Archaic A1 p- in Dakotan.

[Robert L. Rankin]

> With respect to ‘snow', Catawba dialects and Woccon show three different
> forms that appear to reflect reduplication.

In Siouan it's clear there was (and still is) a common prefix with the
form wa-.  If the root is also wa, it would appear to be reduplication,
but wouldn't be.  Lawson's Woccon form is indeed wawawa, suggesting that
redup. is a possibility however.

> The w-w form in Siouan may result from syncope in something like Catawba
> wa:?wa, while the Dakota form may be comparable with Catawba wa:?.

As far as we can tell, the form with the wV- prefix is reconstructible as
such, so Dakotan, if it has just wa 'snow' would either have lost the
prefix via a morphological (i.e. not sound change) reanalysis OR the
regular reflex of "funny W" in Dakotan is just [wa].  I can't remember
enough funny W forms from Siouan (it's rare) in their Dakotan reflex to
know.

Bob