Dakotan T-words and there equivalents in Siouan

BARudes at aol.com BARudes at aol.com
Mon Apr 24 00:56:42 UTC 2006


Bruce, 

In Catawba, the cognates to the Siouan T-words nearly always have 
interrogative meaning. Non-interrogative meanings are expressed by separate, non-cognate 
particles (e.g. icepá 'somewhere', akiré· 'some, a few'). 

Catawba

duwé· ~ duré· 'who, what, which'
duwé· táni 'why'
táye'where'
táyece· 'where to'
táme 'when'
taní· 'how many, how much, so many, so much'
táni ~ tánice· 'how'
tan akí· 'what's happened; hello'

Blair
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