Siouan place name

["Alfred W. Tüting"]

Ake miye ;-)

that's what came onto my mind considering the 'forked' and 'deer horn'
issue hinted to by different sources:


tahezata [txa'-he-z^ata]

a two-year old deer, i.e one with two prongs, one fork on either horn.
Also perhaps, the male elk or deer (B)

In Lakota, the idea of 'fork/forked' seems to be given by _z^a'ta_ in
many compounds. How's that in O-P?
Can it be that the he' -> ha shift in spelling is due to
English/American pronunciation?


Alfred