<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Aloha Scott,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We have generally glossed miqu'ga as:</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">mi-moon</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">qu'ga- marked</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Qu'ga is also the Omaha name for badger,
distinguished by the clear "mark" on its face.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">So, "marked by the moon",
referring to the feminine/female qualities of that celestial being in Omaha
cosmology.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I would hazard a stab at winxti from
an Omaha perspectiv as:</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">win-feminine</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">xti-very, really</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Or, "very female".</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Mark</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Mark Awakuni-Swetland, Ph.D.<br>
Associate Professor of Anthropology & Ethnic Studies <br>
Native American Studies Program Liaison<br>
University of Nebraska<br>
Department of Anthropology<br>
841 Oldfather Hall <br>
Lincoln, NE 68588-0368<br>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: owner-siouan@lists.Colorado.EDU</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">08/21/11 06:34 PM</font>
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<td><font size=3>I was wondering if anyone may have a breakdown of the
word mexoga in Omaha and the word winkte in Lakota; i.e such as root words
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