More Spiders, Tricksters, and Whiteman

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Thu Jul 25 16:27:11 UTC 2002


On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 Rgraczyk at aol.com wrote:
> Isa'ahkawuattee is composed of isa'ahka 'old man' + bu'attaa 'coyote'.
> Isahkupe'e 'tricky' won't work because of the vowel length: it has a short
> 'a' where isa'ahka has a long 'a'.

Out of curiosity, what might the analysis of isahkupe'e be?

JEK



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