Old

[R. Rankin]

It may just be an etymon that we haven't picked up on.  Much (most?) of Buechel
is cribbed word for word from Riggs, and Williamson is the reverse for Riggs.
The term must exist.  I'll check Quapaw and Kaw dictionaries and see if I can
find anything.

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wallace Chafe" <chafe at linguistics.ucsb.edu>
To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 12:19 PM
Subject: Old


> What am I to make of the fact that Buechel has an entry "old" that includes
> akaN; kaNhi "live to be old"; okaN "old age"; okaNka "at old age, at the
> last"? Curiously, Williamson has, at the end of the entry "old", kaN "an
> old coat". I must be missing something here.
> --Wally
>
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