O/P term for one thousand
Tom Leonard
tmleonard at cox.net
Thu Jan 19 03:04:13 UTC 2006
>>Also, what about
>>other monetary terms, like 'dollar', 'half-dollar', 'dime', 'half-dime',
>>and 'penny'? I wonder if these would also resemble the Omaha and Ponka
>>forms?
Ponca Money Names
penny = we'thawa zhi'de (to count - red)
nickle = shu'ga zhiN'ga (thick - small)
dime = bthe'ka zhiN'ga (thin - small)
quarter = mi'ka ha i'thawa -or- mi'ka ha i'tha -or- mi'ka itha'wa (raccoon
hide - to count)
half dollar = maNsaN thi'ha
seventy-five cents = mi'ka itha'wa tha'bthi (raccoon hide - to count -
three)
one dollar = wi bthu'ga (one - whole)
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