Re: Raven words

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <sean@...> wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <sean@> wrote:

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> That range of meanings seems to fit best w:
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> kaçi:ká:- (f) = young weasel RV S; akHis -i- = weasel Ar;
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> rel. to (probl.):
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> ka:kom \ ka:kum = stoat MP; ? >> qa:qum Tk; ? >> kHakHum \ kngum Ar;
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> w kHakHum apparently < * kHakYH(y)um w assim. to either both k or kY (shown by some modern forms like c^'ässEum ), but a direct rel. isn't clear.
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Sim., kHakHum \ kngum apparently < opt. assim. to kHakHum \ * kHumkHum early (before u>ë / , etc.).