Sunroot use among First Nations

[Robert L. Rankin]

> The Proto(Mississippi Valley) Siouan form was something like *hpaN'xi.
> The Omahas I asked about it used the word for 'radish'.  The modern
> form is ppaN'ghe in Omaha in my limited experience, though I've seen
> ppaN'ghi in sources, I think.  Dakotan has phaNghi'.  I don't think
> the stem is attested outside Missippi Valley, though this is probably
> at least partly due to coincidences of distribution.  I suppose there
> must be forms in Crow-Hidatsa and in Mandan.

I guess I'm behind the curve on this one.  I thought Terry was referring
to the term that crops up (pun intended) in Dakotan as mdo/blo <*wVRo.

In any event, it might be worthwhile calling his attention to those
ethnobotanies by Huron Smith.  I don't currently have the biblio nearby,
but John would.

Bob