ethnic terms in Lakota (fwd)

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Fri Jul 26 06:15:16 UTC 2002


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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 22:44:02 -0600 (MDT)
From: Koontz John E <koontz at spot.colorado.edu>
To: Dayna Bowker Lee <daynal at nsula.edu>
Subject: Re: ethnic terms in Lakota

On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Dayna Bowker Lee wrote:
> ... ?ín-ki-nish-ih is pretty much universally used for white people
> now, but began as a designation for an English person.  ... I don't
> know the origins of the Caddo words for English and French people.

I'd guess something like this:

?in-ki-nish-ih
 En g  lish

I don't know anything about Caddo phonology but I know that you generally
have to be ready to match r l n y and edh fearlessly to deal with Plains
phonology - historical and in borrowing.



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