The Casa tribe, homeland, and language

[Rankin, Robert L]

Probably something like Ofo */khoNfa/  with oN representing the o with the raised n after it.  Accent would be on the oN.  It could possibly have an initial a- or i-, but probably not.  I haven't found the etymon outside of Dhegiha and suspect that it's borrowed in any other Mississippi Valley Siouan languages that have it.
 
Bob

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Rory wrote:

>>Well, for Siouan, the clan or ethnic name KkaN'za certainly comes to mind.  There seem to be a lot of people with that name scattered around in the Dhegihan realms at least.<<

Is anyone familiar enough with both the Dhegihan and Southeastern Siouan branches to suggest what a Mosopelea/Ofo cognate of KzaN'za might look like?

Travis


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