Virtues-wolves-coyotes

[Koontz John E]

On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, Koontz John E wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 bi1 at soas.ac.uk wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know the derivation of the Lakota word for coyote
> > yas^le or mayas^leca.  It is very 'opaque' as they say, not like most
> > Lakota animal terms which often have a derived meaning as in
> > s^ungmanitu or wamakhas^kaN. I think I once heard that it was an
> > Athabaskan/Dine borrowing.

Correction:

> Buechel also gives mas^le [correct this to ma'yas^le, my error] and
> ma'yac^a [added accent].