čahpani·l

Tübatulabal

Etymology

Compare Cahuilla chivnish, Luiseño chevnash, Ute (Chemehuevi) cupanivi

Noun

čahpani·l

1. yerba mansa, Anemopsis californica

References

• Voegelin, Erminie Wheeler (1938) “Tübatulabal Ethnography”, in Anthropological Records, volume 2, number 1, page 59: “Large root of yerba mansa, Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook (čahpanï·l), boiled in qt. water for hour, decoction strained, cupful drunk every 2 hours for day or so, for heavy colds.”
• Voegelin, C. F. (1958 July) “Working dictionary of Tübatulabal”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 24, number 3, →JSTOR, page 222: “čahpani·l spiked white flower;”