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<p><tt>> Probably something like Ofo */khoNfa/ with oN representing the o with the raised n after it. Accent would be on the oN. It could possibly have an initial a- or i-, but probably not. I haven't found the etymon outside of Dhegiha and suspect that it's borrowed in any other Mississippi Valley Siouan languages that have it.<br>
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<tt>Bob, is there a timeframe issue on this? My understanding was that Siouan /s/ => Ofo /f/ fairly recently. If Travis is looking at "Casa" in early French records from around 1700 or so, would this have been before or after the sound shift? If /moso/ => /ofo/, I would think it would be before.</tt><br>
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<tt>Rory</tt><br>
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