concept of zero

[shokooh Ingham]

It is strange that the cho-la 'empty, without' and the
choka 'middle' are partly homophonous.  I have never
seen a connection suggested.  The 'without' term is
cho- or cho-la, where the -la is presumably the
diminutive which often means 'no more' 'enough' as in
henala 'only those' 'that is all' .  Comparative
Siouanists may be able to tell us more about the cho-
vs choka 
Bruce
--- "Alfred W. Tüting" <ti at fa-kuan.muc.de> wrote:

> Osniochoka would mean "in the middle of the
> coldness" ie "zero degrees 
> centigrade"  Bruce <<
> 
> osni-o-choka
> 
> How's choka' (empty, without anything) and choka'la
> (naked, bare) 
> related to this idea? Is it just homophonic?
> 
> 
> Alfred
> 
> 
> 



	
	
		
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