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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