Saponi Language Questions

[Rankin, Robert L]

Afraid I can't help much with 'thoroughly'.  Maybe 'whole' or 'all' would be as close as you could come?

'To oil' in Kaw and other Dhegiha languages contains the root /gli/ 'to shine'.  So /wee(g)li/ is 'what they shine with' or 'what they make it shine with'.  Something like that could represent your 'annoint'.  /chiⁿ/ would be your 'oil'.

bob

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Subject: RE: Saponi Language Questions

Thank you Dr. Rankin and Dr. Cumberland.

"Thoroughly" was the word instead of "thoughly", lol. I should have thoroughly inspected my typing of the word.

The word for fat in Tutelo-Saponi then is chi. (chin)
Is it possible that by adding the -ici at the end that it would render it as oil, like saying the little parts of the fat, i.e. oil. No puns intended.



Scott P. Collins


--- On Wed, 5/4/11, Rankin, Robert L <rankin at ku.edu> wrote:

From: Rankin, Robert L <rankin at ku.edu>
Subject: RE: Saponi Language Questions
To: "siouan at lists.Colorado.EDU" <siouan at lists.Colorado.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 10:29 AM

Did you mean 'thoroughly'??  Little typing problem there.  :-)

The tcin/itci word there is also the term for 'fat'.  tutelo should be nearly the same:  Ichiⁿ or chiⁿ.

Bob

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Subject: Saponi Language Questions

I'm looking for the word for “thoughly” which I think may be pi-api-ipi.
I'm also looking for the words “annointed” and “oil”.
So far I’m thinking masa-pa for “annointed” . The word for grease in Ofo is itchi and in Biloxi it is tcin. I'm thinking that the word would be tche in Saponi or something like this. Any ideas?






Scott P. Collins