horse paper

[Alan Knutson]

That brings to mind the Proto_Algonquin term for " ordinary or even
original, or plain ( =real) *eleni-" which shows as "leni-" below,  it
appears also in PA (Bloomfield) *eleneq$ipa  "mallard duck" and perhaps
in *elenyiwa "man" (which is the source of the ethnonym "Illinois").

Alan K



On Thur, 22 Apr 2004 Michael wrote:

A parallel case might be made in the case of  Miami-Illinois /mahweewa/
'wolf', an animal known to Algonquians from day one, and Miami-Illinois
/lenimahwia/ 'real wolf', the term for "coyote," a prairie animal that
was
not there from day one.

Michael