ASB puza

[Michael Mccafferty]

I imagine Dave Costa might be jumping in here as soon as the West Coast
wakes up. I always defer to him in these matter. However, "puza/buza"
looks like it could be a borrowing of a reflex in some Algonquian language
of Proto-Algonquian */peSiwa/  'lynx, wildcat' (S = sh)

Michael McCafferty



On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Wablenica wrote:

> I wonder what can be the origin of ASB puza/buza "cat"
>
> http://fpcctalkindian.nativeweb.org/n_audio/n_alphabet/buza.wma
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> Is 'pusida' in some D-dialects a cognate of buza or a borrowing of English "pussy" + dim.
> -da(n) ?
>
> Thank you.
> Constantine
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