waiN

[R. Rankin]

WaiN is just from *wa-?iN with an organic glottal stop.
I take it that Omaha never keeps those glottals -- only
the peculiar conjugation that went with them (compare
zha-miN,
zha-zhiN, zhiN  'think').

Proto-Siouan glottal stop only remains after consonants
in Omaha then, as far as I know.  And about the only
example(s) I can come up with right off is/are naNp?iN
and
wanaNp?iN 'wear about the neck', which contains the
same etymon as *wa?iN.

As far as I know the /?/ from /k?/ always remains in
Omaha and Ponca.  And of course it's preserved as /k?/
(or sometimes an original /x?) in Kaw, Osage and
Quapaw.  QU is the only one that preserves /x?/, the
other 2 merge it with /k?/.

Note that sequences of aNk-/aNg- '1st du/pl' followed
by ?V do not retain any trace of the glottal in Dhegiha
but do in Dakotan.

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: <rlarson at unlnotes01.unl.edu>
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Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:11 AM
Subject: RE: waiN


>
> > I've transcribed waiiN as waiN and waiN: in my
notes.
> > There is no glottal stop in the modern
pronunciation.  It is frequently
> > used and can mean shawl, robe or blanket.  It comes
up a lot at doings.
> > Regards,
> > Ardis
>
> > PS I don't think it is a loss of a glottal stop in
fast speech, either.
> > Wa'u woman never becomes wau.
>
> Thanks, Ardis!
>
> Wa?u' comes from wak?o', with the glottal stop being
derived
> fairly recently from /k?/.  Could someone remind me
where OP
> ?iN, meaning to wear or draw with the shoulders,
comes from?
> Is that from *k?iN, or is there some other source for
that
> glottal?
>
> Rory
>
>