wohont

Tübatulabal

Etymology

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

Noun

wohont

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

Derived terms

• wohombo·l

References

• Merriam, C. Hart (1935) Field Check Lists: Pacific Coast Region: Tubotelobela‎^[1], 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”