WINN (HOCK) ROOTS
Rankin, Robert L
rankin at ku.edu
Mon Jan 7 22:05:21 UTC 2008
Jimm,
If the root ends in the syllable -ke, replace it with -ka instead.
If the root ends in a consonant, add an -e at the end.
Replace the following syllables:
Change kara to gra
kere to gre
kiri to gri
koro to gro
kuru to gru
para to bra
pere to bre
piri to bri
poro to bro
puru to bru
sara to sra (same with other identical vowels)
shara to shra " " " " "
xara to xra "
Generally speaking, move the accent back one syllable to the left.
This should get you pretty close to I/O/M. There are a few other things.
And, oh yes, the three nasal vowels belong in the above sets of CVCV syllables where the two vowels are identical too.
Bob
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From: owner-siouan at lists.colorado.edu on behalf of Jimm GoodTracks
Sent: Mon 1/7/2008 6:01 AM
To: siouan at lists.colorado.ed
Subject: WINN (HOCK) ROOTS
In Ken Miner's 1984 Winnebago Field Lexicon (June, 1984), he listed 6 pages of verb roots. Most roots are similar with Ioway, Otoe and of course, other Siouan languages.
Is there a simple formula, perhaps, to convert the roots to fit their Ioway, Otoe counterparts/ cognates?? Often in trying to find an IO root equivalent among the WINN roots, I run into discrepancies and other problems.
Although my inquiry may be naive, perhaps, Jonathan, or whosoever can respond.
Jimm
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