roast (1)

Verb physical_condition_change

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *yó•-kʔį

Pre-Mandan *rókrį•-

Mandan rókirįroʔš , †rókįri•roʔš ‘she roasted’ H:188

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *yó•_kʔį

Proto-Dakota *čho_kʔį́

Lakota čho_kʔį́ ‘roast’ RTC

Dakota ćoḳíŋ , †čho_kʔį́ ‘roast’ SRR:103a

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *ró•_kʔį

Chiwere rókʔį ‘fry, bake’ LWR:25

Hoocąk roo_kʔį́ ‘roast, bake, cook in oven’ KM:2639 , rook’į

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo

Biloxi áyukûnĭ´, áyuḳûni , †áyukuni ‘roasted’ D&S:296a

General comment

This form appears to be a compound of *(i)yo• ‘flesh’ and an unidentified second element. Mandan and Biloxi seem reasonably close and the treatment here is reminiscent of clusters in ‘wear around the neck’ or ‘necklace’. Biloxi ḳ quite generally corresponds to MVS kʔ. The MVS forms may be cognate but the complex morphology here is not yet well understood. Initial syllable accent ordinarily presumes a missing initial vowel. In this instance it would be inalienable i-, but there is no trace of the inflectional prefix in this loosely incorporated form. This suggests that, even though accent is very largely predictable in Proto-Siouan on the second vowel, there were instances in which it was distinctive.

Predictability was not complete .

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources