Incorporation

[Koontz John E]

On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Robert L. Rankin wrote:
> How about 'cough'?  I seem to recall other interesting verbs from my Kansa
> and Quapaw materials, but I'll have to check more thoroughly.

Off the top of my head, I don't know how 'cough' and 'sneeze' are
inflected in Omaha-Ponca, but I will make a mental note to check my
fieldnotes.  In the 700 or so pages of the Dorsey texts nobody manages to
sneeze or cough.  I vaguely recall eliciting sneeze (hec^hiN, I think),
but I don't recall whether I was smart enough to get in fully inflected.
As Bob said, you really need all "four" persons with a Siouan verb to be
completely sure of it.  

> Right.  Or a positional AUX.  

Verbs inflected entirely with the aid of a positional auxiliary are fairly
rare in OP, in contrast with more southerly Dhegiha, so I overlooked this
possibility!  Actually, I think I just saw my first one the other day
while looking at 'suffer' for Bob.