<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>Catawba has distinct words for sky and cloud. The word for cloud is namuN?
<BR>(with accent on the /uN/) and the word for sky is wa:pit (with accent on the
<BR>/a:/). However, the English glosses do not fit well. The word for cloud is
<BR>often used for heaven and the lower levels of the sky in narratives, and the
<BR>word for sky occurs in compounds for celestial objects (e.g., wa:pidnu star
<BR>[with accent on the /i/). The distinction seems to be one of upper versus
<BR>lower sky, or bounded versus unbounded sky. The Catawba word for sky may
<BR>show metathesis, since the Woccon word for sun is Wittapare (i.e.
<BR>/wita:pire:/ it is the sky).
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