<tt><font size=2>Hi all,</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>I've been looking at the Omaha term ttappuska, presently
meaning 'school', but apparently meaning 'schoolteacher' in the 19th century.
It also appears in Osage, in both the La Flesche dictionary and in
Carolyn Quintero's recent "Osage Dictionary", where it is listed
as taapo'ska. I think is nicely analyzable in Dhegiha, but Carolyn's
entry has the bracketted note:</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2> [Borrowed from Pawnee <i>taapuska</i> 'school'
(Douglas Parks).</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> The Pawnee word may have entered Osage
at different times</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> in different forms, with or without preaspiration
of the</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> stops <i>(h)t</i> and <i>(h)p</i> and
with a long or short vowel <i>aa</i></font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> or <i>a</i>; it is losing or has lost
the preaspiration in </font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> <i>(h)t</i> and <i>(h)p</i>.]</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>This claims that the term is actually a loan from
Pawnee. I'm wondering if Douglas Parks is on the list, or if anyone
knows how to get in touch with him, or if anyone else on the list knows
Pawnee well enough to comment? Is the word analyzable in Pawnee,
and if so, what is the meaning?</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Also, I'd like to know how widespread the term is.
Does it exist in Kaw? Iowa-Oto? Ponka? Any other
language?</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Thanks for any advice!</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Rory</font></tt>
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