FW: possessive constructions in siouan

[R. Rankin]

> Are you looking into Polynesian languages too?
> Hawaiian, and apparently other Polynesian languages,
> are among the only languages in the world where
> possession can bounce between alienable and
> inalienable (represented by the type of possessive
> pronoun used).

If I understand the question here, Choctaw can do that
too.  /sassish/ and /amissish/ both meaning 'my blood',
but in one case it's in your body and inalienable,
while in the other it's dripped out of a cut and is on
the table -- and alienable.  The pronominals are sa-
and am-.

bob