Quappa

[David Costa]

The Miami-Illinois name for the Quapaw is /kaahpa/, with a preaspirated /p/.
I'd wager the 'f' is not a misreading, but a mishearing of a semi-labialized
/h/ preceding the /p/.

This phenomenon of /hp/ being heard as [fp] is seen here and there in other
records of Miami-Illinois, e.g., Hockett's fieldnotes.

David

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> Has anyone seen an -f- in Quappa? I wonder if it's a misreading of -h-.