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Koyukon Plant Database



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Scientific Name Related Terms
Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information

any aquatic algae, free floating algae, floating moss
dlot
dlot1
156
Jetté - "An aquatic plant resembling a lichen without any apparent differentiated organs, floating as a gelatinous mass on lakes and slow streams."

reddish-brown algae
tokkotluh tluh1 586 Lit. 'mushy substance on water surface' Jetté - "Aquatic plant, probably an algae, moss-like, found floating in rusty brown filament, sometimes collected in lump-like masses, very soft and almost gelatinous."

underwater algae taahdlode' dlot1 156
Jetté - "A sort of aquatic plant, of rich green color, moss-like, and of a gelatinous consistency. Found in lakes and slow streams."


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Scientific Name Related Terms
Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Pyrola sp.
pyrola
tso' dzeghe ts'eeł' aanee
tso'
640
Lit. 'that which we use as a beaver's ear'

Pyrola grandiflora
Pyrola grandiflora
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Scientific Name Related Terms
Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Rubus spectabilis cloudberry
kkotl
kkotl2
340



Rubus spectabilis
Rubus spectabilis

Rubus spectabilis
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Scientific Name Related Terms
Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Rosa acicularis wild rose
hus dekene', hus
hus
265




kooyh
kooyh
305



rose blossom
kooyh kone'
kooyh
305



rose hip
kooyh loyde
kooyh
305

Nelson - Eaten raw

Source of vitamin C


hus loyde
hus
265



seeds of the rose hip
kooyh yee deneege'
kooyh
305


Dasiphora floribunda tundra rose, shrubby cinquefoil
kk'uy' tloye'
tloy
584



Rosa acicularis
Rosa acicularis

Dasiphora_floribunda
Dasiphora floribunda
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Scientific Name Related Terms
Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Polygonum alpinum wild rhubarb
ggooł
ggootl2
217
Nelson identifies this with Rumex arcticus
Sullivan - "The leafstalks and stems, when young and tender, are eaten by the natives, either raw, or fried in grease, or boiled as greens."

dried stem of wild rhubarb
ggooł tsets
ggootl2
217





tsets2
636



Polygonum alpinum
Polygonum alpinum
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Scientific Name Related Terms
Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Rubus idaeus

dets'en tl'aakk
tl'aakk1
589
Lit. 'goose + Ω' (unclear term)
Rubus idaeus


ts'en3
664


Rubus idaeus

neełdeggey
dekk1
129



Rubus idaeus
Rubus idaeus
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Scientific Name Related Terms
Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Potentilla sp.
cinquefoil
nokk ggaadle'
nokk
489
Lit. 'Mineral lick root'

Potentilla sp.
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Scientific Name Related Terms
Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Hippuris vulgaris
goose grass
dets'en baabe'
baabe
79
Lit. 'goose's food'
Hippuris vulgaris

ch'edot'aagge baabe'




Hippuris vulgaris
marestail
tlaałtl'ughe
tl'uh
616
May also apply to white-flowered variety of Epilobium angustifolium. Etymology not obtained

Equisetum sp.
aquatic horsetail





Hippuris vulgaris
Hippuris vulgaris
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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
Cicuta virosa
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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.
Myosotis sp.

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