animate wa-

[bi1 at soas.ac.uk]

Isn't wakte a rather specialized usage meaning 'triumph in war' as in wakte
gli 'he came home in triumph' or S^ahiyela iwakte glipi 'they came home in
triumph after a war with the Cheyenne' ie 'the beat the Cheyenne'.  I
suppose it still must be thought to have an animate patient though.
Bruce
Date sent:      	Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:08:44 -0600
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From:           	"R. Rankin" <rankin at ku.edu>
To:             	<siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Subject:        	Re: animate wa-

> How might one say "There was a lot of killing in
> the war/slaughter."  ??  I suppose the PP and
> 'many' would be different, but I'd expect to see
> the WA- sentences become grammatical with that
> meaning.
>
> Or maybe not.
>
> > (2) *okichize el  ota       wa-kte-pi
> > war           in  many  WA-kill-PL
> > 'many were killed in the war'
>
> > (4) *owichakte el  ota       wa-kte-pi
> > slaughter     in  many   WA-kill-PL
> > 'many were killed in the slaughter'
>
> Bob
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