pomme de terre

[Shannon West]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-siouan at lists.colorado.edu
> [mailto:owner-siouan at lists.colorado.edu]On Behalf Of Koontz John E
> Sent: February 3, 2002 11:26 AM
> To: Siouan
> Subject: Re: pomme de terre
>
>
> On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Alan H. Hartley wrote:
> > 1813 R. STUART Oregon Trail (1953) 153
> >
> > "we fell in with a large field of the root called by the
> Ottos "Toe" &
> > by the Canadians "Pomme de Terre," they are but seldom of larger
> > dimensions than a hens egg, with a rough warty brown skin, are never
> > more than six inches deep in the earth, and when boiled,
> resemble very
> > much in taste the sweet potato"
>
> Teton blo, Santee mdo, Omaha-Ponca nu, Osage to, Ioway-Otoe
> to, Winnebago
> too.  Proto-Mississippi Valley is something like *pro, presumably from
> *w(a)-ro, and the *pr cluster becomes *R in Dhegiha, Ioway-otoe, and
> Winnebago.

Assiniboine has another form, not the expected 'mno'.  Rather it's paNghi.
gh is voiced velar fricative - is that what we've been using here?  It's
quite uncommon in ASB.  I'm not positive of the nasalization there either.
I have it transcribed both ways, but I can 'hear it in my head', if you know
what I mean. :)

Shannon