Another Proto-Mississippi Valley *py Set

[Jimm GoodTracks]

John:
"pyúbraN" (mint; Indian perfume plant) is from:
pi    =    good
ubráN    =    to smell; emit an odor

The "y" is the contracted sound resulting from  "pi + ubráN".  I am aware
that many of the entries on the English side do not appear in the IOM side.
In the enlarged unabridged edition of the dictionary, these lapses will be
added.
Jimm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Koontz John E" <John.Koontz at colorado.edu>
To: "Siouan List" <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 11:46 PM
Subject: Another Proto-Mississippi Valley *py Set


> I just happened to notice this *py set, not in the CSD:
>
> PMV *pyo (?), *pyu (?)
>
> IO pyu'braN 'mint, Indian perfume' Good Tracks
> IO haN'pyubraN 'mint, tall Indian perfume (pink flower)' Good Tracks
>
> NB These forms under 'mint' in the English side of Golod Tracks, but not
> under han- or py- in the IO side.  JEK
>
> OP *ppe.z^e nu'bdhaN "Pezhe NubthoN" 'wild mint (Mentha
>   canadensis)' Gilmore:90
>
> NB The relevant part here is the IO pyubraN compared with OP nubraN.  The
> braN is probably 'to have an odor', however, so really it's just the pyu-
> and nu- prefixal element that interestrs us.  OP u is from PS *o, but IO
> has u here, too, not a perfect match.  I looked around for c^ho- or c^hu-,
> without or without mnaN in Dakotan without finding anything.  Also, no
> dice in Winnebago for *rupaNnaN or *ropaNnaN, and nothing under 'mint' or
> 'perfume' anywhere that looked reasonable.  JEK
>
> John E. Koontz
> http://spot.colorado.edu/~koontz
>
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