reduplication in Siouan languages

[Koontz John E]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 BARudes at aol.com wrote:

> On reduplication, Catawba also exhibits reduplication (but only of verb
> roots).  It is used to express continued or sustained action in space or
> time, as well as intensification and distribution of the action.  Examples
> are: w’aN?hire: ‘one jumps’, ...

Blair, I just wanted to warn you that in my mailer your Catawba comes out
in a pretty fair approximation of Cree Syllabics, or, possibly, electrical
circuit diagrams.  It's probably best to stick with ASCII or at least
standard fonts in mail to the list.

John Koontz