Roof (RE: [Lexicog] Turkey)

[Koontz John E]

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Rankin, Robert L wrote:
> > Does anyone have any cognates for the Biloxi word at(u)kse, meaning
> > cover, lid, or roof of a house?  This is one of those u-circumflexes
> > that may be either atukse or atakse, but I don't seem to find any firm
> > cognates in my limited library of Siouan dictionaries.
> The CSD asks essentially the same question.  a- is clearly a locative.
> Then you have either /dak-/ from *raka- 'by striking' or you have /du-/
> 'by pulling or hands'.  There is apparently a Hidatsa cognate for the
> root, but not the prefix.  The prefix is listed with U-breve in the CSD.
> My only advice is to look for the same root with different instrumentals
> so you'll know whether the boundary comes before or after the -k-.

I suppose it must refer to somehow thatching?