Comanche borrowings?

[Anthony Grant]

Dear Jimm!

Oh, Lila's dictionary was published - James Armagost was co-author -
and I have a copy back home in Yorkshire.  It's far from perfect but
it's still very useful.  I know she did work on Jiwele too. She (or
James?) spotted a number of laons from other Native languages into
Comanche.

Best

Anthony

>>> goodtracks at GBRonline.com 14/01/2004 17:52:00 >>>
That appears straight from Ponca, as one of the late Elders' Ponca name
was
"Wasabe" (Black Bear).

Some time ago, ten or more years ago, Lila Wistrand-Robinson, work on
a
Commanche Dictionary.  I had the impression that she may have been
contracted by the tribe.  Nevertheless, I dont recall anyone ever
mentioning
this Dictionary by her, and I failed to ask her about several years ago
when
discussing other matters.
Jimm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rory M Larson" <rlarson at unlnotes.unl.edu>
To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 10:24 AM
Subject: Comanche borrowings?


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> Has anybody noticed that the Comanche word for 'black bear'
> is wasape?  (Comanche Vocabulary. Manuel Garcia Rejon,
> tr. & ed. Daniel J. Gelo, University of Texas Press, Austin,
> 1995.)  I assume that's a loan from Dhegihan, probably
> Ponka if not Kaw or Osage.
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> Also, they seem to have three words for 'horse':
> puki, tIhIya and kobi.  Kobi seems to mean 'mustang'
> or 'stallion'; is this another variant of caballo/kawa?
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> Rory
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