Birds Flashcards
Learn Tongva names of birds (35 cards)
1
Q
‘ashaawt
A
eagle
2
Q
‘aawkot / ‘akaawkoch
A
crow
3
Q
‘eshaar
A
meadowlark
4
Q
‘eviingar
A
swallow
5
Q
chaat
A
type of owl
6
Q
chakwyuu’
A
grackle
7
Q
chaay’e’
A
scrub jay
8
Q
cheyuu’
A
small bird
9
Q
haachet
A
marsh hawk
10
Q
haawngot
A
white goose
11
Q
huungey
A
Brewer’s blackbird
12
Q
huuy
A
blue grouse
13
Q
kakaar
A
quail
14
Q
kakaawt
A
mountain quail
15
Q
kayiina’
A
chicken
16
Q
kaayo’
A
rooster
17
Q
kiimar
A
red-headed woodpecker; flicker
18
Q
kukuuy’
A
ground owl; burrowing owl
19
Q
kuunet
A
sparrowhawk
20
Q
makaaho’
A
turtledove
21
Q
muuhut / muut
A
type of owl
22
Q
to’iiroro’
A
tildillo (black-necked stilt); killdeer
23
Q
weesara
A
seagull
24
Q
weshaar
A
goose
25
weeshenat
type of hawk
26
wii'sho'
vulture; turkey buzzard
27
wiipen'ar
mountain chickadee
28
xaraana'
type of hawk
29
xaaynevet
type of owl
30
yongaavewot
condor
31
yopii'i'
towhee
32
yayaayt
bird
33
kwaa'ar
type of hawk
34
pakiishar
type of hawk
35
she'iiy / che'iiy
duck
