Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

small brown 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	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	Food Source	Food Notes	Medicinal	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Psychotropic	Traded	Distribution	Habitat	Dangerous
Bankalachi Toloim	tut-rat'-tit		Small brown lizard (Uta)	doubtful loan			Yokuts	almost certainly Yokuts but Merriam didn't get Uta for any dialects in my bases; Kroeber didn't collect, not in Golla			same	underived					C. H. Merriam 72-811, 60-463		2	2		0				0	0			no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	pokoicii, pokwaicii		lizard (generic)	inheritance	*poko	Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1338 (2008:203); distribution looks areal,Western & Central Numic, Tubatulabal check Yokuts, Miwok			broader (generic for “lizard”)	other complex	has -tsi ABS				Crapo 1976:150		2	2		0				0	0			no
Cahuilla	missing			missing
Central Sierra Miwok	píč:ak:a-		lizard	inheritance		Sierra Miwokan only		Also in Miss				underived					Freeland & Broadbent 1960		2	2		0				0	0			no
Chemehuevi	missing			missing								missing							2	2		0				0	0			no
Chumash Barbareno	ʔonok'ok'		lizard	inheritance		Central Chumash only		also in Ineseno				reduplicated					Beeler 1978:181		2	2		0				0	0			no
Chumash Ineseno	missing			missing								missing							2	2		0				0	0			no
Chumash Obispeno	missing			missing								missing							2	2		0				0	0			no
Chumash Ventureno	ʔolpo; 7oLpo JPH		lizard sp.	unique								underived	is this from 7al-??				Mamet 2008:32		2	2		0				0	0			no
Cocopa	missing			missing								missing							2	2		0				0	0			no
Comanche	paboko'ai		timber lizard	inheritance	*poko	Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1338 (2008:203), distribution looks areal: W. and C. Numic, Tub.			same	phrase	big-lizard				Robinson & Armagost 1990:163		2	2		0				0	0			no
Cupeño	missing			missing								missing							2	2		0				0	0			no
Esselen	missing			missing								missing							2	2		0				0	0			no
Gabrielino	che-roo'-ko?	ʧiˈrukuʔ	Small brown lizard	loan			Gabrielino	See discussion at S1332 (Stubbs 2009:202)			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	0	0	Western North America	desert areas	no
Iipay 'Aa	missing			missing								missing							2	2		0				0	0			no
Kawaiisu	missing			missing								missing							2	2		0				0	0			no
Kiliwa	xu?chiin		lizard, similar to Mojave fringe-toed liazrd, U. scoparia	unique							same	underived					Mixco 1985		2	2		0				0	0			no
Kitanemuk	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	0	0	Western North America	desert areas	no
Lake Miwok	missing			missing								missing							2	2		0				0	0			no
Luiseño	7avétkala	ʔaˈvetkala	type of lizard, extremely archaic to Mrs. Hyde; Sparkman, common lizard	unique				Includes *taka (UA etymon) S1340; cf. Cahuilla tataxsily “little lizard”; ?ave- looks like the Yuman “snake” word.			same	compound	ʔaˈve-tka-la ?-lizard.sp-non.possessed.noun	-ʔaʃ "pet"	possessive classifier; NPN form of noun is ʔaʃla	no info	Elliott 1999: 144	no info	2	2	“a tabooed food” White 1963:143	no info	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0	Americas	desert areas	no
Maidu	um-pe'-til-lil-lă		small brown lizard, Uta	loan			Miwokan	Pmiw *pet:el:li, Mip pit:e:le-, etc. (Callaghan 1971:24 and Bodega Dic give no Mi reconstruction)	WW	%petel		phrase	rock lizard.sp.				Merriam 57:49		2	2		0				0	0			no
Mojave	kwaathany		type of brownish-colored lizard	unique							same	underived					Munro et al.1992		2	2		0				0	0			no
Mutsun	esh-shā-loo		small brown lizard (Uta?)	unique								other complex	morphology unknown				Merriam 55:417		2	2		0				0	0			no
Nisenan	pit'-too-kul		small brown lizard (Uta)	unique				Compare Miwokan *pit:e:le- (approx recon)	WW	%petel		underived					Merriam 57:241		2	2		0				0	0			no
Northern Paiute	te-bod-za		Small brown lizard (Uta)	unique							same	underived					Merriam 61:147		2	2		0				0	0			no
Northern Sierra Miwok	, pit:e:le-		small lizard “Uta CHM”	inheritance		Miwokan		Pmiw *pet:el:l, iMip pit:e:le-, etc. (Callaghan 1971:24 and Bodega Dic give no Mi reconstruction)	WW	%petel		underived					Callaghan 1987		2	2		0				0	0			no
Plains Miwok	sak:iti-		black lizard, common lizard, sun lizard	inheritance		Eastern Miwokan		In all Mis				underived	-ti probably separable etymologically				Callaghan 1984		2	2		0				0	0			no
Salinan A	abelē		lizard	loan		Salinan	unknown	Note Pmiw *pet:el:li, Pip pit:e:le-,	WW	%petel		underived	probably etymologically complex				Heizer/Pinart I:80		2	2		0				0	0			no
Salinan M	missing			missing								missing							2	2		0				0	0			no
Seri (Comcaac)	tozípia		side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana	unique							narrower (a species of Uta, although probably the one Merriam meant)	underived					Comcaac Dictionary 575		2	2		0				0	0			no
Serrano	missing			missing								missing					KCHill ms 2001:8		2	2		0				0	0			no
Southern Paiute	cɨgɨpɨtsI common small lizard 661		common small lizard	inheritance	sVkV (< suku)	Proto-Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 2019b S. Numic but I agree should be united w/ 2019a PUA (2008:281)			same	other complex	has -pɨtsI ABS				Sapir 1930:661		2	2		0				0	0			no
Southern Sierra Miwok	pe-chuk'-kah (pe-tā'-le in tale)		small brown lizard (Uta)	inheritance		Sierra Miwokan only		Also in Mics	WW	%petel		underived					Merriam 57:463		2	2		0				0	0			no
Southern Ute	sųgų-nagóy-cI		lizard	unique				has PUA *suku Stubbs 2019 (2008:281) but -nagoy??			broader (unclear scope)	other complex	has -ci ABS; stem clearly diachronically compound				Givon 1979		2	2		0				0	0			no
Tübatulabal	chi-le-vit 72-811; 60-497 with chi-le-bit	ʧayliˈbit	small brown lizard (Uta)	unique				Note Yawelmani Yokuts Tesa'ay (Kroeber 1961:205)			no info	derived	ʧayli-ˈbi-t lizard.sp-diminutive-npn				http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n479/mode/2up; p. 497	no info	2	2	no reptiles eaten (Voegelin 1938:6)	no info	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0	Western North America	desert areas	no
Tümpisa Shoshone	pokowaittsi		side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana	inheritance	*poko	Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1338 (2008:203); distribution looks areal,Western & Central Numic, Tubatulabal check Yokuts, Miwok			same	other complex	pokowai-ttsi lizard-DIM				Dayley 1989:217		2	2		0				0	0			no
Wappo	missing			missing								missing							2	2		0				0	0			no
Washo	pā-tel		small brown lizard (same word?)	loan			Northern Sierra Miwok	Pmiw *pet:el:l,	WW	%petel		underived					Merriam 55:311		2	2		0				0	0			no
Western Mono	wulu:lu		brown lizard	loan			Yokuts	Yowlumne wil-lā'-le “leopard lizard”??			same	underived					Gayton 2:224	no info	2	2		no info	no info	no info	no info	0	0			no
Wintu	missing			missing								missing							2	2		0				0	0			no
Yavapai	missing			missing								missing							2	2		0				0	0			no
Yokuts Palewyami	cònteya		lizard sp.	inheritance	*k'on-	Yokutsan		not identical to the Yowlumne form so probably inherited			same	underived	*k'on seems to be a separable element but no etymology for increments				Kroeber 1961:205		2	2		0				0	0			no
Yokuts Yawdanchi	kóndjèdja		lizard sp. (Merriam does NOT confirm but he has this for Uta sp. for Pal.)	inheritance	*k'on-čo:čiɂ	Nim-Yokuts		Golla 1964:60			broader (may be generic for “lizard”	other complex	k'on “to fall”, alight” K 1907:237				Kroeber 1961:205		2	2		0				0	0			no
Yokuts Yowlumne	wile:le		spotted lizard	unique				nowhere in Merriam			same	underived					Newman 1944:26		2	2		0				0	0			no
Yuki	missing			missing								missing							2	2		0				0	0			no
Yuma	missing			missing								missing							2	2		0				0	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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