Question to Bob reDakotan T-words and there equivalents in Siouan

shokooh Ingham shokoohbanou at yahoo.co.uk
Fri Apr 28 15:33:43 UTC 2006


Bob
You recently sent me a lot of useful date about T-
words.  I copied the data and your name, but not the
name of the language .  It included data beginning
like this:


hw[be, be? 

def[who. be?ittáabe whose is it? 

 

hw[béeski 

def[whoever, who + indefinite 

 

hw[dáada 

def[what, something 

 

hw[da?aska 

def[something, thing 

 

hw[háago (JOD), hagó (MR) 

def[why? wherefore? 

 

hw[hagó (MR), hágo (JOD) 

def[why? 

 

hw[hagóoda, -ó· (MR) 

def[why, how come, for what reason 

 

hw[hagóha 

def[where, whither, where to? 

 

hw[hagójida (JOD) 

def[when, at the time, because 

 

hw[hakha? 

def[how far?, how long?, when? 

 

hw[hakha?ada, -a?· (MR) 

def[when, at what future time? 

rem[v. hakha?ji 

 

hw[hakha?go (JOD) 

def[when, at what point or time 

 

hw[hakha?aji, -a?· (MR) 

def[when, at what past time? 

rem[v. hakha?da 

 

hw[hakha?ske (JOD) 

def[sometime or other 

 

hw[hakha?zi (JOD) 

def[distance, at no great, not far 


hw[hána 

def[how many, how much? 

hw[háyoska 

def[how big, what size? 


Could you remind me what the language was.  Thanks
Bruce



		
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