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rurɔwa
ru
rɔwa
n
white hickory
Tree
rurɔwatohku
rurɔwa
tohku
n
pignut
Tree
little white hickory
rusa
n
briar, briar patch
Grass, herb, vine
rusa'elu
rusa
elu
n
strawberry plant
Grass, herb, vine
briar fruit
rusa'eluhuma
rusa'elu
huma
n
strawberry
Food from fruit
briar fruit berry
rusahuma
rusa
huma
n
briar berry
Food from fruit
rusakɔla
rusa
kɔla
n
briar blossom
Parts of a plant
rusat'ɛ
rusa
-t'ɛ
n
briar bush species
Haas NB #14, pp 14: "red jack" has a red root, thick like potatoes, and when you boil it the water is red, red. Used as a medicine for bowel disease - good for purifying the blood "thin it out" (says N.)
Plant
rusat'ɛmili
rusat'ɛ
mili
n
briar bush species
Plant
rusat'ɛrɔwa
rusa
-t'ɛ
rɔwa
n
bullbrier, Smilax rotundifolia
Grass, herb, vine
big white briar
rushiya
n
hickory nut, walnut
Food from seeds
rushta
n
rabbit
Mammal
rushta'ɔlawɛchayuru
rushta
u-
*alawɛcha
yuru
n
jack rabbit
Mammal
long eared rabbit
Rushtahipu
rushta
hipu
nprop
Rabbit Dance
Dance
rushtahirani
rushta
hirani
n
herb species
Grass, herb, vine
rabbit medicine
rushtakohku
rushta
kohku
n
armadillo
(Yoroni Nisa group 2022, based on ayotochin from Nahuatl)
rabbit-turtle
var. of
kohkurushta
comp. of
kohku
rushta
rushtarihku
rushta
rihku
n
rabbit stick
(generated by modern Tunica speakers ca. 2015)
Hunt
rushtat'ɛ
rushta
-t'ɛ
n
sheep
Sheep
Domesticated animal
Hoofed animals
big rabbit
rushtat'ɛ upuli
rushtat'ɛ
u-
*puli
n
wool
Animal products
Sheep
Working with cloth
Wool production
Cloth
Parts of an animal
sheep's fur
Rushtat'ɛhipu
rushtat'ɛ
hipu
nprop
Sheep Dance
Dance
rushtat'ɛnuhchi
rushtat'ɛ
nuhchi
n
ewe
Sheep
Male and female animals
Hoofed animals
female sheep
rushtat'ɛshi
rushtat'ɛ
-shi
n
ram
Sheep
Male and female animals
Hoofed animals
male sheep
rushtat'ɛtishuma
rushtat'ɛ
tishuma
n
mutton
Sheep
Meat
Domesticated animal
Hoofed animals
sheep meat
rut'ɛ
ru
-t'ɛ
n
walnut (tree)
Tree
big hickory
rut'ɛ'elu
rumeli'elu
rut'ɛ
elu
n
walnut
Food from seeds
Parts of a plant
walnut fruit
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