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COW PARSELY

Cow Parsely : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Heracleum lanatum wild celery lokk'oge kk'ok2 363 Retranscription uncertain. Jette: "term of the extreme-lower dialect…not identified and found only in Lower Yukon." Jette - "Largest of the three "wild celerys" in Alaska. Although stems have to be peeled to remove the outer layer (that can irritate skin), the portion iside is edible. It has a very strong odor, especially when crushed or peeled." Heracleum lanatum

CRANBERRY

Cranberry : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Oxycoccus microcarpus bog cranberry ch'enkkutl kkutl 343 Possibly reshaped from kkotl2 (salmonberry). Nelson gives us geeznogha' as another alternative. Nelson - Usually eaten raw daał nodoodle' daał1 115 Lit. 'crane's eyebrow' Also called deldool baabe' Jetté - "A red berry, edible, resembling very much the low-bush cranberry, and growing together with it, on a slender, thread-like stem, which runs generally on top of the green moss. It is quite palatable in the fall, but still sweeter in the spring, after it has wintered under the snow. The cranes are said to be fond of it, as it is the only berry which they find around the lakes when they return in the spring." t'egheł nodoodle' dootl2 151 Lit. 'cottonwood's eyelashes' deldool baabe' baabe 79 Lit. 'sandhill crane's food' Viburnum edule highbush cranberry donaaldloye lo* 407 Lit. 'elevated small round things' Nelson - Berries eaten raw and stems used for basket rims tsonłtlaa tlaa3 562 May refer to the currant bushes which also grow on hillsides --Jones Jones - "These plants are used for medicine. They are sometimes boiled together with tlaa ele' (juniper). People with skin problems use this water to wash or soak the affected area." Vaccunium vitis-idaea lowbush cranberry netl'et tl'et2 602 Nelson gives the Koyukon word dinaałakk'aza as an equivalent Nelson - "The berries were formerly crushed and spread on sled runners to make them slippery..." Nelson- Notes that along with blueberries they are the most important plant food to the Koyukon Athabacans. Marcotte - Records collection rates as high as five gallons per household. Oxycoccus microcarpus Viburnum edule Vaccunium vitis-idaea

CROWBERRY

Crowberry : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koykon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Empetrum nigrum deenaałt' aas Described from Nelson not in KAD Nelson - "Eaten when it is found in mountain areas, the crowberry is said to be helpful in relieving thirst." Empetrum nigrum

CURRANT

Currant : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Ribes hudsonianum black currant, possibly northern black currant, or bristly black currant dotson' geege' tson' 644 Lit. 'raven's berry' Nelson - "Eaten formerly...is largely avoided due to its traditional association with the raven." Ribes lacustre bristly black currant geege 184 Ribes hudsonianum northern black currant geege meghʉdaa' daa'3 107 Lit. 'blueberry's cousin' Ribes triste red currant nots'ehtl'oone ts'eh1 661 Lit. 'tied hats hanging down' "…implying a comparison of the stem with hanging berries to the tie of a cap or hood with its hanging ball-tassels." --Jetté Nelson - "The American red currant is eaten raw, usually when and where it is found." Ribes hudsonianum Ribes lacustre Ribes triste

DOGWOOD

Dogwood : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Cornus stolonifera red-osier dogwood kk'ʉkk'eze kk'ʉy' 372 May not be derived from kk'ʉy'3 (willow) but rather from kk'ʉy1 (pelvis or spread object) berry of the red-osier (American dogwood) nek'enle'een geege' een1 32 Lit. 'woodman's berry' Not eaten Cornus stolonifera

EQUISETUM

Equisetum : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Equisetum sp. goose grass huh ggoodle' huh 263 Lit. 'goose's rhubarb' nodule of the equisetum, "water berry" deeltsaa' baabe' tsaa'1 617 Lit. 'vole's food' Also a generic term for mushroom Equisetum sp.

FIREWEED

Fireweed : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Epilobium angustifolium ch'entl'ene' ts'eeł'aane tl'en1 601 Lit. 'that which we use for dentalia' k'etssegheye ts'eeł'aane ghey::tseghey 246 Lit. 'that which we use for marten-skin'; 'marten (parka) material' Jetté - "This subsitution of the plant, worthless, for the valuable pelt, is allowed by custom, in the burnt offerings to the spirits, especially to the souls of the deceased shamans." Zagoskin - leaves are used for making tea Epilobium angustifolium

FORGET-ME-NOT

Forget-Me-Not : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Myosotis sp. senoghoolneghe yu neh2 463 Lit. 'do not forget me' Coined word from English Myosotis sp.

GRASS

Grass : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Family Graminae k'etsaan' tsaan' 619 Families Cyperaceae, Graminae, Juncaceae sedge, wide grass, rush tl'uh tl'uh 616 According to Jetté, commonly used for Equisetum, but term is also applied to the various kinds of sedges Eriophorum sp. cotton grass dechedzee kuts 306 Family Graminae dry grass, hay, straw k'etsaan' tsedze tsaan' 620 Nelson - Used a floor covering in winter shelters. Family Graminae fine grass k'etsaan' lusge tsaan' 619 fine grass used as duffel kkaa yee daaldloye kkaa8 323 Lit. 'that which is in footwear' Alopercus aequalis foxtail grass łeechaa' łee3 389 Lit. 'dog tail' Hippuris vulgaris mare's tail, goose grass dets'en baabe' baabe 79 Lit. 'goose's food' grass of the tussocks nokenyaał tlooghe' yaał 679 Family Graminae flower of grasses k'etsaan' delodoge' tsaan' 619 Jetté - "It is collected from the plants, and burnt in sacrifices to the spirits of dead shamans." Jones - "It is food for the spirits of the dead." grass-top delodoge' do* 143 Lit. 'that which stays on limb' Jetté - Beard or awn of the grain of grass. horsetail, jointed grass hodolgheoge' ghon1 254 Lit. 'that which is customarily connected together' k'etsaan' ghoge' ghon1 254 Jetté - "Rush, bulrush, reed; some tall and slender species grow in the marshes and lakes." Urtica gracilus sedge, flat-leaved grass with sharp edges, stinging nettle k'etsaan' kk'oge' kk'ok2 363 In Lower dialect it refers to stinging nettle and speakers use tl'uh when referring to sedge Jetté - "The fibers of the nettle were formerly used to make cords and coarse thread." Carex sp. Refers to sedge in other dialects and stinging nettle becomes hʉłts'eege Attla - "This is a lake grass, and it is the strongest kind of grass." shiny green grass in lakes, meadow, lawns tl'uh tl'eyh kkokk'e tl'eyh 605 unidentified grass in lakes, possibly bulrush denaakkaatl'oh deltudle totl2 532 Lit. 'that which pops beneath our feet' Attla - "It makes a popping noise when we walk on it in the late fall. Goose eat it but only when it is new growth."

HEMLOCK

Hemlock : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Cicuta mackenzieanna (Cicuta virosa) poison water hemlock k'enłnaaye no8 481 Lit. 'that causes death' heldedlee detl2 136 Lit. 'that which trembles' heldełee Cicuta virosa

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