lack of rhymes
"Alfred W. Tüting"
ti at fa-kuan.muc.de
Wed Dec 1 19:17:39 UTC 2004
Both forms are found for 'Sitting Bull"
Tatanka Iyotake [txataN'ka i'yotake] or Tatanka Iyotanka [txataN'ka
i'yotaNka] - and also: ~ yotanka etc.
Buechel gives _i'yotakA_ (to sit down) different from _yaNkA_ (to sit/be
sitting). So the famous chief's name obviously describes a buffalo in
the movement of sitting down (with the forelegs still standing on the
ground).
Alfred
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