bear, acorn

Richard L. Dieterle Richard.L.Dieterle-1 at tc.umn.edu
Mon Feb 26 14:35:44 UTC 2001


I wonder if anyone can answer this: which came first, the bear or the acorn?  Is
the bear the "acorn-eater", or is the acorn "bear-food"?  Some material
(Winnebago unless otherwise stated):

hujera 	              acorn [Foster]
huc, huj, hunjra	     acorn [Gatschet]
huNc 	                bear [Marino-Radin, contemporary Hocak]
hunc 	                bear [Radin]
HuNc Hikikarac	       Bear Clan [Gatschet]
hunjera 	             bear [Foster]
huNjera	              bears [Lamere-Radin]
HuNjga 	              Bear, a Bear Clan personal name [Dorsey]
hujijaN	              a bear [Radin]
Ofo: uthi             bear [Dorsey]
Biloxi: oNt'i, oNdi   bear [Dorsey]
Biloxi: anyaN, udi    acorn [Dorsey]



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