Words for Loss, Lose and Lost
Rankin, Robert L.
rankin at KU.EDU
Sat Mar 2 18:25:42 UTC 2013
> I can't find a word that means drop or to drop in Tutelo-Saponi but I do find the word for fallen = ohiki and fall down = hiphe. Is it possible that one of these two words may have the drop aspect in their root word?
Looks like you're right. Here are the 'fall, lose' terms from my comparative Siouan file. If you have questions about the two letter abbreviations for the various languages, let me know.
Bob
GLOSS[ fall †hį 0.0, hį-pe
ProtoDH[ *hí•phe
KS[ hí•phe ‘fall’ RR
OS[ †híphe “hípshe” ‘stumble and fall, trip’ LF-61b
TU[ †hįpé “himpéwa” ‘fall down’ Hw.
COM[ There are too few forms here to give us a truly secure reconstruction; however, the forms that do exist suggest a PSI compound |*hi•-phe|. QU |hide| ‘drop, cause to fall’ probably contains the initial root of this form.
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GLOSS[ fall †pE x.0 >lie down
GRAMCAT[ V
PSI[ *xapÉPCH[ *xap-
CR[ xapí ‘lie down, fall’ RG
HI[ xápi ‘lie down, recline’ J
HI[ xphe, ara- ‘kick sth. off of sth.’ J
HI[ xphe, na- ‘knock down from a high place’ (rka) J
HI[ xphe, nú- ‘take down’ J
HI[ xphe, pá- ‘push off, knock down, knock off’ J
PMA[ *-xpe-
MA[ wakípxeʔš ‘I fell in’ C
PMV[ *xpa-
PDA[ *xpA
LA[ xpáya ‘lie down’ C
LA[ xpahą́ ‘thrown down’ C
LA[ oxpA´ ‘drop’ C
LA[ xpá, na- ‘be kicked off or out.’ B-815
LA[ xpa, oká- ‘make fall into by striking’ B-383
LA[ xpáxpa, ka- ‘strike and make pieces fly off, as from wood
or ice’ B-275
LA[ xpá, wa- ‘cut off anything and let it fall’ B-519
LA[ xpá, wo- ‘make fall by shooting, to shoot down, as a bird
on the wing’ B-598
LA[ xpá, ya- ‘pull something with the mouth so as to make it
come down, as a dog jumping at a piece of beef. to throw anything
down with’ B-620
LA[ xpá, yu- ‘pull something, so as to make it fall; to loosen
the bow string after use; to throw down e.g. one’s load, to shake
off’ B-639
LA[ xpa, yuáka- ‘cover, conceal’ B-633
LA[ xpa, apá- ‘throw down on’ B-88
DA[ xpa “ḣpa” ‘thrown down’ R-166b
CH[ oxwą́ñe ‘fall down’ JOD
PDH[ *xpare
OP[ †oxpáðe “uxpathe “SW-74
KS[ oxpáye ‘fall off’ RR
KS[ obáxpaye ‘push off, shove sth. off’ RR
KS[ obúxpaye ‘push somebody off (old fused causative?)’ RR
KS[ ogáxpaye ‘knock somebody off of a horse, perch, etc.’ RR
KS[ oną́xpaye ‘kick something off its platform.’ RR
KS[ obóxpaye ‘shoot down, shoot and cause to fall’ RR
KS[ odáxpaye ‘burn down, cause to fall by burning’ RR
KS[ oyúxpaye ‘fall from the hand, let, to lose.’ RR
OS[ †oxpáðe “uxpáthe” ‘fall, become lost’ LF-181b
QU[ oxpáde ‘fall from a height’ JOD
QU[ obáxpade ‘push off and cause to fall’ RR
QU[ obíxpade ‘fall, cause by pressure/weight’ RR
QU[ odíxpade ‘pull off and cause to fall’ RR
QU[ okáxpade ‘knock off, cause to fall off’ RR
QU[ oną́xpade ‘kick something down’ RR
QU[ opóxpade ‘shoot down’ RR
BI[ xapká ‘flat, low’ DS-225 (?)
COM[ HI, LA, CH, and DH show forms with a relic, fused causative which is no longer conjugated as a causative. MA |wą́xpe| ‘nine’ (one laid/hangs down?) may also belong here, although it is a rather peculiar form, being exceptional with regard to the normal MA constraint against clusters with |p| as second element.
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