Complementation of i'e

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Thu Jan 22 16:09:10 UTC 2004


On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, R. Rankin wrote:
> FWIW Kaw speakers could/would say "Kka:Nze ie" for 'Kaw language'.  I think you
> and Mark are on solid ground.  I took it as a compound at the time (since the
> modifier preceded the noun).

UmaN'haN i'e is Omaha language, too.  The only question really is how to
say 'say xxx in Omaha, and maybe 'to speak Omaha', albeit i'e being a verb
as well as a noun offers a hint there.



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