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<P><FONT face=Courier size=2>Subject RE: Lakota Concept of Zero</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Courier size=2>I tend to think that trying to relate kkoge to k?u
is a folk etymology. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Courier size=2>The phonemes k? and kk cannot correspond in these
languages.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Courier size=2>Perhaps a more likely relationship would be with
the root kko- 'to make a </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Courier size=2>hollow sound'. </FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Courier size=2>Bob</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Courier size=2></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Courier size=2>ALOHA Y'ALL</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Courier size=2>So how does ku'ge "box" relate to
"drum"?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Courier size=2>WibthahoN,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Courier size=2>Uthixide</FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Mark Awakuni-Swetland, Ph.D.<BR>Assistant
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<DIV><FONT size=2>UmoNhoN ie thethudi<BR>Omaha Language Spoken
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