s^aaN for Sioux

[Koontz John E]

On Sat, 8 Jul 2006, David Costa wrote:
> > seems to me to indicate that these terms have been borrowed from a Siouan
> > source or sources.

> Almost certainly so, since these words are phonotactically rather abnormal
> from the perspective of Algonquian languages.

They're a bit weird from a Siouan perspective, too, though not impossible.
More likely if derived from some verbal source and not actually simple
nouns.