MANDAN

[Koontz John E]

On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Alan H. Hartley wrote:

> McKenzie (early 19c., in Wood & Thiessen 1985, 249) gives the following
> names for the Mandan:
>
> Gros Ventres:		arrach bugja wrach baga
> Corbeaux (Crow):	annach bogu minnach baga
>
> cf.--
>
> Hidatsa adahpakoa [second a short, dot above h] 'Mandan' (Matthews 1877,
> 125)
> Crow birexba:ke [first e is schwa, a is accented] 'person, people'
> (Lowie 1960, 305-6)
>
> We can thus apparently exclude at least CH as the source of Eng. Mandan.


I don't quite know what to make of these.  It requires more knowledge of
the languages and source than I have.  It looks like each row consists of
a language/ethnic group name followed by two similar forms.