Monday, 2 September 2013
Roanoke
Lee Miller, Penguin, p. 272,
1.Natowe, Nottoway, Nadouessi=toueyo(Nawa)=stranger,=Na/4=no center, wandering,
=Natoueyo(N)=traveller.
2.Namaconi(N)saleable, all that can be sold,=namacani(N)=seller, merchant,
=namaco(N)=impersonal of namaca(N)=sell oneself, switch tribes, e.g., nitla-namaca(N)=sell something,=merlin, Falcon for a Lady. Chief Win/nemucca, born Shoshone, Chief of Paiute.
3.Mandoag=Manadoak=Manatoca(N)=touching on/toca(N) mana(N)=give of oneself, present oneself, flow, e.g., manamaca(N)=rent slaves, rent oneself,=mamaca(N)=distribute, handout, administer something(copper).
4.Cro/Croatoan(Amerind site and people))=crótalo(sp)=rattlesnake,=Coatlan(N)=temple erected in times of Axayacatl/Waterface.
5.Roanoke(Algic)=R/coaonoque/ocoaonoca(N)=irreg.verb used only in plural,=ti-coaonoque=we are sitting in council/at the table,=coaonoac=everyone's invited,=coaonoaya=we're all at the party,=coatl onoc/stretched out snakes.
6.coatl(N/5/Tonal)=pochtecatl/pochteca(N)=merchant/trafficker,=pocheua/poctli=smokey.
7.potlach=potli/brother debut/tlachiali, or, potli/brother flattery/tlachachamauhtli.
8.Tamarois & Caouquias(Illinewek)=in Tamachiuilia in Cuauh(ti)quiza(N)=
nicno-tamachiuilia=measure/divine/cast Tonalamatl,=ueca nic-cuahtica=spacious/far.
Cahokia=Caouquias(1718)=
Cauh(ti)qui(z)a=be vast/ample.
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