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I mistyped the gloss for the second word -- it should have been 'make a
noise like a bluejay' (surely a more reasonable concept). Sorry!<br>
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Koontz John E wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">I haven't been following all this as carefully as I should have, but
we're getting into larger territories to the South here. Chickasaw has
tIshkila 'bluejay' (the cap I is nasalized), with an "expressive" form
tIsh tIsh tIsh aachi (characteristically three CVC syllables plus 'say')
which my teacher tells me means 'to make a noise like a bluebird'.
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I should point out that tiNs^kila is an excellent match for Biloxi
tiNskana - close enough to suggest borrowing by Biloxi.
My understanding is that confusions in mapping between Native American and
English systems are pretty standard for terms like 'bluejay' and
'bluebird'.
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Pamela Munro
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