chʾistciingwoman at childbirth, parturient woman2.6.3.1Pregnancy2.6.5.2Womander. ofchʾ-(s)..lhtcii/tciingive birth to st.=iNRk'i-(s)-ł-chwe:/chwin' "give birth"Source forms: kûs tcīñ
Cahto - English
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chʾishgotʾlet me stretch st./hideopt.1sg.+ 3indf. obj.chʾ..gotʾstretch O/hideSource forms: tcʼûc qōtʼ
chʾishtʾaaI feather st./arrowsimpf.1sg.+ 3indf. obj.chʾ-(s)..lhtʾaafletch st./arrowSource forms: tcʼic tʼa tē letcʼic tʼa tē le
chʾitideebilhlet us carry st./basketfullopt.1pl.+ 3indf. obj.chʾ-ti-(s)..bilh/biilʾcarry basketfull OSource forms: tcit tût te bûʟ
chʾitnghaangʾmoldy8.3.7.8Decay1.5.4.2Fungusder. ofchʾ-d-n..ghaanʾbe moldySource forms: tʃʾətʿŋàˑŋʾNeeʾ-Chʾitnghaangʾn aSherwood Rancheria
chʾitohbilhyou (pl.) carry st./basketful; carry it! (pl.)impf.2sg.+ 3indf. obj.chʾ-ti-(s)..bilh/biilʾcarry basketfull OSource forms: tcit tō bûʟ
√CHʾITʾ1stretchk'yə̉t' 'stretch'kyʼətʼ-tʾsyeʾł, -tʾsyeʾd, -tʾsyeʾd, -tʾsyeʾł "to stretch a rope (ł)"Source forms: tcûtnaachʾoonchʾitʾn arainbownaanaachʾoochʾitʾn arainbownaanaachʾoonchʾitʾn arainbownaanaa-tcaa..chʾitʾvihang on both sidesn-(nin)..chʾitʾvsextend stretchedn-(nin)..lhchʾitʾvtstretch Otcʾee-(nin)..lhchʾitʾvtstretch O outtcʾee-n-(nin)..chʾitvtstretch O out
chʾitlʾoongtwined basketspeckiitsaaʾbasket potgenkʾaiʾ2basket6.6.4.2.5Basketry techniquesder. ofchʾ-3Indef√TLʾOO/TLʾOONweave/braidSource forms: tcitoñ
chʾiwiditsstring, twisted stringsim.ninchʾitʾ1string7.5.4.1Rope, stringder. ofchʾ-3Indef..ghidditsbe twistedk'iwidits "Indian twine (made of iris), string, rope"tsowŭtsĕtsBeetʾai-Chʾiwiditsn aString Neck (Alex Frazier's name)
chʾiyooyii1strange, dangerous thing8.3.5.3.4Strange4.4.2.2Danger2PROBABLE(poisonous.plant)kyʼə-yoːyk'iyo:y "poisonous mushroom, poisonous plant, anything dangerous, strange or poisonous"Source forms: tcīyōyī......tcō yīNaahneesh-Chʾyooyiin aStrange Person (name)
chʾiyooyiigoostgaitcdeath camasToxicoscordion (Zigadenus) venenosumThis is listed among edible bulbs dug up (Ray/Goddard, "Polecat Robs her Grandmother", story 16), but the name being literally "little white camas poisonous plant" makes it being death camas all but certain. Death camas is a deadly toxic bulb plant all but identical to edible camas once the distinguishing white flowers have fallen, and often grows among camas.
Chestnut describes external medicinal uses, and the danger of confusion with camas. (Chesnut, 1902, pp.321-2)1.5.3.3Lily-like2.5.3.2Poison2.5.7.3Medicinal plantsder. ofchʾiyooyiistrange√GOOSbulb/camas..tgaibecome white-tcdiminutive suffixlittle dangerous white goos/camasSource forms: tcī yō yī kōs t gaitctcī yō yī kōs t gaitc
Chestnut describes external medicinal uses, and the danger of confusion with camas. (Chesnut, 1902, pp.321-2)1.5.3.3Lily-like2.5.3.2Poison2.5.7.3Medicinal plantsder. ofchʾiyooyiistrange√GOOSbulb/camas..tgaibecome white-tcdiminutive suffixlittle dangerous white goos/camasSource forms: tcī yō yī kōs t gaitctcī yō yī kōs t gaitc
chʾiighilhkʾaalhit/natural struck st.perf.3nat.phen.+ 3indf. obj.chʾ-gh..lhkʾaalhstrike st.Source forms: tcī gûʟ kûʟ, tcī gûʟ kûl
chʾiikʾaaʾtallow6.3.7Animal products1.2.3.2Oilder. ofchʾ-3Indefyeeh-into enclosure√KʾAAGHbe fatSource forms: tcī k!a⁺
chʾiilgotʾdeadfall trapsingle log deadfall trap for small animals, with meat for bait; possibly a recent (19th century or later) practice
"*39. Deadfalls ... +; 40. Single stone ... -; 41. Single log ... +; *42. Poles and stones ... -; 43. Triggers at both ends ... -; 44. For large game ... -; 45. For small game ... +; 46. Meat bait ... +; 47. Seed bait ... -" (Driver, p.309)
"Elements Denied By All Informants ... deadfalls" (Essene, p.???)
"Driver has a NW California bias, or Essene has a Central California bias (e.g.: Driver affirms deadfalls, which are common in NW Calif., Essene denies deadfalls, which are lacking in Pomo area)" (Essene, p.75)
"*39. Un. Deadfalls ... (D) + (E) - NW Calif. element, foreign to Pomo culture, vide Gifford elements 253, 254. If present at all is recent." (Essene, p.81)6.4.2Trap6.4.1Huntder. ofchʾ-3Indefl-l-classifierlh-1lh-classifier√GOTʾin 'stretch hide; deadfall trap'|ʁʊ̂tʾ 'bend, curve' mom IO stem <ʁêːd> ... [causative: 'bend O'] from Pre-PA *<χwətʾ>, lengthened stem *<χweːtʾ>na:=k'i-(s)-ł-qot' "bend something; set a snare", miq'it-k'ixut "deadfall trap (for fisher) [literally, on it-it drops, collapses]"cf√KAT2collapse/fallSource forms: Cheel´-kōt, Cheel´-kōʼt
"*39. Deadfalls ... +; 40. Single stone ... -; 41. Single log ... +; *42. Poles and stones ... -; 43. Triggers at both ends ... -; 44. For large game ... -; 45. For small game ... +; 46. Meat bait ... +; 47. Seed bait ... -" (Driver, p.309)
"Elements Denied By All Informants ... deadfalls" (Essene, p.???)
"Driver has a NW California bias, or Essene has a Central California bias (e.g.: Driver affirms deadfalls, which are common in NW Calif., Essene denies deadfalls, which are lacking in Pomo area)" (Essene, p.75)
"*39. Un. Deadfalls ... (D) + (E) - NW Calif. element, foreign to Pomo culture, vide Gifford elements 253, 254. If present at all is recent." (Essene, p.81)6.4.2Trap6.4.1Huntder. ofchʾ-3Indefl-l-classifierlh-1lh-classifier√GOTʾin 'stretch hide; deadfall trap'|ʁʊ̂tʾ 'bend, curve' mom IO stem <ʁêːd> ... [causative: 'bend O'] from Pre-PA *<χwətʾ>, lengthened stem *<χweːtʾ>na:=k'i-(s)-ł-qot' "bend something; set a snare", miq'it-k'ixut "deadfall trap (for fisher) [literally, on it-it drops, collapses]"cf√KAT2collapse/fallSource forms: Cheel´-kōt, Cheel´-kōʼt
chʾiilhkʾaalhit/natural strikes st.impf.3nat.phen.+ 3indf. obj.chʾ-gh..lhkʾaalhstrike st.Source forms: tcʼ īʟ kʼąʟtcʼ īʟ kʼąʟ
chʾkaa1periwinkleLittorina spp.syntsʾintc 1.2periwinkle shell1.6.1.9.2Marine Invertebrates2gen.edible marine snail, "periwinkle"the term, glossed "periwinkles", covers the various edible small marine snails, as ts'intc covers the shells of their various species5.2.3.2.5Seafood (invertebrates)1.6.1.9.2Marine Invertebratesder. ofchʾ-3Indef√KAA3seedSource forms: tcʼkatʃʾkʿâˑ
chʾkaakʾ1netChʾkaakʾ ghilhtciinʾ-kwaan yaaʾnii.They made a net, they say.GT02b 17.4Chʾkaakʾ ghilhtlʾoon-it biiʾnookowiltiin (biiʾnooghiltiin) yaaʾnii.When they wove the net they put him in it, they say.GT02b 17.5Naitghilhʾaaʾ chʾkaakʾ yiitcʾghinʾaan-kwaan yaaʾnii.He had stood up a pole and put a net on it, they say.GT08 10.13Chʾghaatsʾeeʾ chʾkaakʾ bilh sʾistlʾoon-kwaan yaaʾnii.He had made a net with iris fiber cord, they say.GT08 10.19Chʾghaatsʾeeʾ chʾkaakʾ-biiʾ ninchʾitʾ tsʾistciing-kwaan yaaʾnii.He had made the strings in the net of iris fiber, they say.GT08 25.5Naaʾinghilhʾaaʾ-kwaan yaaʾnii, chʾkaakʾ nooʾintaan-kwaan yaaʾnii.He had built a weir, they say, and set a fishing net, they say.GT08 30.2Chʾkaakʾ-bilh nootcʾintaan-kwaan yaaʾnii, lhookʾ tcʾghinkaang-kwaan.He had fished with a net, they say, and had caught a steelhead.GT08 36.10Chʾkaakʾ chʾkaakʾbiineeʾ tcʾistciingʾ-kwaanghit yeehtcʾghinʾaan-kwaan yaaʾnii, gees tcʾghinkaan.When he had made a net handle he had put the net in, they say, and caught a black salmon.GT08 36.15Chʾkaakʾ tlʾoh bilh sʾistlʾoong-kwaan yaaʾnii.He had woven a net with grass, they say.GT08 9.11Naaheestyaa teehing chʾkaakʾ teesghiin-it.He went back to the creek when he was carrying the net.GT10 45.5Chʾkaakʾ yeehghaaʾaang yaaʾnii, chin-kwʾit.GT19 1.206.4.5.1Fish with net1.1n asalmon net1.2n asurffish dipnetsemicircular framed surf net
"Martina tʃʼkʽâˑkʼ, surffish-dipnet (with hoop genlly of hazelswitch, but occasionally wild-plum stick). The olden nets are dif. from the Whm dipnets used there now." (JPH, mf.2, reel 3, im.515B)synchʾkaakʾbiiʾ naatʾai 2surffish dipnetkaitʾinsurffish netmatkaalʾaiʾ 1hazelkʾiingʾ1juneberrymakechʾ-(ghin)..ʾaash/ʾaanput solid O net on O stick2netted shinny stickThe shinny puck "is propelled by a racket which is constructed of a long, slender stick, bent double and bound together, leaving a circular hoop at the extremity, across which is woven a coarse meshwork of strings. Such an implement is not strong enough for batting the ball, neither do they bat it, but simply shove or thrust it along on the ground." (Powell, 1877, p.151)
netted stick used primarily by women, per Essene elements 999 and 1002 (Essene, p.25, 88)
"Sometimes women use cumasolgal [shinny stick] with net on end." (Loeb, p.49)synbilhninghilghaalʾ 1shinny stickchim-meesilhghaalʾangled shinny stickusenaachʾiʾaishinny4.2.6.3Team Sportsinstr.chʾkaakʾbilhwith a netloc.chʾkaakʾ-biiʾin a netder. ofchʾ-3Indef√KAAKʾnetkyʼə-qaːq'k'ixa:q', "A-frame lifting net, "trigger" net"ch'ikaak'ee': Che-kah'-kă 'Net (any)' [SS-M]Source forms: chkakkwakʼeᵋtcʼ kakʼ, tcʼkakʼtci ka´k, tcī kak, tcī kak bī ksˑ kʿā́[kʿ , ɡ]eᵋtcĭkaktʃʼkʽâˑkʼkak*ckak
"Martina tʃʼkʽâˑkʼ, surffish-dipnet (with hoop genlly of hazelswitch, but occasionally wild-plum stick). The olden nets are dif. from the Whm dipnets used there now." (JPH, mf.2, reel 3, im.515B)synchʾkaakʾbiiʾ naatʾai 2surffish dipnetkaitʾinsurffish netmatkaalʾaiʾ 1hazelkʾiingʾ1juneberrymakechʾ-(ghin)..ʾaash/ʾaanput solid O net on O stick2netted shinny stickThe shinny puck "is propelled by a racket which is constructed of a long, slender stick, bent double and bound together, leaving a circular hoop at the extremity, across which is woven a coarse meshwork of strings. Such an implement is not strong enough for batting the ball, neither do they bat it, but simply shove or thrust it along on the ground." (Powell, 1877, p.151)
netted stick used primarily by women, per Essene elements 999 and 1002 (Essene, p.25, 88)
"Sometimes women use cumasolgal [shinny stick] with net on end." (Loeb, p.49)synbilhninghilghaalʾ 1shinny stickchim-meesilhghaalʾangled shinny stickusenaachʾiʾaishinny4.2.6.3Team Sportsinstr.chʾkaakʾbilhwith a netloc.chʾkaakʾ-biiʾin a netder. ofchʾ-3Indef√KAAKʾnetkyʼə-qaːq'k'ixa:q', "A-frame lifting net, "trigger" net"ch'ikaak'ee': Che-kah'-kă 'Net (any)' [SS-M]Source forms: chkakkwakʼeᵋtcʼ kakʼ, tcʼkakʼtci ka´k, tcī kak, tcī kak bī ksˑ kʿā́[kʿ , ɡ]eᵋtcĭkaktʃʼkʽâˑkʼkak*ckak
chʾkaakʾ-baatsʾeeʾnet bowsemicircular wooden hoop of dip-netNaakaaʾ chʾkaakʾ-baatsʾeeʾ yeehtcʾghinʾaang-kwaan yaaʾnii.He had put two net hoops in, they say.GT08 9.10Chʾkaakʾ-baatsʾeeʾ oohlang.Go after the net bow.GT10 2.26.7.8Parts of toolscomp. ofchʾkaakʾnetbaatsʾeeʾhoop/ringSource forms: tcʼ kakʼ ba tsetcī kak ba tse, tcût kʿak / ba tse
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