OP ge-Gender Nouns

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Fri May 21 07:05:04 UTC 2004


Not surprisingly these are all plurals and, to the extent that singulars
occur, they are in other classes.

da'daN p[h?]a 'bitter (some)things'
dhis^pa's^pa=i 'fragments (of Rabbit's body)'
maN'ze 'pieces of iron'
naN'de ttiz^e'be=dh e'gaN 'walls and doors, too'
naN'ppahi 'chokecherry bushes'
ne'ghe 'kettles'
siN'de '(a collection of severed) tails'
tta' '(pieces of) meat'
tt'e=ma ha 'hides of a group of buffalo'
ttenaN'de 'scattered buffalo hearts'
ttenaN'de was^iN 'buffalo heart fat'
tti'=i 'lodges'
umiN'z^e 'beds'
usne' 'splits (or holes) in a hollow tree'
uthaN' 'leggings (for one person)'
wadha'the maNdhiN' p[h?]a 'bitter things he was going along eating'
wai'iN 'robes'
wathaN' 'goods' (wattaN' ?)
waxa'ga ppai' 'sharp thorns'
xa'de ppe'z^i p[h?]a 'bitter herbs and grasses'
z^aNdhaN'ha 'scattered bits of bark'


John E. Koontz
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