Salishan and North-Caucasian
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Sa[lishan] languages are represented in this paper in the following way (data used in this paper are taken from the appropriate dictionaries or published word lists): Tsamosan [Ts]: Upper Chehalis [UP]. Interior Salish [IS]: Thompson River Salish [Th], Shuswap [Sh], Colville - Okanagan [CO], Moses - Columbian [MC], Spokane [Sp], Montana Salish [MS]. Central Salish [CS]: Lushootseed [Ls] (=Puget), Sechelt [Se], Squamish [Sq].
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FINGER: IS:MC =aks-t // NC *k'ÊÐa_sπ/a (very archaic).
bones (for stick-game).
ARM, EMBRACE (etc.): CS:Sq q'ac' [c' < *rC' ?] // Lak. and Khosr. qaÓ¾c 'shoulder' < NEC *qÊar|c'wÊV 'shoulder, arm'.
< *q‚a/ir.
BREAST: Wk *Óxu:¹ (or sim.) : No Óhu'(ƒλ) // NC *GwÊalÓÈe 'udder, breast' (> AvA ë‚arHV > Kar. ëori, etc.).
HAIR (on the head): IS:Th q'‚um 'head', MC q'‚um-qñn 'head' (*'hair' + 'head'; cf. Samish qñn 'head', loc.) : MS q'‚om-qñn / CS:Sq s-q'‚um-ay 'head hair' // NC *q'(w)ÊamÍÈñ 'plait, mane; hair'. Cf. compounds: Sa:MC q'‚um-qñn 'head' < *'hair on the head' vs NEC *q'(w)Êam-¾cV 'hair on the temples'.
‚ñt-Óx‚ñm.
elbow.
COLLAR-BONE: IS:Sp (s-¾c'im-)a¹-q'‚l-t (root q'‚l-) // NEC *qHwÊo¹wV 'neck, collar' (> AvA *q‚ilu).
(?) HEAD: NWk:Kw xum-s // NEC hq'wÊemÈV 'horn, head'.
BODY: IS:CO =ic'aÍ // NEC *¾cÈor¼V.
Èen_xwV (also *c.
(root; from *c.
MOUTH: NWk:Kw sem-s // NEC *|æwÊemV].
(d < n) : Sq niÓx id. // NWk n.
ox‚-s // NEC (AvA and Tsez.) *ƒλ.
patch.
(<*lex): Ka le¾s-ñn.
grease.
HEAD, FACE: Ts:UC matin 'head' // NEC *mñt'e/i 'face' [// N *mEt(')a 'head, top'].
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2013-06-24
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