Choctaw is a noun-adjective-article language. That would be the significance of the location of word order. Also, the verb always comes at the end of the sentence. George Ann >From: JohnnyMikeCraven@aol.com >Reply-To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com >To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] Re: Tribal membership >Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 02:44:17 EDT > >In a message dated 7/20/2002 3:50:50 PM Central Daylight Time, >wood_owl@hotmail.com writes: > > > > > > It could mean "the one who buries." I'm wondering if it is a reference >to a > > bonepicker, who was a highly respected person. I do know that the >cleaned > > bones were also buried. > > > > George Ann > > > >Hello George Ann, > > Imafo emailed that it meant leader. Perhaps, like words in other >languages, such as the English word "sail" it could have several meanings. > > I asked Imafo if it might there were different meanings based on >where >it was in the name. If it meant one thing if it was at the front and >another >at the back of a name. > > There are several names with Hopia in it but some have it in the >beginning and some have it at the end. > > John Craven > New Orleans > > >==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== >Got a PROBLEM?? Got a GRIPE?? Just wanna'WHINE?? Don't post it to the >list...write to me at CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-admin@rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com