Michael wrote: > Linguistically speaking, Marquette’s <MONS8PELEA> consists of two > elements. The first is Old Illinois /mooswa/‘deer’, phonetic [moonswa]~ > [moonzwa]. ... > <-pelea>, the second segment of <MONS8PELEA>, is transparently Miami- > Illinois /pile:wa/‘turkey’. Nice analysis, but wouldn't 'deer-turkey' be a very peculiar construction? Alan