ASB puza

[Michael McCafferty]

Yes, Alan, this would be a borrowing, actually, from French "pichou," which
was a borrowing itself from Ojibwa-Ottawa /bizhiw/ (or perhaps from
Algonquin). One also sees the pichiou spelling in French, too.

Michael


>From: "Alan H. Hartley" <ahartley at d.umn.edu>
>Reply-To: siouan at lists.colorado.edu
>To: siouan at lists.colorado.edu
>Subject: Re: ASB puza
>Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 09:52:27 -0500
>
>Drechsel, in his _Mobilian Jargon_ (1997, p. 92) quotes Louisiana records
>by Gatschet (1885: Lake Charles fieldwork 1885) and Read (1940: Opelousas
>ms. 1862) of a Jargon word pishu 'wild cat'.
>
>Alan
>

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