PMV 'coyote' [was RE: coyotes]

[bi1 at soas.ac.uk]

I was interested to hear about -sic^a for 'small'. Presumably this is
also the explanantion of mag^aksic^a 'duck'.  Maybe
mi'c^[h]aksic^a is also the real origin of mayas^lec^a by a sporadic
sound change.

Bruce



Bruce
On 16 Jul 2002, at 23:59, Koontz John E wrote:

> OK, I can explain the -si's and maybe the miNh, too.  JEK
>

>   I see that Buechel gives mi'c^[h]aksic^a 'a small wolf'.  Williams
>   gives mi'c^[h]a, and mi'c^[h]aksic^a, for 'coyote'.  Riggs gives both
>   forms with the gloss 'a small species of wolf'.  I suspect Buechel's
>   listing is from Riggs.
>
>   Incidentally, what is the distribution of ksic^a as 'small' in Dakotan?
>   This is probably the explanation of the -si in Dhegiha, since *ksika >
>   *sika.
>


Dr. Bruce Ingham
Reader in Arabic Linguistic Studies
SOAS