Andative: conclusion

[David Costa]

Hello all:

Thanks for all the feedback. The impression I get from the various people
who've emailed me is that despite the etymologically weird origins of the
word 'andative' (I'm not even sure if the stress lands on the first or the
second syllable, tho the 1st syllable sounds better to me), it IS a valid
linguistic term, in established use at least among Americanists. The term is
obviously rare, but it dates back at least 40+ years. In addition to the
very helpful recent Iroquoian references I received, I've been informed that
it appears in Freeland and Broadbent's 1960 "Central Sierra Miwok Dictionary
with Texts". It might be a Penutian phenomenon in general, since it also
pops up in Barker's 1963 grammar of Klamath, as well as that grad-school
colleague of mine who used it for Patwin. That's good enough for me, so I'm
keeping the term.

thanks,

Dave Costa