ethnic terms in Lakota

[bi1 at soas.ac.uk]

Incidentally the Arabs  (or Arabians at least) call us humur, which
means 'red people'. The singular is hamar.

Bruce

On 21 Jul 2002, at 17:25, rlundy at huntel.net wrote:

> Members;
>
> I'm reading your discussion re: the terms for whitemen, et. al. In
> actual usage with which I am familiar, WasicuN (sorry, no
> orthographically appropriate software) refers to white people but not
> to "white" people. Instead, I learned that it is a contraction of
> "wasi i'cuN" or "taking the fat" or "the fatty meat" which was said
> to be true for the early fur-trappers and the subsequent buffalo
> hunters. They are said to have killed the animal, taken the hide,
> then eaten the richest, fatty and most tender meats for survival,
> leaving the vast majority of the carcus to rot.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Richard C. Lundy
>
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Dr. Bruce Ingham
Reader in Arabic Linguistic Studies
SOAS