(O)maha

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Mon Mar 22 18:18:50 UTC 2004


On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, R. Rankin wrote:
> ... I sometimes wondered if some of those explorers and early
> cartographers (many of whom were safely home in Europe) might have
> occasionally confused (O)maha and Pawnee Mahas.

I don't recall specifics, but I have certainly run across comments which
suggested as much.

I should have listed ppadhiN(-)(u?)maNhaN as a form with -maNhaN.  I don't
recall at the moment what the precise form is, or even if it is attested
for Skiri in Omaha-Ponca.  I think it is.



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