Osage

[Koontz John E]

On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 rlarson at unlnotes01.unl.edu wrote:
> Can anyone can come up with the actual word in Osage?  In OP, there
> are actually several words we can gloss as 'middle' in English,
> varying according to whether we are talking about being in the middle
> of a crowd, the center of a village, or the middle of a lake, etc.

Actually, I also notice that LaFlesche lists Ni'-u-k.oN-c,ka (Wa-zha-zhe)
[i.e., NiukkoNska Waz^az^e JEK] the ancient name of the Wa-zha'-zhe and
signifies they of the mid-waters.