More regarding "wa"
Koontz John E
John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Fri Jan 9 20:27:16 UTC 2004
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Jan Ullrich wrote:
> wa?phagica = yellow-headed blackbird
> wa- pha (head) gi (yellow/brown) ka (such)
Assuming that what I see as ? is an accent mark, then I suspect this is
wa-a-pha-gi-ka, with a 'on'.
> wagle?kshuN = wild turkey
> wa- glega (stripped) shuN (tail feathers)
Not glex?
> wasna?snaheca = kingbird
> ??
Perhaps onomatopoeic? Especially given =hec^a 'be such a one'. I'll see
if I can locate the call.
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