Lakota chaNnuNpa
Rory M Larson
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Tue Jun 27 21:26:34 UTC 2006
So MVS *ir- gives us Da. ch- and Dh. r-, with *irVN giving Dh. rVN -> nVN ?
And MVS *y -> Da. ch and Dh. z^
*r -> Da. y and OP & Os. dh, Ka. y, Qu. d
when not confused with consonant clusters or nasalization?
I wonder about the *-uNpa element(s) that combines with 'tobacco' to make
'pipe'. That looks like it's transparently reconstructible for Lakhota,
Osage and OP at least.
Rory
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> MVS *RaNri' *RaNri'-uNpa
> Or perhaps the dubious phoneme sets are due to 'tobacco' being borrowed
after Dakotan and Dhegihan diverged.
Probably *iraNri with initial i- accounting for the Dak. ch-, as in several
kinterms. But you're right, this word was widely borrowed and may or may
not be reconstructible even at the subgroup level. There are Iroquoian
look-alikes and I doubt there is a good Proto-Siouan reconstruction.
Bob
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