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spotted skunk

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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	Range of Term	Word Structure	Word Structure Notes	Classifier	Classifier Notes	Source	Association with Social Categories	Ritual/Mythologically Significant	Food Source	Food Notes	Medicinal	How Collected	Who Collects	How Prepared	Distribution	Habitat	Dangerous
Bankalachi Toloim	Spilogale gracilis	e-chā-o		Little spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis)	loan			Yokuts	Yowlumne tse-sā-ooo; che'-chăo, se'-choo; Wikchamni chā-tsoo; chow'-chew; cho-chew	same	underived				C. H. Merriam 72-77, 60-449		2	2		0						no
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone	Spilogale gracilis	tu-rŭ'-ah		Little spotted skunk (Spilogale)	unique					same	underived				Merriam's Skull Valley Gosiute: 61:291		2	2		0						no
Cahuilla	Spilogale gracilis	tékʷel tévišnekiš	ˈtekʷel ˈteviʃnekiʃ	Little Spotted skunk, Spilogale gracilis	unique					same	phrase	means “skunk white”. Merriam collected /tekwemal/ at Whitewater. I'm suspicious of both of these, may be on-the-spot coinages	-7aʃ "pet"	animal is -7ash; the meat is with a meat classifier, usually -sex7a “cooked item” or -wa7 “roasted item” (Seiler 1977:304-5)	http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n155/mode/2up; p. 159	no info	2	2	not a preferred game animal	no info	hunted	Men	boiled, roasted	Western United States	Diverse habitats	no
Central Sierra Miwok	Spilogale gracilis	ty/nkywe-		skunk	inheritance		Eastern Miwokan		In Mins, Mip		other complex	-we; I think there is "critter" cognate for the other part			Freeland & Broadbent 1960		2	2		0						no
Chemehuevi	Spilogale gracilis	ká·voni^a		Little spotted skunk (Spilogale)	inheritance	*po(C)ni	Proto-Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1983 (2008:275); ka- probably from kawa- “rat”??	same	phrase	mountain skunk (I think)			Merriam 59:521		2	2		0						no
Chumash Barbareno	Spilogale gracilis	missing			missing						missing						2	2		0						no
Chumash Ineseno	Spilogale gracilis	ʧaniyuxyux		small skunk sp	inheritance						phrase	but unanalyzable			Applegate 49		2	2		0						no
Chumash Obispeno	Spilogale gracilis	missing			missing						missing						2	2		0						no
Chumash Ventureno	Spilogale gracilis	tah'-kah-mah		little spotted skunk	inheritance	*tVqema	Proto-Chumash				underived				Merriam 55:37		2	2		0						no
Cocopa	Spilogale gracilis	missing			missing						missing						2	2		0						no
Comanche	Spilogale gracilis	nabohcutz		spotted skunk (naboo	unique					same	phrase	spotted - kɨ-tsi???			Rejon 1995:43		2	2		0						no
Cupeño	Spilogale gracilis	tuk'-wil pal-lă-kul 60-253	ˈtəkʷəl ˈpalukal (?) cf. palukla “Place near Soboba”	Spotted Skunk, Spilogale	inheritance	* -tɨkʷɨ	Californian		A phrase , probably nonce formation, on S1984 (Stubbs 2009:275)	same	phrase	ˈtəkʷəl ˈpalukal I'll bet this is a nonce formation -- probably means “skunk spotted” or something like that.	-ʔaʃ "pet"	possessive classifier for animals	http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n251/mode/2up, p. 253	no info	2	2		no info	no info	no info	no info	western North America	diverse habitats	no
Esselen	Spilogale gracilis	missing			missing						missing						2	2		0						no
Gabrielino	Spilogale gracilis	che-noo'-e po-ne'-vo 72-77, 60-417 (che-noo'-e = “small”)	ʧiˈnu:y poˈni:vor	spotted skunk	unique				a nonce formation, see “Big Skunk” for head word, which is NUA	same	phrase	ʧiˈnu:-y poˈni:vo-r small-npn skunk-npn	-ʔaʧ "pet"	possessive classifier for animals	http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n415/mode/2up; p. 417	no info	2	2	McC p. 116	no info	hunted	men	no info	Western U.S.	Diverse habitats	no
Iipay 'Aa	Spilogale gracilis	kallyewhiiw		skunk	inheritance	xwiw (kłʸikʷ)	Proto-Yuman		Mixco 1978:96 (Langdon 1976:873 Metath)	same	phrase	almost certainly “that which smells”			Couro & Hutcheson 1973		2	2		0						no
Kawaiisu	Spilogale gracilis	missing			missing						missing						2	2		0						no
Kiliwa	Spilogale gracilis	missing			missing						missing						2	2		0						no
Kitanemuk	Spilogale gracilis	ah-noo'-se pon-ne-vats	ˈʔanuʦiʔ ˈponivaʧr	Spotted skunk	unique				nonce loan translation, probably, using two good UA words	same	phrase	ˈʔanuʦiʔ ˈponivaʧr “small skunk” (presumably a nonce form)	-ʔacit "pet"	possessive classifier for animals	http://www.archive.org/stream/bancroft_chartmerriam_1556_60#page/n1/mode/2up, p. 3	no info	2	2		no info	hunted	men	no info	Western U.S.	Diverse habitats	no
Lake Miwok	Spilogale gracilis	wíiceke		spotted skunk (et)	loan			Patwin	C. notes Patwin wi:cikaj “civet cat”		underived				Callaghan 1965		2	2		0						no
Luiseño	Spilogale gracilis	túkyaspal	ʹtukjaspal	small skunk species (Harrington)	inheritance	*-tɨkʷɨ-	Californian		contains -tɨkʷɨ s1984,Stubbs 2009:275 but derivation obscure	same	other complex	ʹtukjaspa-l skunk.sp-non.possessed.noun (surely root is derived)			Elliott 1999:988	no info	2	2		no	N/A	N/A	N/A	Western U.S.	diverse habitats	no
Maidu	Spilogale gracilis	chip-pĕ-lĕ, tip'-pil-lim		little spotted skunk	unique						other complex	-im suffix			Merriam 57:37		2	2		0						no
Mojave	Spilogale gracilis	ɂilyhwenyoor		spotted skunk	inheritance	xwiw (kłʸikʷ)	Proto-Yuman		Mixco1978:96 (Langdon 1976:873 Metath)	same	phrase	ɂilyhwe-inyoor skunk-spotted			Munro et al.1992		2	2		0						no
Mutsun	Spilogale gracilis	dish'-shin		little spotted skunk	inheritance				Probably the same word		underived				Merriam 55:403		2	2		0						no
Nisenan	Spilogale gracilis	bed'-den'		little spotted skunk	unique						underived				Merriam 57:229		2	2		0						no
Northern Paiute	Spilogale gracilis	pong-e'-dah		Little spotted skunk (Spilogale)	inheritance	*po(C)ni	Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1983 (2008:275); what is -da?? is it -dɨ, deverbalizing from “stink”??	broader (includes both kinds of skunks)	derived	may have the -dɨ nominalizer			Merriam 61:133		2	2		0						no
Northern Sierra Miwok	Spilogale gracilis	tun'-no-go		little spotted skunk	inheritance		Eastern Miwokan		In Mics, Mip		other complex	-y or -u nominalizer on tunuk-I115			Merriam 57:419		2	2		0						no
Plains Miwok	Spilogale gracilis	ton:oko-		Pacific skunks (Merriam confirms for Spilogale), coon (erriam has pat-kah'-sy)	inheritance		Eastern Miwokan		In Mins, Mics		underived				Callaghan 1984		2	2		0						no
Salinan A	Spilogale gracilis	smo-kel'		little spotted skunk	unique		Salinan				other complex	s- animal prefix			Merriam 65:367		2	2		0						no
Salinan M	Spilogale gracilis	smo-hel'		little spotted skunk	unique		Salinan				other complex	s- animal prefix			Merriam 55:367		2	2		0						no
Seri (Comcaac)	Spilogale gracilis	missing			missing						missing						2	2		0						no
Serrano	Spilogale gracilis	por:nivyr-T		little spotted skunk (same word Merriam)	inheritance	*po(C)ni	Northern Uto-Aztecan		S1983 (Stubbs 2008:275); he thinks U-A but I doubt it		other complex	-t NPN			Merriam 72:27		2	2		0						no
Southern Paiute	Spilogale gracilis	kah'-bo-nā (M)		Spotted skunk	inheritance	*po(C)ni	Proto-Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1983 (2008:275) with increment also in Chemehuevi from *kawa rat??	same	phrase	rat-skunk?			Merriam 59:457		2	2		0						no
Southern Sierra Miwok	Spilogale gracilis	his'-sig-gŭ		Little spotted skunk	inheritance		Eastern Miwokan		In all Mis, Mip (for “skunk”		underived	has the -y suffix which Callaghan knocks off in “skunk”. What to do???			Merriam 57:449		2	2		0						no
Southern Ute	Spilogale gracilis	missing			missing						missing						2	2		0						no
Tübatulabal	Spilogale gracilis	ponnihw	ponˈnihw	skunk	inheritance	*po(C)ni	Northern Uto-Aztecan		S1983 (Stubbs 2009:275); see discussion of possible UA etymology that I don't care for	broader (includes all skunks)	underived				Hill 2010:73	no info	2	2	Voegelin 1938:12	no info	N/A	N/A	seems like skins might have been used but I found no info	Western U.S.	Diverse habitats	no
Tümpisa Shoshone	Spilogale gracilis	ponniattsi		“same name OK” (Merriam)	inheritance	*po(C)ni	Proto-Uto-Aztecan		Stubbs 1983 (2008:275), see above	broader (any skunk)	other complex	skunk-dim			Merriam 59:329		2	2		0						no
Wappo	Spilogale gracilis	koo'-too sheel/shil		little spotted skunk	unique						phrase				Merriam 52:565)		2	2		0						no
Washo	Spilogale gracilis	pat-soo-mel-le yah-koo		little spotted skunk	unique						phrase				Merriam 55:297		2	2		0						no
Western Mono	Spilogale gracilis	missing			missing						missing						2	2		0						no
Wintu	Spilogale gracilis	pim-me-lit		little spotted skunk	unique						other complex				Merriam 56:3		2	2		0						no
Yavapai	Spilogale gracilis	sᶏkmāka	squiggle is subdot	skunk	unique						unknown				Shaterian 1983		2	2		0						no
Yokuts Palewyami	Spilogale gracilis	missing			missing						missing						2	2		0						no
Yokuts Yawdanchi	Spilogale gracilis	tcitcèu		polecat (K explains this is the smaller skunk) (Merriam confirms for Wik 58:357)	inheritance		Nim-Yokuts		universal in Kroeber but Pal., Buena Vista missing	same	underived				Kroeber 1961:201		2	2		0						no
Yokuts Yowlumne	Spilogale gracilis	tsitseu		polecat (Merriam confirms Little spotted skunk 58:549)	inheritance		Nim-Yokuts		Universal in Kroeber except Pal., Buena Vista missing	same	underived				Kroeber 1961:201		2	2		0						no
Yuki	Spilogale gracilis	mil-moo'-she MWO, mil=mú-shi Cs		little spotted skunk	unique						phrase	lit. deer laugh, alluding to a myth in which skunk trails his intestines and makes spider laugh so hard that fire erupts from his abdomen S&S 1984:189)			Sawyer & Schlichter 1984		2	2		0						no
Yuma	Spilogale gracilis	missing			inheritance						missing						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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