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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I've had a name from an old Otoe treaty (1817) that has always puzzled me. The name is:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wathapayignet - the Small Bear<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There is no <i>mønje</i> (bear/black bear) or <i>mànto</i> (grizzly bear) terms to be found in there. The "small" part is easy enough to pull out of there (yignet = -inye). Then the thought struck me about the Ponca term for bear (wasabe) and how the Ponca "s" can sometimes be the Otoe "th" in cognate terms. This gives me "wathabe" as the term for bear. Now before I run with this, does anyone have anything to back this up? It certainly makes sense and the pieces fit. But I have never seen "wathabe" anywhere as an Otoe word for bear. But if I am right, this would give me:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wathabeinye - Small Bear<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If I am correct, then I'm thinking that this is an <i>extremely</i> old term.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyone else come across this before?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sky<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>
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