kuɴ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kun"

Natchez

Etymology

From Proto-Gulf *akʷin or *akʷini.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kun̥/

Noun

kuɴ

  1. water

References
  • Mary R. Haas (1956) “Natchez and the Muskogean Languages”, in Language‎, volume 32, number 1, Linguistic Society of America, page 67 (as “kuN”)
  • Mary R. Haas (1951) “The Proto-Gulf Word for "Water" (With Notes on Siouan-Yuchi)”, in International Journal of American Linguistics‎, volume 17, number 2, The University of Chicago Press, page 74 (as “kuN”)
  • Daniel Garrison Brinton (1873) “On the Language of the Natchez”, in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society‎, volume 13, number 90, American Philosophical Society, page 490 (as “kuhn”/“koon”)
  • Joseph Harold Greenberg (1987) Language in the Americas, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, page 213 (as “kun”)
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