white apple

[Koontz John E]

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Alan Hartley wrote:
> Siouan names for white apple, Indian breadroot (Pediomelum esculentum):
>
> Dakota tí-psiN-na, T. -la (Riggs)

Sa thipsiN=na (=daN > =na / VN__)
Te thipsiN=la

=daN, =la are, of course, the diminutive.

Roots of the form *pSi ~ *pSiN (S = s, s^) are common in Siouan roots for
aquatic plants with edible parts, especially edible roots (no pun
intended).  I believe we've been through that fairly recently and the
forms are all in the archives.

> Hidatsa ahi' (Matthews, Maximilian)
  Crow ihi' (Graczyk)
> Mandan mahá (Maximilian)