kahomni

"Alfred W. Tüting" ti at fa-kuan.muc.de
Tue Jul 13 06:53:07 UTC 2004


@John: Clearly there are some complications to the form of (h)(o)mni 'to
turn in circles (?)'.  Perhaps homni is a compound based on mni, or
perhaps some contraction of V(h)V is involved.

Also, the part _ho-_ seems to refer to the idea of 'round/circle'

(Buechel: ho- - It makes them refer to a circle of camps] with quite
some examples)

I wonder if the different words _ho_ (voice, fish) are just homophones
or etymologically connected in some way.
Same with the part _mni_ (above): Apart from its meaning 'water', it
seems to refer to smth 'round/spinning' etc. too, cf. Buechel:
mnic^a'tomni - windmill (!)
mni'c^iyA - to assemble e.g a feast; to make a feast or call an assembly
(-> camp circle?)


Alfred



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