Michigamea (Re: (O)maha)

[David Costa]

There isn't any Algonquian negative /wi(i)/ that I'm aware of, at least not
a prefix, which is what seems to be present here. There is a SUFFIX /-w-/
which characterizes the negative in Eastern Algonquian languages, and which
co-occurs with the negative suffix /-si(i)/ in Ojibwe and Miami, but nothing
at the front of words like this. Whatever the Michagamea <we-> is, it's
probably homegrown Siouan.

Dave



> The "negative" we- looks much more like the Algonquian negative wi(i)
> than anything Siouan, but I'm not in a position to say much more, I'm
> afraid.
>
> Bob