Word for 'prairie'?

[Rory M Larson]

John wrote:
> Note that the positional articles have
> corresponding verbal forms with locatives u and a, though I think dhaN
> usually comes out naN in that context:
>
> the  ithe=...dhe
> dhaN inoN=...dhe

I'm almost sure that Dorsey uses idhaN'dhe for this.
No examples off the top of my head, though.
There do seem to be some differences between Dorsey
(Ponka?) and modern Omaha in pronunciation of dh / n
around a nasal vowel.  In Dorsey, 'on the other side'
is masa'ni, while our speakers insist on ma(N)saN'dhiN.

> khe  ihe=...dhe
> (The i here is probably not a locative, however.)

I'm surprised.  It certainly "feels" like one to me.
Is there evidence from other languages against the
i- dative interpretation?

Rory