MANDAN

[Alan H. Hartley]

John Koontz wrote 10 Sep. 99:

> > 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)

> 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.

Right: the first two "words" in each represent the Crow-Hidatsa name for
the Mandan (e.g., Hidatsa adahpakoa), and the second two the CH word for
person/people (e.g., Crow birexba:ke).