Colors in Dakota -Duta

[Violet Catches]

I  hope you all are getting these messages:

yes, David has a point, one which I always forget to add when speaking of
colors. Luta is also used in a name, long ago it was said that 'luta' can
also mean blue, but that is since lost, I think. That was my grandmother who
said that, later my step-father confirmed that idea and which I got that
'blue' is not used anymore in the names or the color. So a red horse is a
Hinsha, but in a name it should be Txashunke Luta.
Violet Catches, miye





>From: ROOD DAVID S <rood at spot.Colorado.EDU>
>Reply-To: siouan at lists.colorado.edu
>To: siouan at lists.colorado.edu
>Subject: Re: Colors in Dakota -Duta
>Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 15:52:27 -0700 (MST)
>
>Louis,
>	I'm curious now: you cite both sa an sha in your message.  Are
>those two spellings for the same term, or do Dakotas make a distinction?
>If the latter, sa should be lighter or less intense than sha.
>	I just got acquainted a couple days ago (by telephone) with a
>young Lakhota who tells me his name is thashuNka luta, which he translates
>'red horse'.  That must play on the 'sacred' meaning, since I can't
>imagine a scarlet horse, but maybe it's just because it's a name.  Your
>comment that names tend to use "luta" accords with what others have told
>me (Maxpiya Luta for Red Cloud, e.g.).
>	David
>
>David S. Rood
>Dept. of Linguistics
>Univ. of Colorado
>295 UCB
>Boulder, CO 80309-0295
>USA
>rood at colorado.edu
>
>On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Louis Garcia wrote:
>
> > As far as I can determine duta/luta is the color scarlet or bright red.
> > Whereas sa is for plain red, also for the color of hair. Ex: Pehinsa for
> > someone with red hair.
> > However the word for headress wapesha (Lakotas don't seem to use the
>noun
> > marker wa, and just use pesa) should be wapeduta for the bright red deer
> > hair.
> >
> > Also in the Wakan Wacipi 'Waduta' in the songs seem to be translated as
> > something sacred.
> > Most of the traditional names also have duta. Only a handful use the
>term
> > sa.
> > Toksta ake,
> > Louis Garcia
> >
>


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