(Fwd) Re: Lakota names

[Bruce Ingham]

Following last nights contribution about complex morphology of
words


chuwignaka 'woman's dress' (che ditto ?, wi 'fem?, gnaka 'put')

This is of course more probably chuwi 'back', gnaka 'put' ie put on
and covering the back.  Having started off with loins I sort of got
focussed on it.  But it illustrates the point just as well.

Bruce


Dr. Bruce Ingham
Reader in Arabic Linguistic Studies
SOAS