etymology of MANDAN

[Koontz John E]

On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Alan H. Hartley wrote:
> > Hollow's analysis of Mandan has w => m and r => n when the
> > following vowel is nasal, so, allowing for nasal spreading, underlying
> > sequences like waraN would manifest as maNnaN.
>
> Are you referring to Hollow's _Mandan Dict._ (PhD. diss. 1970)? If you
> (or anyone else) have access to it, can you tell me if there is a Mandan
> self-designation (or other word) that would seem a possible etymon for
> Eng. MANDAN?

Yes, that's the reference I was referring to.

I couldn't locate a Mandan self-designation in Hollow.  He does give
Nuptadi as rupta're (a' = accented a) in the introduction, but doesn't
mention this form in the dictionary itself that I could detect.  If anyone
knows the Mandan self-designations, I can look them up.

Dick Carter or Maurico Mixco might be the ones to answer this, though, as
knowledge of Mandan has improved somewhat even since Hollow's
groundbreaking study.

I sort of have the impression that the Mandan and Hidatsa are know by
outsiders' names and by internal village names.