Word for 'prairie' in Hochunk.

[Henning Garvin]

>The term /maaNx/ is interesting because the related term in the majority
>of the more westerly Siouan languages is the term for 'sky' or 'upper
>world'.  It's still a clear expanse, but up there rather than down to
>earth.  So if the two terms are as related as they look, they're nice
>examples of semantic change.

I won't hazard a guess on if they are related, but the HoChunk word for
'sky, cloud' is
/maNaNxi/.  Would be interesting if these are related in some way.

Hen

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