<DIV>Thanks Pam and Alan. This seems to confirm my suspicions that Tsalagi <STRONG>yanssi </STRONG>and Biloxi <STRONG>yinisa</STRONG> are Muskogean in origin, cognate with Creek <STRONG>yanasa</STRONG> and Choctaw/Chickasaw <STRONG>yanash</STRONG>. In the case of Tsalagi, I'll be even more convinced if the other Iroquoian words (of Tsalagi's cousins in the north) turn out to be quite different!</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave<BR><BR><B><I>Pamela Munro <munro@ucla.edu></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Creek yanasa, Choctaw yanash.<BR><BR>Pam<BR><BR>David Kaufman wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>Hi,</DIV>
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<DIV>I was intrigued to find that the Biloxi word for "buffalo" is <STRONG>yinisa</STRONG> (or <STRONG>nsa</STRONG> abbreviated). The Cherokee word for buffalo is <STRONG>yanssi</STRONG>. Am I totally off the mark in thinking these are somehow related, perhaps through borrowing? Especially since the Biloxi word is so far afield from the northern Siouan (e.g., Hidatsa and Dakota) words for buffalo: <STRONG>mité </STRONG>and <STRONG>pte</STRONG>. I don't know what the word for buffalo is in other Iroquoian languages (e.g., Seneca or Mohawk) and I don't know what the Muskogean words are. I'm wondering if both the Biloxi and Cherokee words may be borrowed from Muskogean, since both the Biloxi and Cherokee tribes originally bordered on opposite sides of Muskogean territory? Does anyone know the Muskogean (e.g., Creek or Choctaw) words for "buffalo"? (BTW--the Ofo dictionary does not show a word for
buffalo.)</DIV>
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<DIV>One other thing: has anyone done comparative wordlists for both the Siouan and Iroquoian families, and/or comparative grammars, that are available and accessible? </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave </DIV>
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