| Bankalachi Toloim |
Geococcyx californianus |
oo'-e-oo'-e |
|
Road runner (Geococcyx californianus) |
loan |
|
|
Yokuts |
Proto-NimYokuts *ʔoyʔoy (Golla 1964); UA roadrunners say puypuy |
WW |
%uji |
same |
underived |
obvious reduplication but in Yokuts |
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|
|
C. H. Merriam 72-77, 60-455 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
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0 |
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|
0 |
|
0 |
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|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Big Smokey Valley Shoshone |
Geococcyx californianus |
un-nup'-pe (RM) 61:41 |
|
Road runner (Geococcyx) |
inheritance |
|
Central Numic |
|
Tumpisa Shoshone üngüppi |
|
|
|
unknown |
|
|
|
|
Merriam 61:73 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
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0 |
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0 |
|
0 |
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|
no |
|
|
|
| Cahuilla |
Geococcyx californianus |
púuiš |
ʹpu:iʃ |
road-runner (who allegedly sounds like púu) |
inheritance |
*puhi/*puʔi/*puwi (all proposed) |
Uto-Aztecan |
|
I agree with Stubbs 2009:250 that Yecora Piman pu7i “roadrunner” fits here. S1776. In all Takic. |
WW |
%pu: |
same |
derived |
puhu-iʃ “go.puhu-nominalizer” (note that plural is puh-ʧem) |
-7aʃ “pet” |
Possessive classifier -7aʃ |
wikikmal |
Seiler&Hioki 1979:158 |
no info |
2 |
For Luiseno, roadrunner cut hair in mourning for Creator |
1 |
|
no info |
|
hunted |
All |
roasted, stewed, eggs eaten |
0 |
|
0 |
|
Southwestern US to Central America |
desert areas |
no |
|
|
|
| Central Sierra Miwok |
Geococcyx californianus |
7új7uju- |
|
roadrunner |
inheritance |
*uj:uj:u- |
Eastern Miwokan |
|
Callaghan 1997:60; note also Pyokuts *oj7uy from 7u:j7uj |
WW |
%uji |
|
reduplicated |
|
|
|
|
Freeland & Broadbent 1960 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
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|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Chemehuevi |
Geococcyx californianus |
oo'-itch; oo'-its; oo'ts |
ʻɂətsA JPH |
Road runner (Geococcyx) |
unique |
|
|
|
Merriam forms look like Yokutsan word, but Harrington form is unique, but note S. Paiute wɨtca |
WW |
%uji |
same |
underived |
|
|
|
|
Merriam 59:527 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Chumash Barbareno |
Geococcyx californianus |
pup'u |
|
roadrunner |
loan into protolanguage |
*pu' |
Proto-Chumash |
Takic |
Klar 1977;106 |
WW |
%pu: |
|
reduplicated |
|
|
|
|
Beeler 1978:182 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
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|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Chumash Ineseno |
Geococcyx californianus |
qewqew |
|
roadrunner |
unique |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
reduplicated |
|
|
|
|
Applegate 152; |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
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|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Chumash Obispeno |
Geococcyx californianus |
(t)pu' |
|
roadrunner |
loan into protolanguage |
*pu' |
Proto-Chumash |
Takic |
|
WW |
%pu: |
|
other complex |
t- |
|
|
|
Klar 1977:106 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
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|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Chumash Ventureno |
Geococcyx californianus |
pupu |
|
road runner |
loan into protolanguage |
*pu' |
Proto-Chumash |
unknown |
Klar 1977:106 |
WW |
%pu: |
|
reduplicated |
|
|
|
|
Merriam 55:41; JPH III:91-0260 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Cocopa |
Geococcyx californianus |
clpu |
|
roadrunner |
loan into protolanguage |
|
Proto-Yuman |
Takic |
Langdon 1976:873 Metath; "carrier" possibly folk etymology on %pu:??? |
WW |
%pu: |
same |
underived |
|
|
|
|
Crawford 1989 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Comanche |
Geococcyx californianus |
ebikuyuutsi; rejon 40 ebikuyonit |
|
chaparral cock, roadrunner |
inheritance |
*kuyu(...) |
Northern Uto-Aztecan |
|
Stubbs 2358 (2008;316), “turkey”, perhaps a loan into Numic from Hopi??? But pretty good corresp. |
|
|
same |
phrase |
blue quail (modern form) or blue turkey (Rejon form) -- “quail” is just “turkey-DIM” |
|
|
|
Robinson & Armagost 1990:162 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Cupeño |
Geococcyx californianus |
puwish |
ˈpuwiʃ |
roadrunner |
inheritance |
*puhi/*puʔi/*puwi (all proposed) |
Uto-Aztean |
|
I agree with Stubbs 2009:250 that Yecora Piman pu7i “roadrunner” fits here. S1776. In all Takic. |
WW |
%pu: |
same |
other complex |
ˈpuwi-ʃ roadrunner-npn |
-ʔaʃ "pet" |
possessive classifier for animals |
mukikmal |
Hill & Nolasquez 1973:169 |
no info |
2 |
cut hair in mourning; ceremonial couplet tavish, puwish (H&N pp. 78,109) |
1 |
eggs surely eaten |
no info |
|
no info |
no info |
no info |
0 |
|
0 |
|
Southwestern US to Central America |
desert areas |
no |
|
|
|
| Esselen |
Geococcyx californianus |
missing |
|
|
missing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
missing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Gabrielino |
Geococcyx californianus |
poo'-he-awt |
puˈwiʔawt (?) |
Roadrunner |
inheritance |
*puhi/*puʔi/*puwi (all proposed) |
Uto-Aztecan |
|
I agree with Stubbs 2009:250 that Yecora Piman pu7i “roadrunner” fits here. S1776. In all Takic. |
WW |
%pu: |
same |
derived |
puˈwiʔ-a-w-t roadrunner-?-augmentative-npn (/a/ may be an ablaut vowel) |
ʔaʧ “pet” |
possessive classifier for animals |
chi:ya |
http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n415/mode/2up; p. 421 |
no info |
2 |
cut hair in mourning for Wiyot |
1 |
all birds eaten (McC 116) |
no info |
|
hunted |
men |
roasted |
0 |
|
0 |
|
Southwestern U.S. to Central America |
desert areas |
no |
|
|
|
| Iipay 'Aa |
Geococcyx californianus |
tellypuu |
|
roadrunner |
loan into protolanguage |
|
Proto-Yuman |
Takic |
Langdon 1976:873 Metath; I think this is older than a Takic loan but the roadrunner %pu: set needs a look and this is how to get it |
WW |
%pu: |
same |
underived |
|
|
|
|
Couro & Hutcheson 1973 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Kawaiisu |
Geococcyx californianus |
oi-yu-pe'-te; oo-e-yū'-pe |
|
roadrunner |
loan |
|
|
Yokutsan by way of? |
|
WW |
%uji |
same |
underived |
onomatopoeic in original, I assume |
|
|
|
Merriam 59:367 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Kiliwa |
Geococcyx californianus |
tlpi? |
|
Roadrunner |
loan into protolanguage |
|
Proto-Yuman |
Hokan |
Langdon 1976:873 Metath; cognate with the %pu: words elsewhere in Yuman but phonologically dissimilar |
WW |
%pu: |
same |
underived |
|
|
|
|
Mixco 1985 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Kitanemuk |
Geococcyx californianus |
puhyɨt |
ˈpuhjɨt |
roadrunner |
inheritance |
*puhi/*puʔi/*puwi (all proposed) |
Uto-Aztecan |
|
augmentative added (it's also in Gab.) |
WW |
%pu: |
same |
derived |
ˈpuh-jɨ-t puh (sound)-augmentative-npn |
-ʔacit "pet" |
possessive classifier for animals |
wicitat |
Anderton 1988:485 |
no info |
2 |
|
1 |
no decent info but everybody ate songbirds and eggs |
no info |
|
hunted |
men |
roasted, boiled, eggs eaten |
0 |
|
0 |
|
Southwestern U.S. to Central America |
desert areas |
no |
|
|
|
| Lake Miwok |
Geococcyx californianus |
huláaki |
|
roadrunner |
unique |
|
|
|
Note Wappo ho-lā'-lik “blue grouse” ?? |
|
|
|
underived |
|
|
|
|
Callaghan 1965 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Luiseño |
Geococcyx californianus |
púypuy |
ʹpujpuj |
roadrunner |
inheritance |
*puhi/*puʔi/*puwi (all proposed) |
Uto-Aztecan |
|
I agree with Stubbs 2009:250 that Yecora Piman pu7i “roadrunner” fits here. S1776. In all Takic. |
WW |
%pu: |
same |
reduplicated |
ʹpuj-puj |
-ʔaʃ "pet" |
possessive classifier; NPN form of noun is ʔaʃla |
7ehéngmal |
Elliott 1999:773 |
no info |
2 |
roadrunner, along with Horned Toad, doctored Wuyot (E); cut their hair in mourning for Wuyot (Harrington 1978:121) |
1 |
eggs at least must have been eaten |
no info |
|
no info |
no info |
no info |
0 |
|
0 |
|
Southwestern US to Central America |
desert areas |
no |
|
|
|
| Maidu |
Geococcyx californianus |
missing |
|
|
missing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
missing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Mojave |
Geococcyx californianus |
missing |
|
|
missing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
missing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Mutsun |
Geococcyx californianus |
oo'-e-too-ey, oo'-too-e |
|
roadrunner |
loan |
|
|
Yokuts |
Resembles Pmi and Pyn forms, but they don't have the /t/ part; sound-imitative areal form. Rumsen is Tapsan (CHM 55:441) |
WW |
%uji |
|
reduplicated |
|
|
|
|
Merriam 55:409 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Nisenan |
Geococcyx californianus |
oo'-e-oo'-e |
|
road runner |
loan |
|
|
Sierra Miwok |
note Mie *uj:uj:u- Callaghan 1997:60, Proto-Yokuts *7oj7uj from *u:j7uj; also Nisenan oo'-e-oo'-e (roadrunner CHM) |
WW |
%uji |
|
reduplicated |
|
|
|
|
Merriam 57:233 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Northern Paiute |
Geococcyx californianus |
poboyooha'a |
|
roadrunner |
calque |
|
|
English |
|
|
|
same |
phrase |
po 'road' - poyooha 'run.fast' |
|
|
|
Yerington Dictionary |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Northern Sierra Miwok |
Geococcyx californianus |
7u:juju- |
|
roadrunner |
inheritance |
*7uj:uj:u- |
Eastern Miwokan |
|
Callaghan 1997:60, and note Pyokutsan *7oj7uj from 7u:j7uj, so possibly Utian |
WW |
%uji |
|
reduplicated |
|
|
|
|
Callaghan 1987 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Plains Miwok |
Geococcyx californianus |
7uj:uj:u- |
|
roadrunner |
inheritance |
*uj:uj:u- |
Eastern Miwokan |
|
Callaghan 1997:60; and note Proto-Yokuts *7oj7uj from *u:j7uj; also Nisenan oo'-e-oo'-e (roadrunner CHM) |
WW |
%uji |
|
reduplicated |
|
|
|
|
Callaghan 1984 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Salinan A |
Geococcyx californianus |
xom, xom' |
|
roadrunner, ground cuckoo |
unique |
|
Salinan |
|
in M |
|
|
|
underived |
|
|
|
|
Mason 1918:126; Turner 1980:82 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Salinan M |
Geococcyx californianus |
xó:'mI |
|
roadrunner, ground cuckoo |
unique |
|
Salinan |
|
|
|
|
|
underived |
|
|
|
|
Mason 1918:126 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Seri (Comcaac) |
Geococcyx californianus |
zaap |
|
Greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus |
unique |
|
|
|
|
|
|
same |
underived |
|
|
|
|
Comcaac Dictionary 613 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Serrano |
Geococcyx californianus |
pu:hia7-t |
|
roadrunner |
inheritance |
*puhi/*pu7i/*puwi |
Uto-Aztecan |
|
final increment is augmentative (as in Gab., Kit.) |
WW |
%pu: |
|
other complex |
-t NPN |
|
|
|
KCHill ms 2001:46 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Southern Paiute |
Geococcyx californianus |
wɨtca |
|
Road runner (Geococcyx californianus) |
unique |
|
|
|
note Chemehuevi ʻɂətsA |
|
|
same |
underived |
|
|
|
|
Sapir 1930:720 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Southern Sierra Miwok |
Geococcyx californianus |
hujuh:uj-, 7ujuj:u- |
|
roadrunner |
inheritance |
*7uj:uj:u- |
Eastern Miwokan |
|
Callaghan 1997:60 and note Pyokutsan *7oj7uj from 7u:j7uj |
|
|
|
reduplicated |
|
|
|
|
Broadbent 1964: |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Southern Ute |
Geococcyx californianus |
pǫǫ-nUkwí-kų-cI |
|
roadrunner |
calque |
|
|
English |
nobody else has anything like this |
|
|
same |
phrase |
road-run-NOM-ABS |
|
|
|
Givon 1979 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Tübatulabal |
Geococcyx californianus |
üyhyümpisht |
ʔɨjhjɨmˈbiʃt |
roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus |
loan |
|
|
Yokuts |
Proto-NimYokuts *ʔoyʔoy (Golla 1964); UA roadrunners say puypuy |
WW |
%uji |
same |
derived |
ʔɨjhjɨmˈ-biʃ-t goes.uy-indiv-npn |
|
|
chikkīt |
Hill 2010:113 |
no info |
2 |
|
1 |
Voegelin 1938:12; disgusting because they eat lizards |
no info |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
|
0 |
|
Southwestern U.S. to Central America |
desert areas |
no |
|
|
|
| Tümpisa Shoshone |
Geococcyx californianus |
üngüppi |
|
road runner |
inheritance |
|
Central Numic only |
|
Recorded at Round Mountain for W. Shoshoni |
|
|
same |
other complex |
üngü-ppi |
ppi |
|
|
Dayley 1989:371 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Wappo |
Geococcyx californianus |
cúch |
|
roadrunner (CHM we'-kah 52:569) |
unique |
|
|
|
Yuki o-chaw'-e MWO |
|
|
|
underived |
|
|
|
|
Sawyer 1965 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Washo |
Geococcyx californianus |
missing |
|
|
missing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
missing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Western Mono |
Geococcyx californianus |
uwi'uwina' |
|
roadrunner |
loan |
|
|
Yokutsan |
Proto-NimYokuts *ʔoyʔoy (Golla 1964); also in Miwok; UA roadrunners say puypuy; Might also be from Miss |
WW |
%uji |
same |
onomatopoeic |
uwi'uwi-na uwi'uwi-says |
|
|
tsiipa “bird” |
Bethel et al.:271 |
totem of lineage that included chief's messenger (Gayton 2:271); totem of Eagle moiety (Gifford p. 37) |
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Wintu |
Geococcyx californianus |
pu:pu: |
|
roadrunner (CHM pōm to'-hut 56:71 and elsewhere; pom “ground”, to'-hut “runner” -- a neologism? ) |
loan |
|
|
unknown |
Not the Wintun form; looks like UA words! But a loan from Takic puypuy seems unlikely. May just be sound symbolic. |
WW |
%pu: |
|
reduplicated |
|
|
|
|
Pitkin 1985 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Yavapai |
Geococcyx californianus |
tlpū |
|
road runner |
loan into protolanguage |
|
Proto-Yuman |
Takic |
Langdon 1976:873 Metath; see notes on Iipay Aa |
WW |
%pu: |
|
unknown |
|
|
|
|
Shaterian 1983 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Yokuts Palewyami |
Geococcyx californianus |
uiuiwiléits |
|
roadrunner |
inheritance |
*ɂoyɂoy (NY) |
Yokutsan |
|
Callaghan 1939:60, compare Pmie *?uj(:)uj:u- |
WW |
%uji |
same |
other complex |
has -wilets element |
|
|
|
Kroeber 1961:204 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Yokuts Yawdanchi |
Geococcyx californianus |
oiui |
|
road runner |
inheritance |
*ɂoyɂoy (NY) |
Yokutsan |
|
Callaghan 1939:60, compare Pmie *?uj(:)uj:u- |
WW |
%uji |
same |
reduplicated |
|
|
|
|
Kroeber 1961:204 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Yokuts Yowlumne |
Geococcyx californianus |
'oy'o:y |
|
roadrunner |
inheritance |
*ɂoyɂoy (NY) |
Yokutsan |
|
Callaghan 1939:60, compare Pmie *?uj(:)uj:u- |
WW |
%uji |
same |
reduplicated |
|
|
|
|
Newman 1944:191 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Yuki |
Geococcyx californianus |
o-chaw'-e MWO |
|
road runner |
unique |
|
|
|
Wappo cuch |
|
|
|
other complex |
-i is a noun suffix |
|
|
|
Sawyer & Schlichter 1984 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
| Yuma |
Geococcyx californianus |
tal'-ye-pŏ' |
|
Road runner (Geococcyx) |
loan into protolanguage |
|
Proto-Yuman |
Takic |
Langdon 1976:873; see note on Iipay Aa form |
WW |
%pu: |
|
unknown |
|
|
|
|
Merriam 61:455 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
no |
|
|
|
