Hochank variant

[Mark-Awakuni Swetland]

Aloha all,

Just an observation: In the three or four occassions that I heard Andy
Thunder Cloud address the Nebraska Winnebago folks during powwow or other
public venues, I distinctly heard the extended first vowel and the schwa
between the final k and ra. However, in each instance, it was the first word
in the speech or first in a new section of speech. In other words, it was
being emphasized to call or renew the attention of the listener. I do not
recall hearing the term within the body of the speech so cannot say if it
loses vowel length and the schwa.

uthixide
Mark Awakuni-Swetland
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology-Geography
University of Nebraska
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Lincoln, NE 68588-0368
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Koontz John E" <John.Koontz at colorado.edu>
To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 1:53 AM
Subject: RE: Hochank variant


> On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Rankin, Robert L wrote:
> > Interesting form.  It pretty clearly represents /Hochangara/, "Hochunk"
> > with its article.
>
> I believe the first vowel is long, i.e., hooc^aNk ~ hooc^aNg=ra.  I'm not
> sure if there is more than an intrusive schwa between the final k and ra.
> For example, keec^aN'g=ra 'O (the) Turtle' is written by Lipkind (p. 39,
> No. 52) with -g<schwa>ra.  Some forms do restore e between k and ga, e.g.,
> was^c^iN'k 'rabbit' ~ was^c^iNge'ga 'the Rabbit', but this may be a
> property of ga.  Not all forms do this, e.g., hinUnkc^ek 'son's wife' + ga
> => hinuNkc^eka 'my son's wife'.