Sky and clouds
John P. Boyle
jpboyle at midway.uchicago.edu
Fri Feb 16 16:57:59 UTC 2001
Just to throw out the Hidatsa forms for sky and clouds. 'Sky' is ahpaaxi
which can also be used for 'clouds'. 'Clouds' can also be
ahpaaxi-aru-ohxaadi 'sky-REL-white' or 'those that are white in the sky'
which can be compared to 'sky-blue' ahpaaxi-aru-do'ohi 'sky-REL-blue'.
Clearly the Hidatsa sky/cloud word is cognate with the other
(cloud) words discusseds thus far.
John Boyle
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