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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