Omaha-Ponca Modal of Obligation (fwd)

[Rory M Larson]

> Another very interesting form:
>
>> 90:167.4
>>
>> abdhiN=   tta=miNkha=s^e
>> I have it will AUX    must
>> 'I have to have it'
>
> which I suppose means 'I will have to have it'.
>
> =====
>
> JEK:  I guess it must.  You do get (s^)niNke=s^e and (s^)naNkha=s^e in
the
> second persons of dhiNkhe/dhaNkha, but this =s^e is with the first person
> miNkhe and does seem to be a first person.

Yes, and in the (s^)niNkHe=s^e form we don't get ablaut to [a].  I had
always supposed that the =s^e in (s^)niNkHe=s^e and (s^)naNkHa=s^e were
a type of vocative particle that was only found in 2nd person
constructions.

Rory