<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Calisto MT" LANG="0">Some items from the Crow dictionary:<BR>
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bachee' 'man'<BR>
xusshi' 'fast'<BR>
bacheexusshi' 'handsome man'<BR>
bacheexusshi' raccoon'<BR>
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What is interesting is the connection of 'raccoon' and 'man' in several different Siouan languages. Is this a matter of (partial) loan translations?<BR>
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Randy</FONT></HTML>