Hunter-Gatherer Language Database

soaproot

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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	Source	Association with Social Categories	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Ritual Notes	Food Source	Food Notes	Medicinal	Medicinal Notes	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Distribution	Habitat	Dangerous
Bankalachi Toloim	Chlorogalum	traw'-hawt		Soaproot	loan			Yokuts	Yowlumne traw'-hawt'; Wikchamni chaw-kawt'; trōCH'-ut; Proto-Nim-Yokuts *ThoxoTh Golla 1964:65	WW	%svkv	same	underived				C. H. Merriam 72-79, 60-473		2		1		1							no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	Chlorogalum	missing			inheritance								missing						2		1		1							no
Cahuilla	Chlorogalum	kĕ'-ko-waht 60-245		Soaproot, Chlorogalum	unique							same	other complex	A Merriam word, attested nowhere else, probably kikuwa-t. Root is a bit long for simplex. wa-t is NOT augmentative for which Merriam always has wit, wut.	-m-exan-7a "inanimate"	-m-exan-7a (for inanimates; literally "somehow - doing.thus- possessed.noun")	http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n189/mode/2up; p. 245	no info	2		1	as pot herb (Bean & Saubel 1972:54)	no info		gathered (wild)	women	bulb crushed and particles rubbed in water for lather, bulb fibers for brushes, young spring shoots as pot herb	Southwest Oregon, California	rock bluffs, grasslands, chaparral	no
Central Sierra Miwok	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Chemehuevi	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Chumash Barbareno	Chlorogalum	qi'w,		Soaproot	unique								underived				Timbrook 2007;56		2		1		1							no
Chumash Ineseno	Chlorogalum	kot'		Soaproot (Merriam 55:29 confirms)	loan			Yokuts	*ThoxoTh Golla 1964:65	WW	%svkv		underived				Timbrook 2007:56		2		1		1							no
Chumash Obispeno	Chlorogalum	tqupa'		Soap plant, soaproot, C. pomeridianum	unique								other complex	t-			Timbrook 2007:56		2		1		1							no
Chumash Ventureno	Chlorogalum	pash	paʃ	Chlorogalum pomeridianum; Soap plant, Soap root, Amole	unique				I think this is wrong word, this is the yucca-root soap				underived				Timbrook 2007:56		2		1		1							no
Cocopa	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Comanche	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Cupeño	Chlorogalum	suxuxul	ˈsuxuxul (a Faye recording)	soaproot	loan			Yokuts	Note Gabrielino $u:har “amole, escobete”; Proto-Nim-Yokuts (at least) *ThoxoTh Golla 1964:65	WW	%svkv	same	other complex	ˈsuxuxu-l soaproot-npn (root may have reduplication)			Hill & Nolasquez 1973:173	no info	2		1	probably as pot herb, but mainly for soap, fiber	no info		gathered (wild)	women	bulbs chopped for lather, fibers around bulbs used for brushes	Southwest Oregon, California	rock bluffs, grasslands, chaparral	no
Esselen	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Gabrielino	Chlorogalum	$u:har	ˈşu:har	amole, escobete	loan			Gabrielino	Note Cupeno ˈsuxuxul (a Faye recording); loan from Proto-Nim-Yokuts (at least) *ThoxoTh Golla 1964:65 into Takic	WW	%svkv	same	other complex	ˈşu:ha-r soaproot-npn	-hi:n	classifier for worthwhile possessions	Harrington 541	no info	2		1	root could be eaten, mainly for little brushes for mortars	no info		gathered (wild)	women	fibers stripped for brushes, root chopped for soap	Southwest Oregon, California	rock bluffs, grasslands, chaparral	no
Iipay 'Aa	Chlorogalum	ɂehkat		bush that looks like sour dock, but with leaves flat on ground, the roots used for soap (Merriam confirms Soaproot (Chlorogalum pomeridianum))	unique				could this be from %sVkV???			same	underived				Merriam 55:225; Couro and Hutcheson		2		1		1							no
Kawaiisu	Chlorogalum	wɨnižibɨ		Chlorogalum pomeridianum	inheritance	*wɨnVzV	Proto-Numic		Western Mono word for Soaproot brush is wɨnazU;			same	other complex	wɨniži-bɨ brush-ABS (brush plant)	bɨ, pɨ	bɨ, pɨ seem to classify for plants, trees	1981 Zigmond		2		1		1							no
Kiliwa	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Kitanemuk	Chlorogalum	wokihwaʔt	ˈwokihwaʔt	escobeta, amole hair brush	unique							broader (plant, and brush from its fibers)	derived	wok-ihwaʔ-t brush-instrument-npn	-niw	possessive classifier for things	Anderton 1988:581	no info	2		1	root could be eaten, but mainly for soap	no info		gathered (wild)	women	root chopped and used for soap, fibers make brushes	Southwest Oregon, California	rock bluffs, grasslands, chaparral	no
Lake Miwok	Chlorogalum	se-ke'-te		soap plant (C has şikíiti for an unidentified edible plant)	inheritance	*saka-:ni-	Miwokan		Callaghan 1971;	WW	%svkv		underived	-ti may be increment etymologically			Merriam 57:539		2		1		1							no
Luiseño	Chlorogalum	qéenat	ʹqe:nat	edible plant species, extremely archaic to Mrs. Hyde. Bright: Edible bulb, Chlorogalum parviflorum	unique							same	other complex	ʹqe:na-t soaproot-non.possessed.noun			Elliott 1999:804	no info	2	outer fibers incorporated into bear shaman costumes (C. pomeridium -- Timbrook)	1	bulb of C. parviflorum is eaten (Sparkman 1908:234)	no info		gathered (wild)	women	bulb crushed and particles rubbed in water for lather, bulb fibers for brushes	Southwest Oregon, California	rock bluffs, grasslands, chaparral	no
Maidu	Chlorogalum	hā-gā'-kum-sam		soaproot	unique								phrase	but unanalyzable			Merriam 57:61		2		1		1							no
Mojave	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Mutsun	Chlorogalum	torow		soap-root	unique				Note Nim-Yokuts *ThoxoTh (Golla 1964)				underived	Not reduplicated, root is {toro:w} Okrand p. 141			Okrand 1977:89		2		1		1							no
Nisenan	Chlorogalum	haw		C. pomeridianum	unique								underived				Merriam 57:253		2		1		1							no
Northern Paiute	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Northern Sierra Miwok	Chlorogalum	sak:isa		comb plant	inheritance	*saka:ni-	Eastern Miwokan		Callaghan 1971	WW	%svkv		other complex	-sa ???			Callaghan 1987		2		1		1							no
Plains Miwok	Chlorogalum	saka:ni-		soap plant, comb, brush	inheritance	*saka...	Miwokan		Pmie *saka:ni (Callaghan 1971)-, but note Mil şikíiti , which Merriam says is soaproot (JHH)	WW	%svkv		underived	-:ni may be etymological suffix			Callaghan 1984		2		1		1							no
Salinan A	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Salinan M	Chlorogalum	ck'alə/<; tetaí		large soap-root; small soaproot 129 (Merriam confirms first as Chlorogalum)	unique				not recorded in in A	WW	%svkv		underived				Mason 1918:128		2		1		1							no
Seri (Comcaac)	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Serrano	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Southern Paiute	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Southern Sierra Miwok	Chlorogalum	saka-:ni-		soaproot	inheritance	*saka-:ni-	Miwokan		Callaghan 1971	WW	%svkv		other complex	-:ni			Broadbent 1964:		2		1		1							no
Southern Ute	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Tübatulabal	Chlorogalum	hōlōhpü:l	ho:lo:hˈbɨ:l	Soaproot, Lathoe pomeridiana, used for shampoo	unique							same	derived	ho:lo:h-ˈbɨ:-l soaproot-deriv.suffix-npn			Hill 2010:24)	no info	2		1		no info		gathered (wild)	women	root chopped and mashed for shampoo; fibers from root for brushes	Southwest Oregon, California	rock bluffs, grasslands, chaparral	no
Tümpisa Shoshone	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Wappo	Chlorogalum	o-kah'-le		soaproot, C. pomeridianum	inheritance		Yukian-Wappo		Yukian *kəlam				underived				Merriam 52:589		2		1		1							no
Washo	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Western Mono	Chlorogalum	soosibɨ		soaproot plant (Chlorogalum sp.)	unique							same	derived		-pɨ		Bethel et al.:187	no info	2		1		1	long strokes of brush on back of patient used in curing by Bear shaman (Gayton 2:277)	gathered (wild)	women	The plant is made into a brush called wɨnazU; the roots are used to make a soap			no
Wintu	Chlorogalum	sa:q'as		soap-root (CHM confirms sa:q'as at 56:89); (CHM has >het-te 56:27)	loan			Eastern Miwok	Pmie *saka:ni (Callaghan 1971)-, but note Mil şikíiti , which Merriam says is soaproot (JHH)	WW	%svkv		underived	derived with -Vs ??? like the -us forms??			Pitkin 1985		2		1		1							no
Yavapai	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Yokuts Palewyami	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							no
Yokuts Yawdanchi	Chlorogalum	so-ho' (1961), tcoxotc (1907:243)		soaproot, C. pomeridianum	inheritance	*ThoxoTh	Nim-Yokuts		Golla 1964:65			same	underived				Merriam 58:509		2		1		1							no
Yokuts Yowlumne	Chlorogalum	traw'-hawt'		soaproot	inheritance	*ThoxoTh	Nim-Yokuts		Golla 1964:65	WW	%saka	same	underived				Merriam 58:573		2		1		1							no
Yuki	Chlorogalum	nösh C, noosh MWO, nuš Fo, nush Cs	also ku-lum (C)	soaproot	inheritance	*kəlam	Yukian-Wappo		Schlichter 1985; Wappo o-kah'-le				underived				Sawyer & Schlichter 1984		2		1		1							no
Yuma	Chlorogalum	missing			missing								missing						2		1		1							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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