butterfly

[Mark-Awakuni Swetland]

aloha all,
currently my two speakers working with the UNL Omaha language class go back
and forth between

    wati'ninika
and
    wachi'ninika

As Elder Brother John surmised, the first form is in the Swetland dictionary
and derives from Fletcher and La Flesche. The second form is new to me since
working with these particular speakers.

Uthixide
Mark Awakuni-Swetland
University of Nebraska
Anthropology/Native American Studies
Bessey Hall 132
Lincoln, NE 68588-0368
402-472-3455
FAX 402-472-9642
mawakuni-swetland2 at unl.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Henning Garvin" <hhgarvin at hotmail.com>
To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 3:45 PM
Subject: butterfly


>
> I believe my email messed up this post the first time I sent it.  If not,
> sorry for the repeat.
>
> No, this has nothing to do with the Volkswagen Grant:)
>
> I was recently asked an interesting question.  THe Hocank word for
butterfly
> is :
>
> miNmiNke
>
> I was told the Menominee word for butterfly is exactly the same.  I was
> asked if this is a good example of a borrowing.  Given the close proximity
> and relations the Hocank had with the Menominee, I would hazard a guess
that
> it is indeed a borrowing.  But they also asked from which direction the
> borrowing would have occured.  So what are the other Siouan, or
Alguonquian
> if you know, words for butterfly.  I know the Ojibwe word is:
>
> memengwaa
>
> The words are similar enough that I am leaning toward the Alguonquian side
> for origin, but I wanted more input before I could answer this question.
> THanks
>
>
> Henning Garvin
> Linguistic research
> Ho-Chunk Nation Language Division
>
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