Predicative (?)e (was RE: Nominal Ablaut, ...)

[Koontz John E]

On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Koontz John E wrote:
> 90:33.4 wi'=e=bdhiN 'I am he'
> 90:262.1 dhi'=e=hniN=de 'since it is you'  (there's that =de)
> 90:113.7 e'=e he 'it is he'
> 90:197.10 aNgu' aNdhiN'=b=az^i 'we are not'

It's interesting to note that this shows how -e-can at once look like the
'be' or 'emphatic' e suffix and the e-demonstrative prefix on verbs.
(I'm using prefix and suffix fairly loosely here.)