Siouan and Iroquoian "buffalo"

[Alan H. Hartley]

David Kaufman wrote:

>
> I don't know what the word for buffalo is in other Iroquoian languages
> (e.g., Seneca or Mohawk) and I don't know what the Muskogean words
> are.  I'm wondering if both the Biloxi and Cherokee words may be
> borrowed from Muskogean, since both the Biloxi and Cherokee tribes
> originally bordered on opposite sides of Muskogean territory?  Does
> anyone know the Muskogean (e.g., Creek or Choctaw) words for "buffalo"?

Creek yanása [acute on second a], Chickasaw yanash.

Alan