Stem 'to come' (was Re: Archaic A1 p- in Dakotan)

BARudes at aol.com BARudes at aol.com
Mon Apr 5 13:12:39 UTC 1999


The crucial evidence that the verb 'come' is uu?- in Catawba is the fact that
the third person plural, for some speakers, is iruu?- where i- is the third
plural marker and the r is epenthetic.  If the stem began with h-, one would
expect the third plural to be huu?- just like the third singular.  As for h-
3rd person (usually singular), this is the regular reflex of hi- 'third
singular' with mutating verbs in Catawba.

Blair



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