squash

[Jan F. Ullrich]

Could Lakota wagmu 'squash' be related to the stem gmu 'twisted' ? It occurs
with instrumentals pa-, na-, yu- :
 
pagmu - to twist smth by pushing with the hand
nagmu - to twist of its own accord
yugmu - to twist smth in the hand
 
 
wa-gmu would then be 'something-twisted' .
 
Jan
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rankin, Robert L [mailto:owner-siouan at lists.colorado.edu] On Behalf Of
Rankin, Robert L
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 6:26 AM
To: siouan at lists.colorado.edu
Subject: RE: squash


> BTW, Bob, what is the geographic distribution of this word in Siouan? All 
over, or only in the Mississippi Valley languages, or what?
 
Northern part of Mississippi Valley only:  Dakotan (wagmu, wamna,
dialectally) and Chiwere-Winnebago only.  Dhegiha is different.  Note that,
even within Dakotan, the vowels don't match.

> (Far as I know, the word doesn't reconstruct in Muskogean, either. The
word 
obviously has a special status in Algonquian.)
 
Depends on what word we're talking about.  There's a 'squash' reconstruction
in Muskogean, but it's not like the Siouan or Algonquian terms under
discussion.  

Bob
 
(I'll be in Oklahoma the next few days and may or may not have access to
email.)