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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt;">Jan,<br>
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Good point. I wasn't aware of the aspiration difference. I do think the etymology relates t<font size="4">o
</font><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D"><font face="Arial" size="4">napé ‘hand’ in any event. Aspirated
<i>napchoka</i> has to be a contraction of <i>nap<font size="4">V</font></i><font size="4"> and
<i>choka</i> </font>because otherwise the pch cluster wouldn't be possible.<br>
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<font size="4"><font size="4">Bob <br>
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<div style="direction: ltr;" id="divRpF953372"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Siouan Linguistics [SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu] on behalf of Jan Ullrich [jfu@LAKHOTA.ORG]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 12, 2013 2:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Number 'nine' in Chiwere.<br>
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</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">I think perhaps the Dakotan term relates to counting in sign language where 'nine' leaves one finger bent over, i.e., "lying", in the palm of the hand.
</span><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">napcóka</span></i><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"> is 'palm' and</span><span style="color:black">
</span><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">yųka</span></i><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"> and
<i>wąka</i></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"> are ‘to lie’ in Lakota and the so-called D-dialects respectively</span><span style="color:#1F497D"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Bob, I wonder if the etymology is rather napé ‘hand’ (or perhaps napsú ‘finger’) and čík’ala and yuŋká/waŋká ‘to lie’. Note that napčhóka ‘palm’ has aspirated
čh while napčíyuŋka has a plain one.</span></p>
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