clusters in potential loan words

[Iren Hartmann]

Many thanks for this, Bob! 

I hope that you will feel better soon!

All the best for a speedy recovery,
Iren

Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 20:36:49 +0000
From: rankin at KU.EDU
Subject: Re: clusters in potential loan words
To: SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu








Hi Iren,

 

> In Chiwere dw clusters are similarly suspect.
And, as you know, these will turn up in Hochunk with a Dorsey’s Law vowel.




> Would this be
cVw in Hoocąk? As in
wicąwąs ’big cat, squash’? Or reecawa ’belly button’?
...nąącawa ’ear’?



Sorry to be so long answering, if I forgot earlier.  I got thrown in the
Krankenhaus with a broken pelvis, and it's gotten in the way of my email correspondence.  Yes, those words are what I was referring to in at least some instances.  The ones that turn up in Lakota with
gm or kw clusters are "foreign" and probably of Algonquian origin.  They should be examined very carefully.  On the other hand, 'ear' and perhaps other examples have a *tp cluster, and they may be native Siouan vocabulary. 


 

All the best,

 

Bob

 		 	   		  
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