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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>Bob:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>Have several entries, starting with
the one I was able to get from late Elders:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>xámoxra awádhe^uxra
(flower + shifting + bloom). [awádhe as in the wind, tipi
flaps]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>waxrathi ~ waxradhi
(bloom + yellow) CURTIS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>waxradhihunshje
(sunflower root)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=2>uxradhi^e (bloom +
yellow + those (that)) MAXIMILLAN</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 06, 2007 8:08
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: sunflowers</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>BOB,</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>Grandma Elizabeth Stabler's lexicon notes sunflower as
"zha'xtha zi" or "yellow blossom weed", I think.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>I will try to check the JOD slip file microfilm later
this morning.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Uthighide</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Mark Awakuni-Swetland<BR><BR>ONska
abthiN! Thi shti?</FONT> <BR><BR><BR>
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<P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>11/05/2007 08:52 PM</FONT>
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size=2>All,<BR><BR>I've had an enquriy from an archaeologist at Florida State
U. about the words for 'sunflower' (Helianthus). The comparative
dictionary lacks any general term for the plant or its flower although there
is a cognate set for its root, which was eaten. The archaeologists are
interested in the seeds and the domestication of same. They're trying to
determine whether the terms are similar in North America and Mexico, as there
is some question whether Mexican and northern domestication of the seed plant
were independent developments.<BR><BR>As far as I can tell there is virtually
no uniformity across Siouan. Here is what I have thus
far:<BR><BR>Hidatsa: ma:pha: 'day+flower' or
'morning flower'<BR>Mandan: ma?pe? 'day+flower' or
'morning flower'<BR>Dakota: waxcazi thaNka 'flower+yellow
big'<BR>Kansa: mittogaxle 'sunflower' mi 'sun+?'<BR>Osage:
miihtoNeli 'sunflower' mii 'sun+?', also<BR>
xlazi
'flower+yellow' in term for August.<BR>Ofo:
i:la akikcehi 'sun+flower' possibly calqued from English?<BR><BR>Does
any one of you have additional terms? We ought to be able to find words
in Crow, Ioway-Otoe, Omaha-Ponca and Winnebago-Hocank at least. Since
probably every one of the above terms is simply descriptive, it seems likely
that they won't find matches with any Mexican words. Any additional help
would be appreciated.
<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Bob<BR></FONT></TT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>