The Casa tribe, homeland, and language

[Rory M Larson]

> Probably something like Ofo */khoNfa/  with oN representing the o with
the raised n after it.  Accent would be on the oN.  It could possibly have
an initial a- or i-, but probably not.  I haven't found the etymon outside
of Dhegiha and suspect that it's borrowed in any other Mississippi Valley
Siouan languages that have it.

Bob, is there a timeframe issue on this?  My understanding was that Siouan
/s/ => Ofo /f/ fairly recently.  If Travis is looking at "Casa" in early
French records from around 1700 or so, would this have been before or after
the sound shift?  If /moso/ => /ofo/, I would think it would be before.

Rory
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