Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors

mission tule

Semantic Field
flora-fauna
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish
Meaning Portuguese

Languages

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
Bankalachi Toloim Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone Juncus missing inheritance missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Cahuilla Juncus séilʸ ˈse(j)iʎ Juncus; Rush, wire-grass inheritance *sɨji- Takic S1735 (Stubbs 2009:246); Note Chumash V syɨt “Juncus” same other complex ˈse(j)i-ʎ -m-exan-7a "inanimate" -m-exan-7a (inanimate classifier) Bean & Saubel 1972:80 no info 2 Apparently it has been claimed that this was used for sacred bundles; Bean & Saubel 1972 disagree 1 0 gathered (wild) women Scape split into three withes with teeth. Can be dyed, but color variation exploited by basketmakers 0 0 All Americas Moist areas no
Central Sierra Miwok Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Chemehuevi Juncus sah-wahm'-măhav sawaga mahabɨ Juncus unique both NUA words, probably a neologism same phrase sawa maha-bɨ green grass-ABS Merriam 59:545 2 1 2 0 0 no
Chumash Barbareno Juncus mekhme'y Mission tule, J. textilis inheritance Central Chumash only Also in Ineseno (Ventureno has Takic loan) reduplicated Timbrook 2007:102 2 1 2 0 0 no
Chumash Ineseno Juncus mekhme'y Mission tule, J. textilis inheritance Central Chumash only Also in Barbareno reduplicated Merriam 55:29; Timbrook 2007:102 2 1 2 0 0 no
Chumash Obispeno Juncus missing missing word resembles meqmej but RC cannot recall (so must be cognate with Southern Chumash) missing Harrington III:1:0260 2 1 2 0 0 no
Chumash Ventureno Juncus syɨt (Pinart has mexmei like in I.); Harrington has meXmei III:69:0028 Juncus textilis, Indian Rush loan Takic Note Serrano/Kitanemuk hy-T; Takic *sɨji- “Juncus”; the final -t also suggests a Takic loan although Takic languages have /l/ absolutive. underived Timbrook 2007:102 2 1 2 0 0 no
Cocopa Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Comanche Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Cupeño Juncus seyily ˈsəjiʎ Juncus sp. inheritance *sɨji- Takic S1735 (Stubbs 2009:246) same other complex ˈsəji-ʎ juncus-npn Hill & Nolasquez 1973:171 no info 2 Sacred bundle perhaps made from this; Bean and Saubel disagree 1 no info gathered (wild but closely managed) women mainly for basketry 0 0 Americas moist areas no
Esselen Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Gabrielino Juncus $wa:r şwa:r junco inheritance *sɨji- Takic S1735 (Stubbs 2009:246) same other complex şwa:-r Juncus-npn -hi:n nihi:n $war mi junco Harrington 019 (also nime:'en?? 019 Harrington 164 no info 2 appears in song: tavo:kma swa:ra “estoy poniendo el junco” Harrington 680 1 mainly for fiber no info gathered (wild but closely managed) women a basketry plant, mainly; scapes split, provide different colors 0 0 Americas moist areas no
Iipay 'Aa Juncus kwa'naay Juncus textilis, Basket rush (Merriam confirms 55:225) unique same underived http://www.powayusd.com/projects/kumeyaay/Ethnobotany.htm 2 1 2 0 0 no
Kawaiisu Juncus parasiivɨ Juncus balticus unique looks like “willow” with pa-ta- ??? same other complex parasii-vɨ juncus-ABS (pa-ta-sii???) bɨ, pɨ bɨ, pɨ seem to classify for plants, trees 1981 Zigmond 2 1 2 0 0 no
Kiliwa Juncus ?+suq reed, tule (Scirpus) inheritance Proto-Yuman Iipay Aa es-suk' (Merriam) same underived Mixco 1985 2 1 2 0 0 no
Kitanemuk Juncus hwač ˈhwaʧr reed sp., like tule, 5 ft. high, used for baskets inheritance *sɨji- Takic S1735 (Stubbs 2009:246) (Gabrielino has swar, same development. Note Chumash swa7 “Scirpus sp.) broader (plant and basketry material from plant) other complex ˈhwa-ʧr Juncus-npn -niw possessive classifier for things Anderton 1988:326 no info 2 1 no info gathered (wild) women pretty scapes make different colors in baskets 0 0 Americas moist areas no
Lake Miwok Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Luiseño Juncus $óyla ʹʃojla rush plant; Bright: Juncus acutus sphaerocarpus inheritance *sɨji- Takic S1735 (Stubbs 2009:246) same other complex ʹʃoj-la mission.tule-non.possessed.noun Elliott 1999:876 no info 2 $oynga, a song word, may be name of an island (E); mat of this plant is used to store sacred objects (Sparkman 1908:234) 1 no info gathered (wild) women scapes split, soaked for basketry materials 0 0 Americas moist areas no
Maidu Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Mojave Juncus hatav'iily reed, tule inheritance Proto-Yuman Yavapai ɂhtá same phrase 7aha-ɂichɂivily “water-plant” Munro et al.1992 2 1 2 0 0 no
Mutsun Juncus missing missing missing Mason 1916:430 2 1 2 0 0 no
Nisenan Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Northern Paiute Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Northern Sierra Miwok Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Plains Miwok Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Salinan A Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Salinan M Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Seri (Comcaac) Juncus pat tule, Southern cattail (Typha domingensis) unique same underived Comcaac Dictionary 745 2 1 2 0 0 no
Serrano Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Southern Paiute Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Southern Sierra Miwok Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Southern Ute Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Tübatulabal Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Tümpisa Shoshone Juncus pe'-boomp Mission tule, Juncus unique same other complex presumably pipum-pɨ pũ Merriam 59:355 2 1 2 0 0 no
Wappo Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Washo Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Western Mono Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Wintu Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yavapai Juncus ɂhtá reed inheritance Proto-Yuman Langdon 1976:871 Metath; Mojave hatav'iily unknown Shaterian 1983 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yokuts Palewyami Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yokuts Yawdanchi Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yokuts Yowlumne Juncus kah'-pe small tule unique closest form is Merriam's kow-hi? (sic, it's a question mark, not glottal stop) for Chukchansi. Generally, this word is missing. same underived Merriam 58:573 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yuki Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no
Yuma Juncus missing missing missing 2 1 2 0 0 no