Autonym of Mosopeleas-Ouesperies-Ofos

Rankin, Robert L rankin at ku.edu
Sat Mar 3 15:08:19 UTC 2007


> Swanton's idea was that Tunica /us^pi/ is the remains of the "osope" of Mosopelea.

> Actually, I suppose that might work if we assume that the -pe/-pi ending was a modifier, making Moso-pe as a name meaning, perhaps, "Little Ofo", or some such thing.  (Nothing promising in the Ofo dictionary though!)

It doesn't have to have a meaning in Tunica.  They couldn't parse it.



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