Sleeps and Winters (fwd)

[Koontz John E]

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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 10:36:25 -0600
From: "Rankin, Robert L" <rankin at ku.edu>
To: 'Koontz John E ' <John.Koontz at colorado.edu>
Subject: RE: Sleeps and Winters


> laconically, wani'yetu 'winter, year'.

The Kaws seem to have used omoNyiNkka for 'year' in the Dorsey texts, but it
is also used for 'season'.

Koontz adds:

In OP umaN'[dh]iNkka, 'season, year', also sometimes used in counting
ages.  And I've always noticed maN[dh]iN'kka 'earth, soil'.

(Bob asked me to post this for him as his university email address has
unexpectedly changed, cutting him off temporarily from posting access.
JEK)