Muskogean 9

[Koontz John E]

On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Jack Martin wrote:
> As for Tunica:  Haas compared to'hkusa'hku 'nine' to sa'hku 'one' in her
> dictionary, but was apparently doubtful of what to'hku- meant.  Two
> possibilities include to'hku 'to strike ... together' and t-o'hku-sa'hku
> 'the-offspring-one' (which she evidently didn't think of or rejected).

Offspring again, huh?  Interesting, but doesn't really seem to work.  For
analogy I was thinking of the Osage form '[(ten the) one it-lacks]' which
is the inverse of the various teen constructions '[ten sitting-on-it]
one', etc.