More on wachi
Rory M Larson
rlarson at unlnotes.unl.edu
Thu Jul 6 19:07:51 UTC 2006
>> 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
>
> I wonder what is the word to parse as 'against' here. Is it 'a'? (in
> OP?)
Yes, in OP that would be right; I'm not sure about Lakhota, but I think
it's general to MVS. a'- = 'to'/'at'/'against'. It reminds me a lot of
Latin ad- before a verb.
Rory
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