Sarpy

[Michael Mccafferty]

Well, "Badsie" is not Iroquoian, because of the B-. Iroquoian doesn't have
bilabials. The -ds- is a more or less respectable transcription of
Canadian French /ts/ (superscript s) for /t/ before /i/ and /u"/ (umlaut
over the u). /dz/ (superscript z) in Canadian French represents /d/ before
/i/ and /u"/.

So, 'John' = [baecis] is probably (Jean)-Baptiste, and "Badsie" seems to
be "Baptiste".

Michael

On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Alan Hartley wrote:

> Anthony Grant wrote:
>
> > In Michif,  according to the works of Peter Bakker,  'John' is [baecis],
> > which involves the ae ligature and a hacek over the c.
>
> Badsie is an Onondaga chief's name--French?--in 1700 (NYCD 4.805).
>
>
>

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