Comanche (fwd)

[Robert L. Rankin]

> Long ago you told me that the Omaha word for the Comanche is /ppa'daNkka/,
> and that in Omaha at least this means 'stubby head'. You also told me that
> Winnebago has a word /pa:jo'ke/ which designates some imaginary Indian tribe.
> You still agree with both of these statements?

John writes:

> Another explanation might be that the original form in Dhegiha was a
> meaningless *ppadokka (borrowed from elsewhere?), subsequently widely
> reanalized as ppaddaNkka to give it a meaning.

That corresponds with my position certainly.  I'm pluncking for
folk etymology all the way.  :-)  Same with "Baxoje" and
"Wadohta-na".

Bob