Rory's Mysterious Omaha-Ponca Fragment

[Vida Stabler]

The word for penny is wethawa zhide. ( M. Cayou 09-15-04, UNPS) VSS


Koontz John E wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Rory M Larson wrote:
> > We'dhawaz^ide noN'ba wiwi'tta tHe.
>   cent(?)       two    mine     the
>
> Partly a guess on my part, but a safe one, knowing Rory, because I think
> Rory must be one of the few people alive who knows the words for the
> coinage, given his research topic.  I think all the native Omaha speakers
> use English terms for such things!