>I have been curious about the TUBBE ending to a name, and was wondering if >the word was a Choctaw word. I have not found any proof to it, but of >course it meaning Killer or Eater, but then I do not profess to know the >Choctaw Language. The Choctaw word for "killer" is "abi". The "a" has a dot under it, which I can't do in this e-mail program, but an a with a dot under it is pronounced like the "u" in "tub". It's sometimes shown as a letter that looks like a cursive "v", so "vbi". Source: Cyrus Byington Choctaw Dictionary. Beverly missbev@theshop.net

Thanks Beverly. Is it possible the various "Killer" names were originally "Tubbe" names? ie Sixkiller. Nalora