Lakota chaNnuNpa

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Sat Jun 24 09:51:36 UTC 2006


On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, ROOD DAVID S wrote:
> 	However, you've given me an idea for the source of the extra "u",
> though it's not perfect, either.  Perhaps the /u/ is from "uN" 'with; by
> means of; using' (the word that got us started on this whole discussion,
> the postposition derived from the verb uN).  Chanli un uNpa 'one smokes
> tobacco with it' might possibly erode to chaNn-u-uNpa.

Aha!  I think this is what you (?) eventually suggested after the initial
CSD discussion, though I think it never found its way into the CSD text!
Anyway, it's very familiar, and probably makes better sense than an
evanescent hu.

Maybe the stem is c^haNl=uN=hupa ~ c^haNl=uN=uNpa?



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