[Lexicog] cranberry morphemes and unanalyzable but obviously derived forms

[Kenneth C. Hill]

In the Hopi Dictionary I provided a morphological breakdown of each entry.
In the case of "cranberry" morphemes the solution was fairly
straightforward: indicate what is known and what is unknown. An example is
the Hopi word for the yellow fruits of the trompillo plant, Solanum
elaeagnifolium: atsi-vosi [(?)-seed]. -vosi is clearly the combining form
of poosi 'seed', but atsi- is otherwise only found in atsingawi
'blistercress, Erysimum sp.', a plant with little yellow flowers:
atsi-ngawi [(?)-coil]. atsi- is unrelated to the word for yellow:
sikyàngpu. Sikyàngpu 'yellow' itself has a morpheme I haven't been able to
identify: sikyà-ng-pu [yellow-(?)-RSLT] (where "RSLT" is the resultative,
a common adjectival ending). -ng- occurs in many words, especially color
words, but so far it remains a mystery item.

--Ken

--- yahganlang <phonosemantics at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> Hi. I've got a question of how one deals with cranberry morphemes
> and unanalyzable but obviously derived forms in a dictionary
> organized around root morphemes and internal reconstruction.
>
> Does one simply list these without comment, or should speculations
> about origins of the unanalyzable parts be included?
>
> In Anthony Mattina's Colville-Okanagan dictionary, which is
> organized by roots, these forms are just listed as if they were
> roots, even including a left-hand radical sign. Yet it is likely
> they were not diachronically simple forms at all, whether borrowed,
> inherited, or both. There are quite many of them, just as there will
> be when the Yahgan dictionary I've been reediting is ready.
>
> What is the safest bet here? How have others here on the List dealt
> with them? Thanks.
>
> Jess Tauber
> phonosemantics at earthlink.net
>
>
>
>



		
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