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