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© 2002 Christina Raving, by permission |
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antcing |
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peppernut nut, peppernut tree (California bay laurel, Umbellularia californica) |
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| Link to 1893 photo by H.W. Henshaw at Online Archive of California |
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aal |
n a |
firewood |
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Charles Webber © 1998 California Academy of Sciences, by permission |
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aanch'ghaichow |
n a |
maul oak, Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis) |
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© 2002 Timothy D. Ives, by permission |
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aanch'ghaitc |
n a |
acorn (of mountain live oak) |
fovevetr
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ch'..bee' |
vt |
bet something |
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ch'..bee' |
vt |
bet something |
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bee'aateeh |
n a |
school (the boy's "high school") ("teach him/her") |
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| Link to image at the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum |
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beech'ilgeettc |
n a |
ring and pin game ("little one that one spears something against") |
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bich'iliing |
n a |
menstruation; menstruating woman |
boev
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chinsits'-nighilhk'ai |
n a |
game of shooting arrows at a bark target ("(arrows) sticking in bark") |
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Howard E. McMinn and Evelyn Maino, Pacific Coast Trees © 1937 Univ. of Cal. Press, by permission |
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chinsool |
n a |
elderberry, elder bush (Sambucus spp.) ("pithy wood") |
fovevebe
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J. E. (Jed) and Bonnie McClellan © California Academy of Sciences, by permission |
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chiichaang |
n a |
white oak, Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) |
fovevetr
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Charles Webber © 1998 California Academy of Sciences, by permission |
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chiichaang |
n a |
acorn (of white oak) |
fovevetr
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© 2004 Sally Anderson |
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ch'daayee |
n a |
flower (n) |
vehevepa
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© 2004 Sally Anderson |
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ch'ghaats'ee' |
n a |
iris plant, iris fiber |
utmtfivevehe
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Ch'ighaayiltcin |
n a |
Ch'ighaayiltcin, Tribal/intertribal Ceremony (= Nocugukan) [held in ceremonial house in winter, brush house in summer--p42] |
ev
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ch'ilhaan-yaatcii |
n a |
war ("they make battle") |
evhnt
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Charles Webber © 1998 California Academy of Sciences, by permission |
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ch'int'aang |
n a |
acorn (general term) |
fovevenuvetr
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Ch'int'aang Ch'nee |
n a |
Ch'int'aang Ch'nee, Acorn Dance [to secure plentiful acorn crop; men/women/children in dance house in winter--p42] |
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ch'naalhdang'-noolhtish |
n a |
girl's puberty ceremony |
ev
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© 1995 Br. Alfred Brousseau, Saint Mary's College |
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daahtl'ool' |
n a |
grapes ("strap up above") |
fovevevi
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Charles Webber © 1998 California Academy of Sciences, by permission |
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daalhgai |
n a |
dogwood tree ("up above white") [large-flowered dogwood] |
veveshvetr
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nindish-(s)..daash/daa/daa/daa'/daalh |
vt |
court a woman |
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ch'n(ghin)daash |
vi |
be a dance, there is a dance |
evmot
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deetoolhloolh |
n a |
cremation |
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© 2004 Sally Anderson |
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dist'eeh |
n a |
madrone (Arbutus menziesi) |
vevetr
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dist'eeh-k'oonee |
n a |
madrone berries ("madrone roe/fish eggs") |
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Djeeh Kwaat'aash |
n a |
Djeeh Kwaat'aash, "Giving Burning Pitch" [prayer and ceremony held at time of any new moon in winter--boys and girls born in summer threw blazing pitch at the new moon as it rose to strengthen its warmth--21] |
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© 2004 Sally Anderson |
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gashchow |
n a |
redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) ("big yew") |
vevetr
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gooschow |
n a |
soaproot, amole (Chlorogalum pomeridianum) |
vevero
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haiyaantc'in |
vi |
TEXT: Come over here, come over here! [cry of chief when summoning ghosts to "elementary school" --27] |
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Haa iinoo, haa iinaa, yoo haa, haa iinoo |
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TEXT: ha ino, ha ina, yo ha, ha ino [Naaghaichow song--sung when seeking N. for curing--p.36] |
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haang'aayee |
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TEXT: That is he, that is he! [in reference to effigy of Sharp Heels--p36] |
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Heu ghii hoolaa ghii, ghiishee ghiishee, hoolaa ghee |
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TEXT: heu gi hola gi, gice gice, hola ge [song of the clowns in "elementary school" --26] |
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Hee yoo wii oo |
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TEXT: He yo wi o [sung during earthquake by those who have gone through doctors' school--22] |
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kalkat |
n a |
school (boy's school) ("they go up from below?") |
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© 1995 Br. Alfred Brousseau, Saint Mary's College |
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kaschiing' |
n a |
kaschiing' (edible bulb species, probably a lily, compare Sinkyone) |
vevero
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Kaandai Sii' Bilhghidaash |
n a |
Kaandai Sii' Bilhghidaash, Scalp Dance |
ev
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Kee'aa naishmeelshaa, koshnaa, naishmeelshaa-jaa' |
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TEXT: [prayer at time of new moon: "In the same way as you have come back again, so may my life return with you" -- p.21] |
ev
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kee'aateeh |
n a |
school (elementary school for boys) ("teach him/her") |
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© 1995 Br. Alfred Brousseau, Saint Mary's College |
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keech'ing'iit ? |
n a |
poison oak (Rhus diversiloba) |
vevehe
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© 1995 Br. Alfred Brousseau, Saint Mary's College |
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keetiniis |
n a |
poison oak (Rhus diversiloba) |
vevi
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Koshnaa-jaa', shtaa'! |
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TEXT: Please let me live, my father. [prayer said after sneezing--p40] |
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kwong' bilh-nidaash |
n a |
sweating (competitively) ("dancing with a fire") |
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kwosh |
n a |
thorn; blackberry (Rubus spp.); gooseberry (Ribes divaricatum); rose (Rosa spp.) |
vevebe
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s..laa |
vi |
be held around it (of an event, e.g. trading) ("plural lie") |
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lee' |
v |
STEM: to sing |
boev
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ch'(ghin)..lheegh/lheek' |
vt |
smear |
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ghi..lhit |
vt |
burn something |
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J. E. (Jed) and Bonnie McClellan © California Academy of Sciences, by permission |
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lhtaagh |
n a |
black oak (Quercus kelloggi) |
vevetr
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oo-(ghin)..lhteet |
n a |
bury (a corpse) |
ev
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Pliny Earl Goddard, Life and Culture of the Hupa © 1903 Univ. of Cal. Press |
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naach'i'ai |
n a |
shinny ("moving a rock-like object along") |
ev
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Naach'ilnaa-kw'it Ch'eelee |
n a |
dancing w/ cocoon rattles at the time of a cure [p34] |
ev
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naach'ilhnaa |
n a |
curing fright sickness |
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Naach'lhee |
n a |
doctor dance (lit. "singing along") |
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naadeel'tc |
n a |
pine (Pinus sp.) (lit. "little Sugar Pine) |
vevetr
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naaghiltcaak' |
n a |
one-legged race ("jumping along"?) |
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© 2004 Sally Anderson |
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naakong |
n a |
clover (general); red-flowered clover; cabbage |
vehevele
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naateeltcai |
n a |
game of bouncing sticks ("hopping along across") |
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naateelhghaalh |
n a |
game of shooting arrows for distance ("striking along across") |
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naatloos |
n a |
Naatloos, ordinary dance [held in dance or brush house by men, women, children; donned feathers around fire, singing hone e ya hu; joined hands, danced around fire. Main singer, cele, used split-stick rattle.--p42] |
ev
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naat'ai kong' naat'aa-bing' |
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TEXT: [prayer while throwing blazing pitch at new moon in winter - 21] |
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Neeching |
n a |
Neeching (a dance [6 men, one side of fire, 6 men or women, other side; women danced from side to side in row; men similar first; ended hopping around fire. Sang: hai hi yo, hai hi yo, hi yi hi--p42]) |
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naa-oo..nee |
vt |
marry (a woman) |
ev
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© 1995 Br. Alfred Brousseau, Saint Mary's College |
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ninkostcee |
n a |
chokecherry (Prunus virginiana demissa), wild cherry |
fovevebevetr
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© 1995 Br. Alfred Brousseau, Saint Mary's College |
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ninkwostiing |
n a |
chokecherry (Prunus virginiana demissa), wild cherry |
fovevebevetr
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© 1995 Br. Alfred Brousseau, Saint Mary's College |
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nin'kwoshtiing |
n a |
chokecherry (Prunus virginiana demissa), wild cherry |
fovevebevetr
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Nooch'i'aang |
n a |
Nooch'i'aang, "Putting Something Down" (a dance: "Before engaging in combat the Kato held a dance (nociaN) to poison the enemy..." p.16) |
ev
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Nooch'ighikaan |
n a |
Nooch'ighikaan, "Putting a Container-full Down," Tribal/intertribal Ceremony (= Cagayilcin ?) [held in ceremonial house in winter, brush house in summer--p42] |
ev
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© 2004 Sally Anderson |
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noonaa'liichow |
n a |
raspberry |
fovevebe
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Noonii-bilh Nidaash |
n a |
Noonii-bilh Nidaash, "Dance with Bears," Bear Dance |
ev
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Beatrice F. Howitt © 1999 California Academy of Sciences, by permission |
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saknees |
n a |
valley oak, California white oak (Quercus lobata) |
vevenuvetr
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© 2004 Kim Cabrera, permission per CalPhotos |
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saaching |
n a |
tan-bark oak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) |
fovevenuvetr
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© 2004 Kim Cabrera, permission per CalPhotos |
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saahtceelaadoo |
n a |
tan-bark oak (Lithocarpus) (old-fashioned name) |
fovevenuvetr
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Beatrice F. Howitt © 1999 California Academy of Sciences, by permission |
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saakeenees |
n a |
valley oak, California white oak (Quercus lobata) |
fovevenuvetr
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© 2004 Sally Anderson |
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saaldeel' |
n a |
huckleberries, huckleberry bush (Vaccinium spp.) ("what are put in the mouth") |
fovevebe
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Sii'-bilh Nidaash |
n a |
Sii'-bilh Nidaash, "Dance with a Head," Victory Dance |
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© 2002 Lynn Watson, by permission |
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shaashjee |
n a |
chaparral coffeeberry, buckthorn (Rhamnus californica var. tomentella) |
vevebe
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shon-k'aa ish-digee'-jaa' |
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TEXT: I wish to get up. [prayer said before rising/getting up--p.40] |
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shon-k'aa naadiishang sh-taa' |
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TEXT: I wish to eat my good father. [prayer said before eating --p.40] |
ev
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tee'oots |
n a |
game of shooting arrows at a person ("shooting along") |
ev
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tyiining-bilh-bee'aateeh |
n a |
school (doctor's school, boy's & girls' high school) ("school with doctors") |
ev
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Charles Webber © California Academy of Sciences, by permission |
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tc'iibee |
n a |
Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) |
vevetr
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tl'oh-lhtsow |
n a |
surf grass (Phyllospadix spp.); green grass ("blue/green grass") |
vehevema
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tl'oh-naaghi'ai |
n a |
grass game ("extending grass along") |
ev
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tl'oh-n'ai |
n a |
grass game ("grass extends") |
ev
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| Link to image at the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum |
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ts'ii' |
n a |
brush |
utvevegr
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waanaanding niiyai |
n a |
surprise attack (by one or two men entering hostile village at night, obtaining scalp and fleeing--p.17) |
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yaa'ch'inooloos |
n a |
doctoring involving spirit impersonation ("they lead him down") |
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lh-taa#ti-s..yaa |
vt |
intermingle (sg) |
ev
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ch'..yaan |
vi |
grow |
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