Lakota chaNnuNpa

[Koontz John E]

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006, David Kaufman wrote:
>   Well, whaddya know?  I came across Biloxi "yaniksoni iNni," (smoke a
> pipe) where iNni looks the same as the verb "to drink."  I was wondering
> why they would "drink" a tobacco pipe, but now it seems this is a
> different verb root altogether?  (Although I suppose some relation could
> be made between sucking and drinking?)

I believe that the CSD editors considered 'suck, smoke' and 'drink' (when
similar) to be related.