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Re: Atinlae Elphae

To: htomsirveaux@mybluelight.com
Subject: Re: Atinlae Elphae
From: Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 04:02:55 -0400
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
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Quoting Tommy Bradley <htomsirveaux@mybluelight.com>:

> Does anybody know what the Latin (or Greek?) prefix "pei" means?  I'm trying
> to decipher D. peiganus.
> Any help will be most appreciated
> Tommy Bradley

I am not aware of any such prefix or root in either language.  I 
suspect "peiganus" refers to the Peigan ("pie-GANN"), a Native American group 
of the northern Great Plains.

Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan

References:
- Atinlae Elphae
  - From: "Tommy Bradley" <htomsirveaux@mybluelight.com>

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