Siouan ki- 'become (again)', 'return to'

[willemdereuse at unt.edu]

For what it's worth, I agree with David on this one.  The meaning 
'toward home' is derived from the meaning 'back again'. I know it's not 
really relevant, but you have exactly the same derivation in Athabascan.

Willem

Quoting ROOD DAVID S <David.Rood at Colorado.EDU>:

>
> I'm going to side with Bob on this one.  It seems to me that the 
> basic meaning of the vertatives is not 'toward home' but 'back 
> (again)'.  Over and over in the texts we read "i na gli na...." -- 
> 'went there and came back and...' without the concept of 'home' 
> anywhere around.
>