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Luiseño language -- Vocabulary

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

Months/Season, undated

 File — Box 1
Identifier: CICSC01_01-49
Scope and Contents

Handwritten list of Luiseño months that Wuyeot [Wiyot] was sick.

Dates: undated

Nekelish / Star of Winter, undated

 File — Box 1
Identifier: CICSC01_01-65
Scope and Contents

Handwritten story draft and notes for story "Nekelish" (noted as "Star of Winter") by Henry Rodriguez. Some notes contain Luiseño vocabulary.

Dates: undated

Oo-oom-mic / Place name, undated

 File — Box 1
Identifier: CICSC01_01-47
Scope and Contents

Typewritten description of place named "Oo-oom-mic" which "was steep and wagons had a hard time ascending." Accompanied by short story of the place.

Dates: undated

Placenames -- A, undated

 File — Box 1
Identifier: CICSC01_01-16
Scope and Contents

Handwritten listing of American Indian placenames beginning with the letter A. Listing also contains a control number and the location of the places listed.

Dates: undated

Placenames -- C, undated

 File — Box 1
Identifier: CICSC01_01-17
Scope and Contents

Handwritten listing of American Indian placenames beginning with the letter C. Listings contain a control number, placename, and geographical context for the placename. Page 3 is related to colors, containing Luiseño words and context for the color yellow.

Dates: undated

Placenames -- F [Flowers], undated

 File — Box 1
Identifier: CICSC01_01-19
Scope and Contents

Labeled placenames, this handwritten document is a listing of flowers, noting their American Indian and English names.

Dates: undated

Romolo--Notes on locations and vocabulary, 1955

 File — Box 2
Identifier: CICSC01_02-55
Scope and Contents

Creator inferred. Handwritten notes on placenames of importance. File also contains typescript notes pertaining Luiseño vocabulary and ethnobotany.

Dates: 1955

Sea/Water [animals and natural features], undated

 File — Box 1
Identifier: CICSC01_01-38
Scope and Contents

Handwritten list of sea/water animals with their names written in Luiseño with English translations and context.

Dates: undated

Spirits, undated

 File — Box 1
Identifier: CICSC01_01-48
Scope and Contents

Handwritten list of two water spirits.

Dates: undated

The heetay chant, undated

 File — Box 3
Identifier: CICSC01_03-18
Scope and Contents

Typescript and handwritten notes regarding the heetay chant. Notes state that "this is just a list written by José Luís Albanas to remember the order of these words in certain songs. Not a chant. JLA notes had 2 versions of this list."

Dates: undated