new track: ?uN

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Tue Jun 20 14:27:14 UTC 2000


On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, ROOD DAVID S wrote:
> conjugated totally differently in Lakhota.  'do' looks related to 'use':
>
> 	mu 'I use'	ec^hamu 'I do' 		wa?uN 'I am'
> 	nu 'you use'	ec^hanu 'you do'	ya?uN 'you are'
> 	?uN '3 uses'	ec^huN '3 does'		?uN '3 is'
> 	uNkuN 'we'	ec^huNkuN 'we...'	ec^unk?uN 'we are'

In OP aN is both 'do' (in compounds and as auxiliary) and 'use', as far as
I can recall.

        maN             egimaN
        z^aN            egiz^aN
        aN              egaN
        do, use         be so



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