[PW] Re: Inuit for raccoon

[Dan Clinton]

The Dine term for racoon is "Tabaah ma'ii" [with soem diacritics missing] look at http://www.nmculturenet.org/heritage/dine_culture/wildanimals.pdf

Wouldn't "Bandit" be easier? ;)


Dan Clinton / Census Library / Suitland, MD

>From: Jeffrey Pike <jpike at gpl.org>
>Date: 2006/08/05 Sat PM 03:23:38 CDT
>To: list at project-wombat.org
>Subject: [PW]  Inuit for raccoon

>A patron just got an Alaska Malamute puppy with raccoon eyes and would like
>to call her the Inuit or Aleut or a related tribe's name for raccoon. I did
>some Google searches on Inuit, Aleut, and Eskimo +dictionary, but didn't
>find the word.
>
>Thank-you for any leads.
>
>Jeffrey Pike
>Technology Services Librarian
>Groton Public Library
>Groton, MA 01450
>jpike at gpl.org
>
>_______________________________________________
>Project Wombat
>list at project-wombat.org
>http://www.project-wombat.org/