Coltsfoot:
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Petasites hyperboreus
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kkaalbedze
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bets1
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101
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Lit. 'spread out foot'
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Low growing, found on hillsides, and eaten by bears --Jetté
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Petasites frigidus
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Petasites hyperboreus
Petasites frigidus
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Hudson Bay Tea:
| Scientific Name
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Ledum palustre
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Labrador tea
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k'elaakk'ʉyh
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kk'ʉy
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372
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Lit. 'V-shaped branch,' due to the opposing arrangement of leaves
In the Central dialect the bush itself is called łeyeł, and its florescence k'elokk'ʉyh. In the other dialects, łeyeł is used as common designator for all brush, or low bushes, and the plant as well as the terminal flower cluster is termed k'elokk'ʉyh
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Jetté - "Thyrus (cluster) of white flowers of Ledum palustre said to have been used as a substitute for tea by employees of the Hudson Bay Company. The infusion of its leaves is believed to have medicinal properties, and whites occasionally drink it in the spring to 'purify the blood.'
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Ledum palustre
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tleehʉloo daaldloye
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łoo
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419
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Lit. 'That which is on the crust'
Also called k'elokk'ʉyh
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Ledum palustre
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łeyeł
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yeł3::łeyeł
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692
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Most often refers to dwarf birch
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Ledum palustre
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Juniper:
| Scientific Name
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translations
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Use Information
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Juniperus communis
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tlaa ele'
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eł3
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35
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Lit. 'rock's spruce bough'
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Jetté - used in a decoction to be drank in association with puncturing ceremonies.
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Juniperus communis
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tlaa kk'uye'
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kk'ʉy'
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373
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Lit. 'rock willow'
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Juniperus communis
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Larch:
| Scientific Name
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Larix laricina
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tamarack, larch
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taat'egheł
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gheł5::t'egheł
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245
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Lit. 'in-the-water cottonwood'
Term unique to western Alaskan Athabascan.
"The word is also applied by some speakers, to the t'egheł, or cotton-tree, Populus balsamifera." --Jetté
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Larix laricina
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łaat'aale
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t'aał2
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544
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Larix laricina
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Lichen:
| Scientific Name
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Alectoria sp.
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hair-like spruce lichen, old man's beard
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netsey dogho'
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gho2
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250
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Lit. 'your grandfather's (Raven's) beard'; 'bird's beard'
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Jetté - black or dark-gray moss, parasitic on young spruce trees, and hanging from their branches in long filaments. From netsey, the 'grandfather', i.e., Raven of legends, and dogho' 'beard': This growth appears to absorb the sap of the tree, and when there is much of it, even if the leaves are still green, the wood is ready fuel for starting a campfire.
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Usnea sp.
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netseedogho'
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gho2
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250
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Lit. 'your grandfather's (Raven's) beard'; 'bird's beard'
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netsey dogho'
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tsey
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637
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Lit. 'your grandfather's (Raven's) beard'; 'bird's beard'
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Cladonia sp. and Cladina sp.
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reindeer lichen
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bedzeyh done'
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don2
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147
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Lit. 'caribou's food'
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| Cladonia sp. and Cladina sp.
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k'odooy
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dooy1
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151
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| Cladonia sp. and Cladina sp.
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k'odoyoo'u
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yoo'1
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717
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Analysis uncertain, uncommon in Koyukon, but widely attested elsewhere
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Alectoria sp.
Usnea sp.
Cladonia sp.
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Nettle:
| Scientific Name
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Urtica gracilis
(Urtica dioica)
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stinging nettle
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hʉłts'eege
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ts'eek1
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654
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Lit. 'that which stings us'
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Jetté - "The Ten'a know how to prepare its fibres and used them to make twine for their nets, before the introduction of machine-made twine."
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denaa'aandelt'ege
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Urtica gracilis
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k'aadelgudgze
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guts2
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196
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Lit. 'that which repeatedly bites'
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k'etsaan' kk'oge'
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kk'ok2
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363
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See reference to translation and comparison under Grass.
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Urtica dioica gracilis
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Lily:
| Scientific Name
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Nuphar polysepalum
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yellow pond lily, water lily rhizome
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kkaalt'odle'
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t'otl
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555
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Nuphar polysepalum
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kkaahełt'odle'
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Nuphar polysepalum
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hʉghaałt'odle'
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Designates the rhizome which may attain the size of a man's thigh, and is eaten by beavers and muskrats. --Jetté
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| Nuphar polysepalum
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taah kkʉlot'odle'
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Designates the rhizome which may attain the size of a man's thigh, and is eaten by beavers and muskrats. --Jetté
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Nuphar polysepalum
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fleshy rhizome or root of the yellow pond lily
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taah ts'edone
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don2
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147
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Lit. 'underwater food'
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Jetté - "Eaten by caribous, and by natives in times of scarcity of other food."
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Nuphar polysepalum
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bekenall baabe'
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baabe
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79
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Lit. 'beaver's food or moose's food'
See also Wild Calla.
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Kwaraceius - "Commonly called the "root" of the yellow pond lily, which is edible, whereas the that of wild calla is poisonous to humans"
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Nuphar polysepalum
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deneege baabe'
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neek1
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456
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Lit. 'moose's food'
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Nuphar polysepalum
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taałton
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ton1
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526
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Lit. 'enclosed object in the water'
Pineapple-like rhizome of water lily
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Nuphar polysepalum
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Nagoonberry:
| Scientific Name
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Rubus arcticus
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nagoonberry
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noghʉy tl'aakk
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tl'aakk1
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589
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Lit. 'frog + Ω' (unclear term)
"Its relation to the frog is not apparent, but neither is there any clear connection in the case of dets' en tl'aakk, raspberry." --Jetté
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Nelson - "Highly esteemed...is eaten raw when found."
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Rubus arcticus
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strawberry
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kkotl
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kkotl2
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340
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Riddle on pg. 340 refers to a cache leaning sideways
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Rubus arcticus
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Moss:
| Scientific Name
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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moss
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nen'
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naan'1
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435
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This noun is not present in most of Koyukon outside of the Upper dialect. Tl'otl is more common for moss.
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moss
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tl'otl
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tl'otl1
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611
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Generic term
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diaper, toilet material, Pampers, breech cloth for infants
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k'etl'odle'
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tl'otl1
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611
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"Perhaps the term would have applied first to the species of white moss used for this purpose…" Jetté
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Jones - "In the past, moss was used as diaper material in cradles."
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any aquatic or floating moss
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dlot
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dlot1
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156
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See entry under algae
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Sphagnum sp.
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a red moss
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nen' tseege'
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tseek
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625
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Lit. 'red ground'
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Nelson - Used for log cabin chinking and insulation in cabin roofs.
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Sphagnum sp.
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naan'1
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435
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Lit. 'red moss'
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Sphagnum sp.
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tl'otl kk'es
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tl'otl1
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611
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a white moss, used as a wick
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semtl ggʉyh
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ggʉyh2
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225
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Lit. 'gray moss'
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Sullivan - Explains use as a wick in the "stone dish" lamp called lo'on tlok.
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metl::semetl
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99
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Lit. 'gray moss'
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Jetté - "Formerly used as a wick for the native lamp, which consisted of a small recipient filled with oil: the dried white moss was placed on edge, and when soaked with oil, was lighted. It gave a rather smoky and ill-fummed flame, but sufficient for ordinary purpose, such as cooking, etc."
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Lycopodium sp.
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club moss
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deeltsaa' tlee'ole'
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tsaa'1
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617
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Lit. 'mouse's pillow'
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Jetté - "A creeping cryptogamous plant, resembling a spruce bough, growing on the ground, having a long sarmentose stem, along which small branches shoot upwards, and terminate in a club-like cluster of reproductive organs."
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Lycopodium sp.
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ggʉh tlaatleele'
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ggʉh1
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223
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Lit. 'rabbit's axe'; 'baby tooth'
Club moss, the rabbit's axe, from a fancied resemblance of the spiked stem to an axe. --Jetté
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Story on pg. 223 referring to baby's first front tooth.
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cones of a club moss
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k'ekoodle' tlee'oł
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oł1
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64
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Lit. 'feather pillow'
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dry lake moss
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taahnaane'
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naan'1
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435
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Jones - "Lake moss from dry lakes was used for insulation on roofs and as chinking material for log cabins."
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lake moss
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taahtl'odle'
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tl'otl1
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611
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Lit. 'underwater moss'
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Jones - "Lake moss is used for roof insulation. It is collected by cutting patches of it on a dry lake and rolling the patches up."
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moss hummock
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naaseneł
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neł1::seneł
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466
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a water moss
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taah nelʉgh
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lʉgh2
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426
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Lit. 'underwater'
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tl'otltseł
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tl'otl1
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611
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Lit. 'moist moss'
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Moss used as diaper material
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thick growth of reddish-brown moss on lakes
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dee'aadle
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aatl1
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28
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Sphagnum sp.
Lycopodium sp.
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| By creation date
