Sleep/Winter

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Mon Mar 19 20:16:03 UTC 2001


On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, ardis eschenberg wrote:

> UmoNdhiNkha is the normal way 'year' is referred to by the speakers I know
> (Omaha).

The examples of 'sleeps' and 'winters' as counting units are all in the
Dorsey texts, though there are some 'years/seasons' counting examples
there, too.  (Also a neat word for a 'two year old colt', not related to
either.)



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