ASB puza

[David Costa]

Ummm... I'm confused. Which term here matches wiikwee-?

Dave

> For what it's worth, I've just noticed that wiikwee is actually a pretty
> good match for that Siouan 'cat' set (per the CSD):
>
> PSI *-truN
>
> Te igmu'
> Sa inmu'
>
> IO udwaN' (+ yiNGe 'little')  (u- ???)
> Wi wiic^aN'wa(siNiNc^serec^) 'cougar' (long-tailed cat)
>
> Dh *i(N)kruN-ka
>
> OP iNgdhaN'(ga)
> Ks iluN
> Os iluN'ka
>
> Bi tmoc^-ka
>
> Tu taluskik (I'd guess the root is something like t(a)lus followed by kik
> indicating something like 'small', though not, I think otherwise attested.
> Maybe kik is -ka + yiNk(i) 'little', contracted together.)
>
> Yuchi has something like atyuNne 'wildcat', though I'm not sure I've
> rerendered the DOS representation of Yuchi's complex orthography
> correctly.
>
> Northern Iroquoian has a series of terms that I'll try to sum up with
> Mohawk atiiru.  (I think there's a grave accent over the long i.)
>
> Note that the Siouan pus forms, per the CSD, are:
>
> Hi puus^ihke = puusi + diminutive
>
> Ma pu's ~ puse', pu'spuse
>
> La pusi'la
>
> Tu pus (Probably should be puus)