wohont

Tübatulabal

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *wokon-ta (“pine tree”).

Noun

wohont

  1. The nuts of the digger pine (Pinus sabiniana).

Derived terms

References
  • Merriam, C. Hart (1935) Field Check Lists: Pacific Coast Region: Tubotelobela‎, Washington: Government Printing Office, pages 18, 28
  • Voegelin, C. F. (1935) Tübatulabal Grammar, Berkeley, California: University of California Press, page 57: “ŏʹwôhôʹnt the digger pine nuts in one place”
  • Voegelin, C. F. (1958 July) “Working dictionary of Tübatulabal”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 24, number 3, →JSTOR, pages 221–228: “wohon-t little hard acorns”
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