rattlesnake
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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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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 | Crotalus spp. | sim-mont, su'-maht | Rattlesnake (Crotalus spp.) | inheritance | *samɨnɨ | Proto-Uto-Aztecan | . AT LAST. A UTO-AZTECAN WORD (same as Tubatulabal) | same | other complex | -t is the non-possessed-noun suffix | C. H. Merriam 72-79, 60-463 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Big Smokey Valley Shoshone | Crotalus spp. | to'-gwah (RV), to-go'-ah (RM) 61:49 | rattlesnake (Crotalus) | inheritance | *tɨ-*koNwa | Numic | Stubbs 2009, this prefix only in Numic | same | underived | etymologicall a phrase, rock-snake | Merriam 61:81 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cahuilla | Crotalus spp. | séwet | ˈsewet | rattlesnake | inheritance | *sɨwɨ | Takic | S2011a (Stubbs 2009:280) | broader (Bean 1972:61 states that this is generic “snake”, and gives mesa7a as “rattlesnake”; also given by S&H | other complex | sewe-t | -7aʃ "pet" | possessive classifier -7aʃ (probably) | Seiler&Hioki 1979:183 | no info | 1 | Moon gaves snakes their colors; they are her paintings (Seiler 1970:44) | 2 | “Rattlesnakes were eaten, at least among the Cahuilla” (Lightfoot and Parrish 2009:359) “A particular favorite” (Bean 1972:61) | no info | hunted | Men | boiled, roasted | 0 | 0 | Southern Canada south | Diverse habitats | yes | ||||||||||
| Central Sierra Miwok | Crotalus spp. | wák:a:lì | rattlesnake | inheritance | Miwokan | Bodega Dic | other complex | -:li an unproductive suffix with animal names | Freeland & Broadbent 1960 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chemehuevi | Crotalus spp. | kwe-ets; | kwijátsI JPH kwiijaatsI (Press) | Rattlesnake (Crotalus) | unique | broader (generic for snake) | other complex | has -ci ABS | Merriam 59:535 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Barbareno | Crotalus spp. | xʃap | rattlesnake | inheritance | Proto-Chumash | Obispeno kaxʃap | underived | Beeler 1978:190 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Ineseno | Crotalus spp. | H'shahp, k'shahp' | rattlesnake | inheritance | Proto-Chumash | Obispeno kaxʃap | underived | Merriam 55:17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Obispeno | Crotalus spp. | kaxʃap | rattlesnake | inheritance | Proto-Chumash | e.g. Ventureno xʃap | underived | JPH 92:0774 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chumash Ventureno | Crotalus spp. | xʃap | rattlesnake Merriam confirms 55:47) | inheritance | Proto-Chumash | Obispeno kaxʃap | underived | Mamet 2008:18; | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cocopa | Crotalus spp. | ɂawí | rattlesnake | inheritance | Proto-Yuman | Note Kiliwa ?+wi? | broader (any snake) | underived | Crawford 1989 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comanche | Crotalus spp. | wɨhtsabeyakatɨ | rattle snake | unique | same | finite clause? | wɨhtsabeya-katɨ rattle- sits | Robinson & Armagost 1990:163 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cupeño | Crotalus spp. | sewet | ˈsəwət | rattlesnake | inheritance | *sɨwɨn- | Takic | S2011a (Stubbs 2009:280); not Stubbs' reconstruction, but Kitanemuk, Serrano are conservative in retaining these nasals. | same | other complex | ˈsəwə-t rattlesnake-npn | -ʔaʃ "pet" | possessive classifier for animals | Hill & Nolasquez 1973:171 | no info | 1 | Mukat's handsomest son (Strong 1929:269) | 2 | no info | no info | no info | no info | 0 | 0 | Southern Canada south | diverse habitats | yes | |||||||||||
| Esselen | Crotalus spp. | ipišikša (Pinart); tsetselk-kamati (Henshaw) | rattlesnake | loan | Costanoan | compares Costanan ipi (wa/x/š) | other complex | -$a classifier suffix | -$a | Shaul 1988:699; Turner & Shaul 1981:120 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gabrielino | Crotalus spp. | $o:t | şo:t | vibora, Black Diamondback Rattler | inheritance | *sɨwɨn- | Takic | S2011a (Stubbs 2009:280); not Stubbs' reconstruction, but Kitanemuk, Serrano are conservative in retaining these nasals. | narrower (seems to mean this particular species of rattlesnake, or have that as prototype) | other complex | şo:-t rattlesnake-npn | -ʔaʧ “pet | possessive classifier for animals | Harrington 596 | no info | 1 | Couplet in Luiseno, so probably at Creator's mourning ceremony | 2 | Reid said rattlesnake not eaten (McC 116) | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Southern Canada south | Diverse habitats | yes | ||||||||||
| Iipay 'Aa | Crotalus spp. | ɂewii | rattlesnake | inheritance | Proto-Yuman | Note Kiliwa ?+wi? | same | underived | Couro & Hutcheson 1973 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kawaiisu | Crotalus spp. | togowa | rattlesnake | inheritance | *tɨ-*koNwa | Proto-Numic | Stubbs 2009 but with this prefix only Numic | same | phrase | to-gowa rock-snake (synchronically???) | Zigmond et al. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kiliwa | Crotalus spp. | ?+wi?=pnthit | Rattlesnake | inheritance | Proto-Yuman | narrower (species of rattlesnake, probably Crotalus viridus) | phrase | ?+wi?=pnthit dummy.nominal-snake-? (appears only in this expression) | Mixco 1985 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kitanemuk | Crotalus spp. | hɨŋt | hɨŋt | snake, rattlesnake | inheritance | *sɨwɨn- | Takic | S2011a (Stubbs 2009:280); not Stubbs' reconstruction, but Kitanemuk, Serrano are conservative in retaining these nasals. | broader (also generic for snake, but rattlesnake prototype) | other complex | hɨŋ-t rattlesnake-npn | -ʔacit "pet" | possessive classifier for animals | Anderton 1988:312 | no info | 1 | 2 | no info | no info | no info | no info | 0 | 0 | Southern Canada south | Diverse habitats | yes | ||||||||||||
| Lake Miwok | Crotalus spp. | holóomaj | rattlesnake | loan | Wappo | Note Wappo holo:wik'a “snake” | other complex | -aj | Callaghan 1965 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luiseño | Crotalus spp. | $óowut | ʹşo:wut | black diamondback rattlesnake | inheritance | *sɨwɨn- | Takic | S2011a (Stubbs 2009:280); not Stubbs' reconstruction, but Kitanemuk, Serrano are conservative in retaining these nasals. | narrower (Black diamondback only, some evidence of a generic use | derived | ʹşo:-wu-t snake.sp-augmentative-non.possessed.noun (I don't think -wut here is augmentative historically but clearly is treated as such, cf. $oomal, another species | -ʔaʃ "pet" | possessive classifier; NPN form of noun is ʔaʃla | Elliott 1999: 873 | no info | 1 | couplet: $oowut, pa'yamal “b.d. rattlesnake, raccoon” (in men's song)(E); Chingichngish animal (Sparkman 1908:218) | 2 | probably not, most Chingichngish animals not eaten | no info | no info | no info | no info | 0 | 0 | Southern Canada south | diverse habitats | yes | ||||||||||
| Maidu | Crotalus spp. | catátak'a | rattlesnake | unique | derived | rattle - X | Shipley 1963 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mojave | Crotalus spp. | ɂave | rattlesnake | inheritance | Proto-Yuman | Note Kiliwa ?+wi? | broader (any snake) | underived | Munro et al.1992 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mutsun | Crotalus spp. | 7ippi | rattlesnake | inheritance | Costanoan | Esselen ipišikša (Pinart), noted by Shaul;probably C > E because Kroeber has in Mont, Sjb, Sc (Sta Clara) | underived | Okrand 1977:145 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nisenan | Crotalus spp. | kojmo | rattlesnake | unique | underived | Uldall & Shipley 1966 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Paiute | Crotalus spp. | togoggwa | togokwa Thornes 2003:298 | Rattlesnake (Crotalus) | inheritance | *tɨ-koNwa | Numic | UA “snake” word *koNwa is Stubbs 2009, but this form is only in Numic | same | underived | etymologically a phrase, “earth-snake” | Yerington Dictionary | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Sierra Miwok | Crotalus spp. | wak:a:li- | rattlesnake | inheritance | Miwokan | Bodega Dic (no reconstruction given) | other complex | -:li | Callaghan 1987 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plains Miwok | Crotalus spp. | wac:akah, wac:akas, | rattlesnake | unique | underived | Callaghan 1984 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinan A | Crotalus spp. | sme:koí | rattlesnake | unique | Salinan | other complex | s- animal prefix | Mason 1918:124 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinan M | Crotalus spp. | smekoí | rattlesnake | unique | Salinan | other complex | s- animal prefix | Mason 1918:124 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seri (Comcaac) | Crotalus spp. | cocázni | rattlesnake, especially Western Diamondback (C. atrox) | unique | narrower (does not include sidewinders, for e.g.) | underived | Comcaac Dictionary 197 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serrano | Crotalus spp. | hyr:ng-t | rattlesnake (CHM confirms) | inheritance | *sɨwɨn- | Takic | S2011a (Stubbs 2008:280); not Stubbs' reconstruction, but Kitanemuk, Serrano are conservative in retaining these nasals. | other complex | -t NPN | KCHill ms 2001:17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Paiute | Crotalus spp. | togoavi | Rattlesnake (Crotalus spp.) | inheritance | *koNwa | Proto-Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2009 (2008:279); the to- “earth” prefix widespread in Numic | same | other complex | has -pi ABS | Sapir 1930:688 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Sierra Miwok | Crotalus spp. | law:ati- | rattlesnake | inheritance | Sierra Miwokan only | In Mics | underived | Broadbent 1964: | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Ute | Crotalus spp. | togóa-vI | rattlesnake, snake | inheritance | *koNwa | Uto-Aztecan | Stubbs 2009 (2008:279); this word with the to- prefix is just Numic, however | broader (includes all snakes) | other complex | has -pi ABS | Givon 1979 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tübatulabal | Crotalus spp. | shümmünt | ʃɨˈmɨnt | rattlesnake | inheritance | *samɨnɨ | Uto-Aztecan | S2011b (Stubbs 2009:280), should combine with 2011a | same | other complex | ʃɨˈmɨn-t rattlesnake.npn | Hill 2010:81 | no info | 1 | Rattlesnake is a supernatural being, a yümükīwal, and must be treated with respect | 2 | no reptiles eaten (Voegelin 1938:6) | no info | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | Southern Canada south | Diverse habitats | yes | ||||||||||||
| Tümpisa Shoshone | Crotalus spp. | tokowa | snake, rattlesnake | inheritance | *tɨ-*koNwa | Proto-Numic | Stubbs 2009; with this prefix only in Numic | broader (also can be generic for “snake”) | underived | obviously to-kowa “rock-snake” but I doubt if this is accessible to speakers | Dayley 1989:291 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wappo | Crotalus spp. | č'ép'iš | rattlesnake, worm (CHM confirms 52:577) | unique | Note Costanoan 7ippi, Esselen ipishiksha | underived | Sawyer 1965 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washo | Crotalus spp. | má:k'i7 | rattlesnake | unique | underived | Merriam 55:311; WPD | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Mono | Crotalus spp. | toGoqA | rattlesnake | inheritance | *tɨ-koNwa | Proto-Numic | UA “snake” word *koNwa is S2009, but this form only in Numic | broader (generic for “snake”) | underived | historically compound (see etymological notes) | Bethel et al.:232 | no info | 1 | Rattlesnake did not take jimsonweed so is mean and dangerous (Gayton2:282) | 2 | venom collected by having snakes strike a deer liver, used for arrow poison | no info | hunted | men | see food notes | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Wintu | Crotalus spp. | L'a:q | rattlesnake | unique | underived | possibly L'aqa “strike at” as in knapping?? | Schlichter 1981 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yavapai | Crotalus spp. | ɂlwĭ | appears in word for “snake rattles” | inheritance | Proto-Yuman | Note Kiliwa ?+wi? | unknown | Shaterian 1983 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yokuts Palewyami | Crotalus spp. | Tiel | rattlesnake | inheritance | *Thy?yl | Yokutsan | Callaghan 2001:326, “matches PW *ch'iwil” | same | underived | Gayton 1:47 has Te'Ed | Kroeber 1961:204; Merriam 58:529; also in Gayton I:47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yokuts Yawdanchi | Crotalus spp. | Tööd | rattlesnake | inheritance | *Thy?yl | Yokutsan | Callaghan 2001:326, “matches PW *ch'iwil” | same | underived | Kroeber 1961:204 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yokuts Yowlumne | Crotalus spp. | naTiT | rattlesnake | inheritance | *naThiTh | Nim-Yokuts | Golla 1964:64 | same | underived | Kroeber 1961:204 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yuki | Crotalus spp. | lil nąw'en, lil ną7in, etc. F | rattlesnake | unique | phrase | lil “rock” | Sawyer & Schlichter 1984 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yuma | Crotalus spp. | ah-vĭh' | rattlesnake (Crotalus) | inheritance | Proto-Yuman | Note Kiliwa ?+wi? | unknown | Merriam 61:463 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes |
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