oak (-tree)
"Alfred W. Tüting"
ti at fa-kuan.muc.de
Mon Mar 29 06:22:43 UTC 2004
Thanks to all you folks for the input! My fault to being discouraged
when - about a year ago and still unfamiliar with Buechel's dictionary -
I couldn't retrieve this entry, and didn't try it again later :( (maybe,
because it felt quite plausible that the D. had dropped this word).
It seems that the word _u'tahu_ is composed of _u'ta_ - the hazelnut;
acorns - and _hu_ - stem - (-> tree).
_itu'hu_ maybe is 'wild tree' (wildly grown stem). Were there any trees
cultivated by the Dakotas??
I also am wondering whether the expression for
_itu'hu_ - a stone used to break bones or pound berries; the frontal (B)
is nothing but a homophone.
Again, many thanks!
Alfred
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