bird.

[Michael Mccafferty]

It's difficult not to see some sort of similarity between that an
Proto-Algonquian /kinliwa/ 'golden eagle', a term where that /-l-/ went to
/t/ in some languages, such as Fox /kitiwa/ and Miami-Illinois /kintiwa/.
Michael


On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, R. Rankin wrote:

> There are a couple of 'hawk' terms reconstructible in Proto-Siouan.  *kyetaN is
> one of them.  The Dhegiha cognate set is from intermediate *kretaN.  I've left
> off accent 'cause I can't remember off the top of my head where it is, but I
> think it's on the 1st syllable, so it may have a long V.  This term seems to
> have been a common medium sized raptor.
>
> Bob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "REGINA PUSTET" <pustetrm at yahoo.com>
> To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:48 AM
> Subject: Re: bird.
>
>
> > How does Lakota chetaN 'hawk' fit into the overall scenario?
> >
> > Regina
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > Do you Yahoo!?
> >  Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today!
>
>
>