Siouan place names out of place? (fwd)

[Koontz John E]

I referred the question of Watonga, OK, to Bill Bright who has been
working on Native American town names in the US with the aid of various
specialists in particular languages.

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Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 04:26:15 -0600
From: william bright <William.Bright at Colorado.EDU>
To: Koontz John E <John.Koontz at Colorado.EDU>
Subject: Re: Siouan place names out of place? (fwd)

hi david; watonga in OK is supposedly from the same source as watanga in CO
(grand co.), i.e. the name of an arapaho leader. Allan Taylor gave me the
name as /wo'atáánkoo'óh/ 'black coyote'; cf. /koo'óh/ 'coyote'. cheers; bill

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In another representation, for those who don't have PCs, wo?ata'a'nkoo?o'h
(V' = high pitch vowel, ? = glottal stop).  JEK