Biloxi aNksi "bow"

Rankin, Robert L rankin at ku.edu
Mon Nov 14 19:32:14 UTC 2005


> a compound of a Siouan noun and an Algonquian final seems a bit
unusual.

But we do have common Dhegiha *mite 'bow' borrowed from Algonquian being remodeled using Dhegiha *ma 'arrow' and coming out modern maNte in some of the languages.  Mita is Algonquian while ma- is Siouan.

Bob



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