FW: siouan placenames

[Rankin, Robert L]

Thanks Jimm! I haven't been able to find much out about this one either.
Your dictionary has been very helpful with some of the other names Bill
Bright sent me though.

bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jimm G GoodTracks [mailto:jggoodtracks at juno.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 8:11 AM
> To: siouan at lists.colorado.edu
> Subject: Re: FW: siouan placenames
>
>
> The only name I can come close to the word below is:
> nyu'wagu, (Spring)
> Lit."Water is coming from" something as from under a rock or
> hillside.  I
> look in LaFlesches Osage Dictionary, and could not come up
> with anything
> similar.
> JGT
>
> On Thu, 3 May 2001 15:01:57 -0500 "Rankin, Robert L" <rankin at ku.edu>
> writes:
> >
> > I have a note from Bill bright who is editing a book on placenames.
> > Can
> > anyone help with this? I suspected it might be Chiwere.
> >
> > Bob
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: william bright
> > To: Rankin, Robert L
> > Sent: 5/1/01 8:49 PM
> > Subject: RE: siouan placenames
> >
> > hi bob; thanks for your message. there's a place in missouri called
> > "neongwah",  "niangua" or the like. ramsay's book on missouri
> > placenames
> > doesn't give any suggestion of a meaning. do you have any clue?
> > thanks
> > and
> > all best; bill
> > --
> > William Bright
> > Professor Emeritus of Linguistics & Anthropology, UCLA
> > Professor Adjoint of Linguistics, University of Colorado, Boulder
> > Editor, Written Language and Literacy
> > Editor, Native American Placenames of the United States
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> > Email william.bright at colorado.edu
> >
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>