'eight' some more

[Alan Hartley]

Michael wrote:

> Linguistically speaking, Marquette’s <MONS8PELEA> consists of two
> elements. The first is Old Illinois /mooswa/‘deer’, phonetic [moonswa]~
> [moonzwa].
...
> <-pelea>, the second segment of <MONS8PELEA>, is transparently Miami-
> Illinois /pile:wa/‘turkey’.

Nice analysis, but wouldn't 'deer-turkey' be a very peculiar construction?

Alan