Word for 'prairie'?

[Koontz John E]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Koontz John E wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Rory M Larson wrote:
> >   ppahe-u-dhoNda-dhoN  (I think it's ppa'he, not pha'he.
> >                         Correct, John?)
>
> Yes.  Not sure about the accent.  I'd have to look into udhaNda.

The texts have udhaN'da 'island' (JOD 90:436.8), udhaN'da 'middle of the
tribal circle' (JOD 90:601.17), niN'udhaN'da 'island' (JOD 91:39.2). I
haven't detected any other uses of the root dhaNda.  There is naN'de 'side
of the lodge', which ablauts with postpositions:  naN'da=tta 'at the side
of the lodge, by the wall'.  I doubt that could be connected.

I guess this is 'the island hill'.

Dorsey gives mostly ppahe', but twice ppa'he, for 'hill'.