WA- once more.

[Koontz John E]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Rory M Larson wrote:

LaFlesche per Koontz:

3. ki'zo ("gi'-c,u") 'happy'
   P1 oN(oN)'zo
   P2 dhi(i)'zo
   P3 ki(i)'zo(=pe (?))
   P12 wa(a)'zo=pe

CQ These are waa'zo in both P1p and P3p

> Any particular reason for the long aa' here?

Yes, the length/shift of accent is the mark of the dative paradigm, which
has ki in the third person and accented (long) pronominals in the non-zero
pronominal forms (with ki deleted).  Thus, except in the third person,
this paradigm resembles the OP ga-instrumental (and Os ka-instrumental)
paradigms.  The third persons have ki'- vs. ka-, but the first persons
both have aa'-, etc.  OP's datives are unique in Dhegiha.