Missouri

[Al Knutson]

In Menomini  (from Bloomfiled's Lexicon)

p281

wi:ki:h (-san) birch-bark, piece of birch-bark  (inanimate noun?)
wi:ki:hsapah  birch-bark wall
wi:ki:hsa:tek (-ok)  white birch tree (animate noun)

Alan K



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David Costa wrote:

>>And does 8ic8es mean 'bark'?
>
>
> It's an archaic morpheme that's not attested in modern Miami, so I'm not
> positive what it means. But it's not the basic word for 'bark'. Judging
from
> Gravier's Illinois form <8ic8essimingi> 'bouleau arbre' ('-imingi' = is a
> morpheme meaning 'tree'), it probably means 'birch', so <8ic8es mis8ri>
and
> its alternate <8ic8essi> would actually mean 'BIRCH boat'.

But I imagine the operative idea here is that of the BARK of the birch,
not the birch-tree itself, so 'birchbark boat'. Cf. Ojibway wi:kwa:s
'birchbark, birch-tree' and wi:kwa:si-^ci:ma:n 'birchbark canoe'.

Alan