Rib (was Re: Portatives in Omaha-Ponca)

[Kathleen Shea]

I checked this with one of my consultants, and the word for 'ribs' in Ponca
is dhethi, with an aspirated "t."  (He said it was /thi/ as in /athi/
'he/she arrived (here)' and not as in /tti/ 'house' when I asked him.)

Kathy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Koontz John E" <John.Koontz at colorado.edu>
To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 4:34 PM
Subject: Rib (was Re: Portatives in Omaha-Ponca)


> On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Kathleen Shea wrote:
>
> > Bob just e-mailed me that the Kansa and Quapaw cognates don't contain an
> > aspirated consonant, so I'm probably wrong.
>
> So, presumably it is dhitti (in OP).  Note that Dorsey actually has just
> "edh"  + i + t + i, where edh is written cent-sign as usual.  This is
> consistent with either version (dhitti or dhithi), though actually I
> normally assume the latter in such cases.  Fletcher & LaFlesche's "t" is
> also ambiguous.  I have not heard the word pronounced.
>