Greeting

[bi1 at soas.ac.uk]

Following Violet's useful contribution on nape etc I wonder if I could
ask what is the Lakota verb 'to greet'.  I only know the word
napekiciyuzapi meaning 'to shake hands'.  Is there another word other
than saying 'hau ekiya 'say hallo to', which i have seen used.  Can
houkiya 'send the voice' have the meaning of 'greet from a distance,
send regards'
Bruce
Date sent:      	Mon, 02 Feb 2004 16:01:10 -0600
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From:           	"CATCHES VIOLET" <napshawin at msn.com>
To:             	siouan at lists.colorado.edu
Subject:        	RE: anuNg - nupa

> WHILE IT DOESN'T EXPLICTLY SAY THE WORD FOR TWO, IT IS IMPLICIT IN THE WORD,
> ANUNKXA, on both sides, on each side etc, like at the top and bottom,
> opposing sides, only two sides, head-tail, right-left, above-below, on
> top-on bottom,
> so namp anunkxa yuza  hypothetically, i went to shake the hand (one) of a
> grieving person, and felt really sorry when i saw him/her, i would take
> his/her hand in both of mine and slightly rub in to show my sympathy...
> Violet
>
>
> naNp?anuNk yuza 'to take hold of something with
> both hands'.  NaNb is plainly 'hand', and yuza is 'to grab'.  AnuNk is
> 'on both sides' in several contexts, e.g., anuN'gwakhic^as^ka 'saddle bags',
> but, >as such, seems a bit inexplicable.  It doesn't seem to involve a
> morpheme for 'two'. <<
>
>
> >
> >I always imagined that  _anung(k)_ [anuN'g] was composed of a-nuN-k where
> >the center part derived from _nupa_ [nuN'pa] -> nub -> num [nuN], the
> >initial part is _a-_ (on, upon) and the _-g/k_ ending might be the
> >remaining rest of some truncation process. Hence, 'on/from both sides' (?)
> >
> >Only recently, I was pondering on _anunkhasan_ [anuN'kh^asaN]
> >'Weißkopfadler' where _anunk_ and _san_ seem pretty obvious, whereas the
> >middle part _ha_ [h^a] - to me - is not. Any hints?
> >
> >Alfred
> >
>
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