"phute'okicu" (etymological enquiry)

[Rankin, Robert L]

That makes much better sense, as it clearly relates the verb to k?u 'give'.
 
Kaw uses wajutta ppa sceje 'long-nosed (4 legged) animal'.  But I liked their secondary terms better:  wakkaNda ttaNga ppa sceje 'great long-nosed god' and wakkaNda xoje ttaNga 'great gray god'.  
 
Bob

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I asked a fluent speaker today about "elephant" and he pronounced it clearly with ejective c: phutewokic'u. He said it means "he gives food to his own lip", consisting of phute 'lip' and wokic'u 'to give foot to one's own'. The word wokic'u is attested by other speakers and materials. 

 

Jan