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[Rory M Larson]

Alfred wrote:
> Interestingly, there's also chegnákekitxuN and chegnákitxuN as a verb
with the meaning 'to put on/wear a breechcloth' which seems to be
related with OP z^e atigthoN etc., doesn't it?

In OP, the 'th' symbol is traditionally used for their version of the MVS
*r, which seems to be a sort of retroflex glide from l to edh.  Since edh
is spelled th in English, this digraph is traditionally used for this
sound, which I have been calling ledh, and have recently taken to typing as
r.  But generally if you see an OP word with a th in it, the sound has
nothing to do with either t or h.  So the gthoN would not be related to La.
kitxuN.  I think it is probably cognate to the gna in ognakA.  It seems to
mean something like 'to fit (into)', and it's usually combined with
something else.

I wonder if La. txuN is cognate to OP ttaN, which means to 'have',
especially in a characteristic way.  Could that word parse as:

  che   gna(ke) a       ki        txuN
  penis fit     against one's-own have/keep
  thing against which to keep one's penis in place

?

Rory



> breechcloth in Lakota is chegnáke (obviously from: ché - penis and
ognákA - to place in, cf. ognáke - a place to keep things in; also
ognágnakapi - a chest or smth to store things in).

Interestingly, there's also chegnákekitxuN and chegnákitxuN as a verb
with the meaning 'to put on/wear a breechcloth' which seems to be
related with OP z^e atigthoN etc., doesn't it?

Also, I wonder if L cheáktxuN - to make a bridge (cheáktxuNpi - bridge)
is related in some way.