<DIV>Yeah, <STRONG>yinisa</STRONG> is apparently a "southeastern" term that's been shuffled around the Muskogean languages as well as Biloxi and Cherokee.</DIV>
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<DIV>I have another Iroquoian question: what are Seneca or Mohawk words for "big"? I ask because I notice Cherokee <STRONG>utana</STRONG> seems strikingly similar to Siouan <STRONG>taN</STRONG> or <STRONG>ithoN</STRONG>, and I'm wondering if Cherokee could have borrowed it from Siouan at some point. There doesn't seem to be any Muskogean influence here, since those words are quite different; my guess is that Cherokee <STRONG>utana</STRONG> is just coincidentally similar, but wanted to know what the other Iroquoian languages have to say....</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>Dave<BR><BR><B><I>Wallace Chafe <chafe@linguistics.ucsb.edu></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Seneca for buffalo is degiya'goh (accent on a and nasalized o). Apparently <BR>this comes from *yotekriya'koh or something similar. Cayuga and Onondaga <BR>have similar words. It isn't clear what the word means.<BR>Wally<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p>
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