Virtues-wolves-coyotes

[Koontz John E]

On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Thode Charles wrote:

> The Dakota word for coyote is "Mica" pronounced /mii-cha/
> which differs from /shun-ka/ meaning 'dog'
> /shunk-tok-cha/ from 'shunka tokeca' is the word for wolf.

This matches the Omaha-Ponca mi'kka part, if it's an aspirated c, since
mi'kka implies Proto Mississippi Valley Siouan *mihka (or some obstruent +
obstruent cluster like *pk instead of *hk).  The *mihka possibility would
regularly come out mic^ha in Dakotan, with preaspiration was converted to
aspiration, and the kh was affricated after i.

JEK