Terms for "white man"

[Bruce Ingham]

On 10/3/04 7:33 pm, "Koontz John E" <John.Koontz at colorado.edu> wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Rory M Larson wrote:
>> I would agree with him and John that it is a biased folk etymology that
>> post-dates the original meaning.  Assuming that it is a jibe against
>> whites for taking the Indians' land and resources, ...
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> when this has not
> occurred, a certain disconnect between the analysis and the material
> actually occurring, e.g., the problems with s^ahiyela as 'red-speaker' vs.
> its exact fit with 'little s^ahiya'.
Could S^ahiya not also be 'red speaker' (meaning possibly non-Siouan) or is
there another known origin for it.
Bruce
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