Quapaw designation (fwd)

[Michael Mccafferty]

Thanks, Dave. The waa$aa$i notion i hadn't thought of.
Best,
Michael


On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, David Costa wrote:

> Nothing really clicks here. The modern Miami-Illinois name for the Quapaw is
> /kaahpa/; /akaansa/ is in the earliest period a name for the Quapaw or just
> Dhegihans in general; later it's specifically the M-I name for the Kaw.
> 'Savansa' is reminiscent of the name for the Shawnees in many languages,
> which makes me think Margry might have gotten a little confused. Not that
> many M-I nouns begin with /s/, so if that's not the explanation, it's
> probably from some other language. And finally 'Wasa' looks like the later
> central Algonquian name for the Osage, as in M-I /was$aa$i/.
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> That's all I can come up with strictly looking at the Algonquian end of it.
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> Dave
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> > I received this note, and am wondering if anyone has any Siouan light to
> > offer. Thanks, Michael
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> > The M-I term he's referring to is, of course, /akaansa/, i believe.
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> >> I do Chickasaw topographical nomenclature, among other things, and while
> >> searching for something else I came across the following enigmatic
> >> designation for the Quapaw in Margry's DÈcouverts... (1: 616): Savansa.
> >> According to the Handbook of NA Indians, this is the sole occurrence of such
> >> a name for them. It bears some resemblance to Miami-Illinois terms for the
> >> Quapaw tribe. Hodge in the earlier Handbook mentions a Quapaw gens name,
> >> Wasa, that could be the last two syllables of Savansa. Do you see anything
> >> that might suggest a possible Miami-Illinois source for calling the Quapaw
> >> Savansa?
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> >> Thanks, as always,
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> >> John
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