[Lexicog] Fw: Comanche borrowings?

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jimm GoodTracks" <goodtracks at gbronline.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 3:09 PM
Subject: [Lexicog] Fw: Comanche borrowings?


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Grant" <Granta at edgehill.ac.uk>
> To: <goodtracks at GBRonline.com>; <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
> Cc: <lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Comanche borrowings?
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> > Dear Jimm!
> >
> > Oh, Lila's dictionary was published - James Armagost was co-author -
> > and I have a copy back home in Yorkshire.  It's far from perfect but
> > it's still very useful.  I know she did work on Jiwele too. She (or
> > James?) spotted a number of laons from other Native languages into
> > Comanche.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Anthony
> >
> > >>> goodtracks at GBRonline.com 14/01/2004 17:52:00 >>>
> > That appears straight from Ponca, as one of the late Elders' Ponca name
> > was
> > "Wasabe" (Black Bear).
> >
> > Some time ago, ten or more years ago, Lila Wistrand-Robinson, work on
> > a
> > Commanche Dictionary.  I had the impression that she may have been
> > contracted by the tribe.  Nevertheless, I dont recall anyone ever
> > mentioning
> > this Dictionary by her, and I failed to ask her about several years ago
> > when
> > discussing other matters.
> > Jimm
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rory M Larson" <rlarson at unlnotes.unl.edu>
> > To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 10:24 AM
> > Subject: Comanche borrowings?
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> > >
> > > Has anybody noticed that the Comanche word for 'black bear'
> > > is wasape?  (Comanche Vocabulary. Manuel Garcia Rejon,
> > > tr. & ed. Daniel J. Gelo, University of Texas Press, Austin,
> > > 1995.)  I assume that's a loan from Dhegihan, probably
> > > Ponka if not Kaw or Osage.
> > >
> > > Also, they seem to have three words for 'horse':
> > > puki, tIhIya and kobi.  Kobi seems to mean 'mustang'
> > > or 'stallion'; is this another variant of caballo/kawa?
> > >
> > > Rory
> > >
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