Word for 'prairie'?

[Henning Garvin]

In HoChunk:

'hoska / mooska' refer to an opening.  It is sometimes glossed as prairie,
but I have the sense it refers more to a natural opening in a forest.

'maNaNx' is a clear field.  Implies a broader expanse that is totally clear.
  Maybe this would be the more appropriate term for prairie.


Henning Garvin
Linguistic research
Ho-Chunk Nation Language Division

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