wohont
Tübatulabal
Etymology
From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *wokon-ta (“pine tree”).
Noun
wohont
- The nuts of the digger pine (Pinus sabiniana).
Derived terms
- wohombo·l
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. (July 1958), “Working dictionary of Tübatulabal”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 24, issue 3, JSTOR 1263500, pages 221–228: “wohon-t little hard acorns”