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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Aloha All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Here are a few ramblings to offer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Following on Bob's suggestion that
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">co-co => shoN-shoN</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Consider the Omaha male command
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">'shoN shoN ga!'</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> that tells someone to continue whatever s/he is/was doing…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Applying the same vowel sound and nasal quality to the preceding syllable makes
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">-to- => ttoN (or) tHoN</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">To possess as a charecteristic as buffalo have horns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The standing animate as in uheatHoN => in, linear inanimate, at/on, stand 'bridge, ladder, stairs'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">or some other interpretation…?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">And the
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">wa- as 'class of' or 'them'</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> or any of its various interpretations…?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Perhaps
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">wa-to-co-co</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> would be rendered in Omaha as
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">wa-tHoN-shoN-shoN</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> suggesting …the class of things that continue to stand… but taking
into account the animate tHoN, it could be refering to </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">the person</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> standing with
the staff (first option), or </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">the staff itself</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> if considered animate in the manner
that the Omaha Sacred Pole is considered animate (second option).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Taking a clue from Jimm's most recent note, he suggested the name may not be specific to a society staff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">An alternate consideration could be that perhaps it is specific to any/all society staffs but not personal staffs or staffs used to lead the buffalo hunt (Omaha),
or a referent to a particular society in this group, but the name does not identify it since it has no contextual information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Perhaps similar to a 19th century Omaha person mentioning the name
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">'wasabe'</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> in conversation. The discussion had been about the recent meeting of the
Bear Doctoring Society, so the term 'wasabe' (the class of black things, i.e. black bear) is a referent specifically of a society and not the animal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Mark Awakuni-Swetland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Siouan Linguistics [mailto:SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rankin, Robert L.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> August 12, 2012 4:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: NAME<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Well, if it's Dorsey's transcription he wouldn't have gotten the vowels wrong. I don't recognize the name, but I was wondering of the -coco ending was maybe -shoN-shoN? I don't know
if this expression exists in Jiwere or not though, although it is found in all the Dhegiha dialects.<br>
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Bob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> Siouan Linguistics [SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu]
on behalf of Jimm G. GoodTracks [jgoodtracks@GMAIL.COM]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 11, 2012 4:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu">SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: NAME</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:blue">I believe, Bob, this may be Dorsey's transcription. Weather it is a K ~ Ch ~ Sh sound - the duplication would be unusual. I would anticipated for "standing" = jida, nayin, dahe. Possibly, the
sound is a "j" and it would be more logical if instead of a "co" it was a "jeje." There is a verb: rujijire (walk to and from). Perhaps it is meant to be: jije. Then, it would have more of the context of Arrive Standing with Something, which is not specific
to a society staff. What do you think? </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">
<a href="mailto:rankin@KU.EDU" target="_blank" title="mailto:rankin@KU.EDU
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Rankin, Robert L.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> Saturday, August 11, 2012 11:48
AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu" target="_blank" title="mailto:SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> Re: NAME<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">The name isn't familiar to me. Do you know how the letter "c" is supposed to be sounded? Is it a K sound? Or does it represent "ch" or maybe the "sh" sound it has in the Smithsonian
alphabet??<br>
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Bob<br>
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on behalf of Jimm G. GoodTracks [jgoodtracks@GMAIL.COM]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 10, 2012 3:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu">SIOUAN@listserv.unl.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> NAME</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#1F497D">On the 1891 OM census. the name “Wa-to-co-co” meaning something along lines of “Standing with Staff” or “Standing with Dancing Staff.” Among those of you who have worked with the names of Hochank,
Kaws, Osage, Ponca/ Omaha, Quapaw, have anyone found a similar name that refers to holding a staff that represents some society? It is not apparent in the name as documented here.
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