Kilatika

[Michael McCafferty]

Thanks for your thoughts, John. To be honest, though, I think this is a 
dead horse, at least for now.

Michael

Quoting Koontz John E <John.Koontz at colorado.edu>:

> On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Koontz John E wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 mmccaffe at indiana.edu wrote:
>> > A subtribe of the Algonquian-speaking Miami [is identified as]
>> > <Kilatika> and <Kiratika> ...
>> >
>> > This ethnonym has no apparent etymology in Miami-Illinois. I was
>> > wondering if by chance it might have an apparent etymology in an Ohio
>> > valley or Mississippian Siouan language.
>>
>> Something like ki + ra + tika, where ki is from the suus, possessive,
>> reflexive and reciprocal set (neglecting vowel syncopation and aspiration
>> or preaspiration, etc., on the stop), ra is a perhaps the 'by mouth'
>> instrumental, and tika is the root.
>
> Some possibilities:
>
> IO rac^hege 'to tell old news', wac^hege 'polish by rubbing, make new'
> (-c^hege (root) with ra- 'by mouth', and wa 'by pushing')
>
> This might suggest something like 'they chatter about themselves'.
> However, note that I am just using IO as a convenient source of forcms.  I
> believe the reflexive or reciprocal "ki (khi-) would interact irregularly
> with the ra- instrumental, maybe khikra-?  This is kind of a weakly
> documented area in IO and Winnebago.
>
> IO raj^e 'call by name'
>
> An additional element *-ka would be required with this.  I'm not sure that
> works out.
>
> IO j^i'ge 'wipe clean, stroke across'
>
> (If this is related to the first root, then, maybe it is actually c^ege,
> not c^hege)
>
> I'll look further, but this may be some help.
>
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