Autonym of Mosopeleas-Ouesperies-Ofos
Rankin, Robert L
rankin at ku.edu
Sat Mar 3 15:08:19 UTC 2007
> Swanton's idea was that Tunica /us^pi/ is the remains of the "osope" of Mosopelea.
> Actually, I suppose that might work if we assume that the -pe/-pi ending was a modifier, making Moso-pe as a name meaning, perhaps, "Little Ofo", or some such thing. (Nothing promising in the Ofo dictionary though!)
It doesn't have to have a meaning in Tunica. They couldn't parse it.
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