Locatives and wa- problems.

[Rankin, Robert L.]

Iren,



Did I already answer this one?  Seems to me I may have.



> Hoocąk grizzly bear is mąąco (definitely with a voiceless affricate).



Going back to *th.  The initial /mą/ may go back to *wa- if 'grizzly' is bimorphemic.

> As for cow elk, I’m not aware of there being a specific word for a female elk, generally elk is hųųwą



This is the 'cow elk' term historically.  The cognate is oophą in several languages,  so that's one of the things that happens to *ph in Hoochunk.

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The "true aspirates" in Omaha should generally have voiced counterparts in Hochunk.  There may be interesting exceptions.  I'd like to check 'cow elk' and 'grizzly'.  Hochunk should have voiced stops in cognates for Dhegiha oophaN and maNtho.

Bob



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