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Koyukon Plant Database


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Larch

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Scientific Name Related Terms
 Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Larix laricina
 tamarack, larch
 taat'egheł
 gheł5::t'egheł
 245
 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
Larix laricina
łaat'aale
 t'aał2
 544


Larix laricina
Larix laricina

Lichen

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Scientific Name Related Terms
 Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Alectoria sp.
 hair-like spruce lichen, old man's beard
 netsey dogho'
 gho2
 250
 Lit. 'your grandfather's (Raven's) beard'; 'bird's beard'
 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.
Usnea sp.
netseedogho'
 gho2
 250
 Lit. 'your grandfather's (Raven's) beard'; 'bird's beard'


netsey dogho'
 tsey
 637
 Lit. 'your grandfather's (Raven's) beard'; 'bird's beard'
Cladonia sp. and Cladina sp.
 reindeer lichen
 bedzeyh done'
 don2
 147
 Lit. 'caribou's food'
Cladonia sp. and Cladina sp.
k'odooy
 dooy1
 151

Cladonia sp. and Cladina sp.
k'odoyoo'u
 yoo'1
 717
 Analysis uncertain, uncommon in Koyukon, but widely attested elsewhere

Alectoria sp.
Alectoria sp.

Usnea sp.
Usnea sp.

Cladonia sp.
Cladonia sp.

Lily

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Scientific Name Related Terms
 Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Nuphar polysepalum
 yellow pond lily, water lily rhizome
 kkaalt'odle'
 t'otl
 555

Nuphar polysepalum
kkaahełt'odle'



Nuphar polysepalum
hʉghaałt'odle'

Designates the rhizome which may attain the size of a man's thigh, and is eaten by beavers and muskrats. --Jetté
Nuphar polysepalum
taah kkʉlot'odle'

Designates the rhizome which may attain the size of a man's thigh, and is eaten by beavers and muskrats. --Jetté
Nuphar polysepalum
 fleshy rhizome or root of the yellow pond lily
 taah ts'edone
 don2
 147
 Lit. 'underwater food' Jetté - "Eaten by caribous, and by natives in times of scarcity of other food."
Nuphar polysepalum
bekenall baabe'
 baabe
 79
 Lit. 'beaver's food or moose's food'


See also Wild Calla.
 Kwaraceius - "Commonly called the "root" of the yellow pond lily, which is edible, whereas the that of wild calla is poisonous to humans"
Nuphar polysepalum
deneege baabe'
 neek1
 456
 Lit. 'moose's food'
Nuphar polysepalum
taałton
 ton1
 526
 Lit. 'enclosed object in the water'

Pineapple-like rhizome of water lily

Nuphar polysepalum
Nuphar polysepalum

Lungwort

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See Bluebell

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