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scaly lizard

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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

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	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Distribution	Habitat	Dangerous
Bankalachi Toloim	Pygopus lepidopodus?	hol'-poi, hol'-poi'-ĕ “bigger”		Scaly lizard (Sceloporus)	loan			Yokuts	Yowlumne hol-poi'-ye, hol-poi'-yah (all lizards)				unknown					C. H. Merriam 72-79, 60-463		2		2		0						no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	Pygopus lepidopodus?	tŭ'-moi (RV), dĕ'-hoi (RM)		Scaly lizard (Sceloporus)	inheritance	*tɨko	Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1336 (2008:203) SUA only, needs elevation. And perhaps unite with Stubbs 1342			same	underived	has tɨ- “earth” prefix etymologically				Merriam 61:81		2		2		0						no
Cahuilla	Pygopus lepidopodus?	múlʸak	ˈmuʎak	lizard (generic term)	inheritance				Only in Cupeño and Cahuila. Because of odd word shape, a potential loan; not obviously Yuman.			same (according to S&H)	underived	no non-possessed noun suffix	-7aʃ “pet”	possessive classifier -7aʃ (probably)		Seiler & Hioki 1979:114	no info	2	Moon gaves lizards their colors; they are her paintings (Seiler 1970:44). Mulyak still looks at sun because he was assigned to watch an evil-doer at Creation Time (Seiler 1970:48)	2		no info	hunted	women	boiled, roasted	All Americas	Diverse habitats	no
Central Sierra Miwok	Pygopus lepidopodus?	šák:aTi-		lizard	inheritance		Eastern Miwokan		In all Mis and Mip				underived							2		2		0						no
Chemehuevi	Pygopus lepidopodus?	tsang-ah'	caŋA	Scaly lizard (Sceloporus)	inheritance	*caŋa	Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1331 (2008;202), may be arealism, cognates are in Chemehuevi, SP, Serrano				unknown					Merriam 59:535		2		2		0						no
Chumash Barbareno	Pygopus lepidopodus?	missing			missing								missing							2		2		0						no
Chumash Ineseno	Pygopus lepidopodus?	o'-no-kō'k		Scaly lizard	inheritance		Central Chumash only		Also in Barbareno				underived	probably complex, but impossible to identify morphemes				Merriam 55:17		2		2		0						no
Chumash Obispeno	Pygopus lepidopodus?	t'akiškilopo		cachora	unique				Schoenhals et al say is Sceloporus				phrase	elements unanalyzable				JPH III;1:295		2		2		0						no
Chumash Ventureno	Pygopus lepidopodus?	an'-tip-snă'-ki		scaly lizard	unique								other complex	7al-				Merriam 55:49		2		2		0						no
Cocopa	Pygopus lepidopodus?	missing			missing								missing							2		2		0						no
Comanche	Pygopus lepidopodus?	missing			missing								missing							2		2		0						no
Cupeño	Pygopus lepidopodus?	mulyak	ˈmulyak	lizard sp.	inheritance	*mulyak	Cupan		only in Cupeño, Cahuilla			broader (seems to be generic for “lizard”)	underived	note no npn	-ʔaʃ "pet"	possessive classifier for animals		Hill & Nolasquez 1973:163	no info	2	Mulyak spies on frog as he bewitches creator (Hill & Nolasquez 1973:3); ceremonial couplet mulyak $evalchangish (H&N p. 80)	2		no info	no info	no info	no info	Americas	diverse habitats	no
Esselen	Pygopus lepidopodus?	mexile-n		lizard	loan			Costanoan	compare Costanoan mexer-				other complex	-n classifier suffix	-n			Shaul 1988:696		2		2		0						no
Gabrielino	Pygopus lepidopodus?	che-roo'-ko? 60-429	ʧiˈrukuʔ	Scaly lizard	loan			Gabrielino	Kitanemuk chiruku' “lizard, cachora (iguana)”; See discussion at S1332 (Stubbs 2009:202). See also note with “Bat”			broader (for several kinds of lizards, but not all so-called in English)	underived	no npn	-ʔaʧ “pet	possessive classifier for animals		http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n415/mode/2up; p. 429	no info	2		2	considered disgusting (McC p. 117)	no info	N/A	N/A	N/A	Americas	Diverse habitats	no
Iipay 'Aa	Pygopus lepidopodus?	haakwall		lizard (Merriam 55:213 confirms Sceloporus)	unique							same	underived					Couro & Hutcheson 1973		2		2		0						no
Kawaiisu	Pygopus lepidopodus?	wō-wus'-san-nā'-te/ze		Sceloporus	unique							same	other complex	wō-wus'-san-nā'-te/ze; last element is -zi ABS				Merriam 59:375		2		2		0						no
Kiliwa	Pygopus lepidopodus?	xmsilq		spiny lizards. S. poinsetti?	unique							same	underived					Mixco 1985		2		2		0						no
Kitanemuk	Pygopus lepidopodus?	che'-roo-po 60-17	chiruku' (Harrington's form in Anderton)	lizard, cachora (Iguana)	loan			Gabrielino	Gab. che-roo'-ko? 60-429. See discussion at S1332 (Stubbs 2009:202). See also note with “Bat”			no info	underived	no npn	-ʔacit "pet"	possessive classifier for animals		Anderton 1988:285	no info	2		2		no info	no info	no info	no info	Americas	Diverse habitats	no
Lake Miwok	Pygopus lepidopodus?	petéeli		lizard (Merriam confirms as Sceloporus 57:527)	inheritance		Miwokan		Pmiw *pe:te:li, also Mip pit:e:le- Callaghan 1971:24	WW	%petel		underived					Callaghan 1965		2		2		0						no
Luiseño	Pygopus lepidopodus?	qa$íla	qaʹşila	lizard	unique				I wonder about S1328b *kwaCca, in which Stubbs 2009:202 puts Hopi qöqöci. Vowel is wrong, but ...			same	other complex	qaʹşi-la lizard-non.possessed.noun	-ʔaʃ "pet"	possessive classifier; NPN form of noun is ʔaʃla	no info	Elliott 1999:792	no info	2		2	“a tabooed food” White 1963:143	no info	N/A	N/A	N/A	Americas	diverse habitats	no
Maidu	Pygopus lepidopodus?	7óm píccak'a		lizard (Merriam confirms)	inheritance	*pít-c'ak'	Maiduan		Ultan 1964:366:208				phrase	rock lizard.sp.				Shipley 1963		2		2		0						no
Mojave	Pygopus lepidopodus?	ɂahatath'ily		type of spiny of scaled lizard (lives in greasewood)	inheritance		Proto-Yuman		Contains *(č)-xat “dog”; Note Yavapai thθí(·)la			same	phrase	7ahat-ath'ily second element only in this form				Munro et al.1992		2		2		0						no
Mutsun	Pygopus lepidopodus?	mă-hă-ru-ah		Scaly lizard (Sceloporus)	inheritance				Southern Costanoan; Rumseh mĕCH-a-ren Merriam 55:449				other complex	morphology unknown				Merriam 55:417		2		2		0						no
Nisenan	Pygopus lepidopodus?	p'ic'ak', pitc'ak'		lizard (Merriam confirms scaly lizard Merriam 57:241	inheritance	*pít-c'ak'	Maiduan		Ultan 1964: 366 # 208				underived					Uldall & Shipley 1966		2		2		0						no
Northern Paiute	Pygopus lepidopodus?	kah-wē'-dah		Scaly lizard (Sceloporus)	unique							same	underived	may have the -dɨ nominalizer but impossible to tell				Merriam 61:147		2		2		0						no
Northern Sierra Miwok	Pygopus lepidopodus?	sak:iTi-		Ordinary dark gray lizard (Merriam Sceloporus, Gerrhonotus”)	inheritance		Eastern Miwokan		In all Mis and Mip				other complex	-Ti				Callaghan 1987		2		2		0						no
Plains Miwok	Pygopus lepidopodus?	tep:e:na-		lizard (generic), telegraph lizard, common lizard, blue lizard (CHM has for Sceloporus CC)	unique								underived					Callaghan 1984		2		2		0						no
Salinan A	Pygopus lepidopodus?	xakelé; xa:pelé7		lizard (Merriam confirms scaly lizard 55:379)	loan		Salinan	unknown	Note Pmiw *pet:el:li, Mip pit:e:le-,	WW	%petel		underived	probably etymologically complex				Mason 1918:123; Turner 1980:78 from Harrington, Jacobsen		2		2		0						no
Salinan M	Pygopus lepidopodus?	xapailə/'		lizard (Merriam confirms scaly lizard 55:379)	loan		Salinan	unknown	note Note Pmiw *pet:el:li, Mip pit:e:le-,	WW	%petel		underived					Mason 1918:123		2		2		0						no
Seri (Comcaac)	Pygopus lepidopodus?	haasj		spiny lizard, Sceloporus magister/?	unique							narrower (a species of Sceloporus)	underived					Comcaac Dictionary 309		2		2		0						no
Serrano	Pygopus lepidopodus?	car:ngt		lizard sp. (CHM confirms Sceloporus 60:109)	inheritance	*canga	Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1331; only other form is Southern Paiute, may be a regionalism, not NUA				other complex	-t NPN				KCHill ms 2001:8		2		2		0						no
Southern Paiute	Pygopus lepidopodus?	tcanga:		Lizard (Merriam: Scaly lizard (Sceloporus)	inheritance	*caŋa	Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1331 (2008:202); may be arealism, cognates in Chemehuevi, S. Paiute, Serrano			same	underived					Sapir 1930:698		2		2		0						no
Southern Sierra Miwok	Pygopus lepidopodus?	sok'-kah-de'		Scaly lizard (Sceloporus)	inheritance		Eastern Miwokan		In all Mis and Mip				other complex	-ti (Ti?)				Merriam 57:463		2		2		0						no
Southern Ute	Pygopus lepidopodus?	missing			missing								missing							2		2		0						no
Tübatulabal	Pygopus lepidopodus?	shikkol	ʃiˈkol	lizard	semantic shift	*siko- “stinkbug”	Californian		S312 (Stubbs 2009:83); alwas reduplicated as sisko in “stinkbug”, perhaps that's the shift from “lizard”.			broader (includes several kinds of lizard, more like English “lizard, generic”)	other complex	ʃiˈko-l lizard-npn				Hill 2010:78	no info	2		2	no reptiles eaten (Voegelin 1938:6)	no info	N/A	N/A	N/A	Americas	Diverse habitats	no
Tümpisa Shoshone	Pygopus lepidopodus?	awappo'i		desert spring lizard, Sceloporus magister	unique							same	underived					Dayley 1989:11		2		2		0						no
Wappo	Pygopus lepidopodus?	tōn-nŏk; tawn'-nuk-kaw		scaly lizard	unique								underived					Merriam 52:577		2		2		0						no
Washo	Pygopus lepidopodus?	píteli7		scaly lizard	loan			Northern Sierra Miwok	Pmiw *pet:el:l (Callaghan 1971),	WW	%petel		underived					Merriam 55:311; WPD		2		2		0						no
Western Mono	Pygopus lepidopodus?	poGo'ya		lizard	inheritance	*poko	Western + Central Numic, Tübatulabal		Stubbs 1338 (2008:203); distribution looks areal, check Yokuts, Miwok			same	underived	-ya may be detachable (see taba'ya "gooseberry")				Bethel et al.:150	no info	2		2		no info	no info	no info	no info			no
Wintu	Pygopus lepidopodus?	č'iwiL		fence lizard (Sceloporus) (CHM confirms)	inheritance	*č'iwil	Wintun		Shepherd 2005				underived	č'iw 2 only				Schlichter 1981		2		2		0						no
Yavapai	Pygopus lepidopodus?	thθí(·)la		lizard	inheritance		Proto-Yuman		Note Mojave ahatath'ily				unknown					Shaterian 1983		2		2		0						no
Yokuts Palewyami	Pygopus lepidopodus?	kah-tahl'-mut		Scaly lizard	unique				nothing similar in Kroeber			same	phrase	-mut is probably -meT "big"				Merriam 58:529		2		2		0						no
Yokuts Yawdanchi	Pygopus lepidopodus?	k'onče:ča	(Golla 1964:63)	Scaly lizard (Wik) (Merriam confirms genus Sceloporus)	inheritance	*k'on-čo:čiɂ	Nim-Yokuts		Golla 1964:63; looks a bit like the Mutsun “snake” word ko:Tehwa			broader (may be generic for “lizard”	other complex	the k'on element is separable				Merriam 58:371; transcription Golla 1964:63		2		2		0						no
Yokuts Yowlumne	Pygopus lepidopodus?	hol-poiy'-ye/yah		scaly lizard, all lizards	unique				unique among Merriam's forms			broader (a generic for “lizard”)	other complex	surely complex but no analysis available				Merriam 58:561		2		2		0						no
Yuki	Pygopus lepidopodus?	są:t'e F, sątin A		Scaly lizard (CHM confirms)	inheritance	*sət'i(ya)m	Yukian		Schlichter 1985				underived					Sawyer & Schlichter 1984		2		2		0						no
Yuma	Pygopus lepidopodus?	>han-tus-ēl'		Scaly lizard (Sceloporus)	unique								unknown					Merriam 61:463		2		2		0						no


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 Yowlumne
Yuki
Yuma

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