to tell someone something	inheritance	*tykwi	Numic	Stubbs 2011 1876a	derived		Miller 1972
Cahuilla	a'alxe		to tell a true story	inheritance	*7a7al	Californian (Takic plus Tubatulabal)	Stubbs 2011 1873b	simplex	root	Seiler & Hioki 1979
Central Sierra Miwok	missing			missing
Chemehuevi	tewi:naga7I		to tell myths	inheritance	*tykwi	Numic	Stubbs 2011 1876a	derived		Harrington Chemehuevi Noun List (K. Hill 1969)
Chumash Barbareno	saqutinan'	saqutin'an in Wash 2001:49	tell a story	unknown				derived		Beeler 1978
Chumash Ineseno	ti-moloq		to talk about old times	inheritance		Proto-Central Chumash	B moloq 'a long time ago'	derived		Applegate 1972
Chumash Obispeno	piLhi, L'ipi, pi7i???		decir	unknown				simplex		Harrington
Chumash Ventureno	tinawajuč		to tell stories	unknown				derived	long.ago (plus VB, NMZR) ti-nawaj- 'by.speaking'-	Mamet 2008
Cocopa	missing			missing
Comanche	narymu7ikaty		tell, relate	inheritance	*ti(N)wa	Uto-Aztecan	Stubbs 2011 1489	compound	narymu7ipY story, tale	R
Cupeño	a'alxi		to tell history	inheritance	*7a7al	Californian (Takic plus Tubatulabal)	Stubbs 2011 1873b	simplex	root	Hill & Nolasquez 1973
Esselen	humul-pa		tell, relate	unknown				derived	suffix -pa see Shaul 1995(216)	Kroeber 1902
Gabrielino	missing			missing
Iipay 'Aa	akenaa		tells a story	inheritance		Delta-Californian	Cocopa knya; naa root is in Kiliwa, may be Proto-Yuman in this meaning	simplex		Couro & Hutcheson 1973
Kawaiisu	tugwija-		to tell a story	inheritance	*tykwi	Numic	Stubbs 2011 1876a	simplex		Zigmond et al. 1990
Kiliwa	t+ha7 (w)+naa		tell a story	unknown				phrase	ha 'tell' naa narration	Mixco 1985
Kitanemuk	cici'akin		to tell a myth or story	inheritance	*tyja	Uto-Aztecan	Stubbs 2011 1877a	reduplicated		Anderton 1988
Lake Miwok	lílaw		to say, tell (includes 'story')	unique				simplex		Callaghan 1965
Luiseño	aa'alvi		tell a story	inheritance	*7a7al	Californian (Takic plus Tubatulabal)	Stubbs 2011 1873b	simplex	root	Elliott 1999
Maidu	tújwèj		tell stories of long ago, preach	inheritance		Proto-Maiduan	see Nisenan wejda:; betéj 'tell stories' < 'ancient' Ultan 1964:362	other complex	tu- is unproductive, probably instrumental prefix	Shipley 1963
Mojave	7ich kunaav=k		tell a story	inheritance		Proto-Yuman	see Yavapai form	phrase		Munro et al. 1992
Mutsun	monşe		tells	unknown			kuwa, ko: 105	simplex		Okrand 1977
Nisenan	wejda:		tell	inheritance	*wej	Proto-Maiduan	Maidu wej 'speech, talk, tell'	derived	wej 'speak'	Uldall & Shipley 1966
Northern Paiute	netabu7e		be told, tell in a story	unique				simplex		Yerington 1987
Northern Sierra Miwok	7ute:n-y-		to tell a story (like a fairy tale, something not real) (I regard this as accult. Meaning change JHH)	inheritance		Proto-Sierra Miwok	JHH	other complex		Callaghan 1987
Plains Miwok	syl:e, sil:e		tl tell stories; to tell someone something	unique				simplex		Callaghan 1984
Salinan A	T'e'		tell, say to	unknown			mal 'tell, show' Turner p. 140	simplex		Mason 1918
Salinan M	he/k'a'		tell, say	unknown			also T<e' 'tell, say to' p 147	simplex		Mason 1918
Seri (Comcaac)	coomx		tell	unknown				simplex		Moser & Marlett 2005
Serrano	āv		tell about, recount	inheritance	*7awa	Californian (Takic plus Tubatulabal)	Stubbs 2011 1873a	simplex	root	K. Hill Dict.
Southern Paiute	tygwi:nna-		to tell a story	inheritance	*tykwi	Numic	Stubbs 2011 1876a	simplex		Sapir
Southern Sierra Miwok	7ute:-nY		to tell stories at night	inheritance		Proto-Sierra Miwok	JHH; also 7use:-nY,	other complex	vb	Broadbent 1964
Southern Ute	pYsari-nijaj		to tell stories, tell a story to (obj is hearer)	inheritance	*nihya	Numic	Stubbs 2011 1490	compound		Givon
Tübatulabal	tü'pinnuka'tawat		tell myth	unique				other complex		K. Hill Tb>Eng
Tümpisa Shoshone	natymui		tell a story	inheritance	*ty(N)wa	Uto-Aztecan	Stubbs 2011 1489, probably, although not noted there	derived		Dayley 1989
Wappo	missing			missing
Washo	mušé:gewašá7le		tell a story	unknown				compound	muše:gew 'story, bear'; šá7 'tell'	Washo Project Dictionary
Western Mono	waja-		to tell stories (etc.)	inheritance	*paya	Uto-Aztecan	Stubbs 2011 1491 -- paya, aya, here is waya, what is going onhere?	simplex		Loether & Bethel 1993
Wintu	bo:la		to tell a story, make a speech	inheritance	*bo:le	Proto-Wintun	Shepherd 2006:69	derived	the way Pitkin treats the morphology, every verb stem is derived	Schlichter 1981
Yavapai	kná:vi		tell	inheritance		Proto-Yuman	see Mojave form; this is right: derived nominalization is 'story' p. 400	simplex		Shaterian 1983
Yokuts Palewyami	missing			missing
Yokuts Yawdanchi	missing			missing
Yokuts Yawelmani	ho:li7		to tell a story	unknown			Merriam confirms to-so 'tell a story' 44:587; Newman has doso at 1944:140	simplex		Harrington
Yuki	7olwi:s		tell stories, myths	inheritance	*7olwihs 'old, animate'	Proto-North Yukian		derived	must be denominal	Schlichter 1985


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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