Outer instrumentals.

[Koontz John E]

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 Rgraczyk at aol.com wrote:
> Re: WaN 'by bladed instrument':
>
> In Crow and Hidatsa this instrumental prefix is (h)a-.  The h is preserved in
> Hidatsa, while most of the Crow reflexes have lost h.  This also suggests
> that Crow and Hidatsa have preserved an instrumental without Wa-.

I think this is just the form that Bob needs to support his logical
analysis.  I suppose it couldn't include the hypothetical wa-, so probably
oo- doesn't either.  There is a difference in length, and the h- seems to
require an explanation.