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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
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."



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