<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 01/20/2002 11:29:05 PM Pacific Standard Time, John.Koontz@colorado.edu writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Rankin, Robert L wrote:<BR>
> > There is a water monster that shows up in Crow tales. The term for it<BR>
> is buluksa'a. which is not obviously derived from anything else. Any<BR>
> possible cognates? Randy<BR>
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> Looks like it might possibly be related to the *wakru$ka term (folk taxonomy<BR>
> for anything from a small bug to an alligator, including insects, arachnids<BR>
> and lizards). It has reflexes in various Mississippi Valley languages.<BR>
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Specifically it looks like Dakotan wablus^ka, implying *waprus^ka, albeit<BR>
with metathesis of s^k (and s^ > s). The *wakrus^ka and *waprus^ka<BR>
variants don't correspond regularly, but the match looks reasonable. I<BR>
wonder if the Crow form is regularly derived from *waprus^ka? Could it be<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Actually, I think that you could make a case that Crow buluksa'a is cognate--or partially cognate--with Dakota unktehi. In Crow t can become s before a low vowel, and sometimes VhV > VV.<BR>
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