Terms for "white man"

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Tue Mar 16 16:49:09 UTC 2004


On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Bruce Ingham wrote:
> Does it however still refer to 'speaking red' or is it unanalyzable?

Historically s^ahi'yela 'Cheyenne' seems to be 'little Cree', i.e.,
s^ahi'ya (not current in Santee or Teton as far as I know) referred to the
Cree.  I suppose one would have to call the longer form unanalyzable in
terms of modern Dakotan.



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