Linguistic term needed

[Koontz John E]

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Koontz John E wrote:
Actually, this paragraph was from Rory, which I knew, but I mangled the
editing of the quotative particles:

> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Rankin, Robert L wrote:
> > In OP, the word for lead is moNze tu, 'blue metal'.  But in Dakota, lead
> > is maNza su, which also means 'bullet'. Apparently the Dakota word was
> > influenced by the Omaha term phonologically, ...