Sleep/Winter

[Koontz John E]

On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Koontz John E wrote:

> 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, ...

And, as far as I know, the 'winter' is only used in the sense of 'year' in
counting ages or elapsed time.

JEK