Quapaw WH-words redux.

Rankin, Robert L rankin at ku.edu
Mon May 1 19:09:53 UTC 2006


Bruce,

 

Here is the Quapaw file again.  Note the different font.

 

Bob

 

WH words from Quapaw.  There are often doublets with nasal A and nasal O.  In a few instances initial /h-/ seems to be missing.  Common Dhegiha /th/ comes out as /th/ in Omaha, Ponca and Quapaw but /kh/ in Kansa and sometimes in Osage.  The font here is SIL SSDoulosL for the PC (not Mac) as modified by John Koontz.  Unfortunately I haven't converted my Quapaw file over to Gentium and Unicode yet.  The font can be downloaded from John's website.

 

While I was in Melbourne D.N.S. Bhat, the Indian scholar, did a typology of Q words for his native language (a Dravidian language).  He had an interesting framework that might be helpful.  I don't know where or when he might have published the study.

 

hw[athâha]

def[how deep]

pos[Q]

prv[analog of Kansa hakhâ-]

 

hw[athàkká (?)]

def[how tall, how high]

pos[Q]

rem[aTàKa in JOD]

 

hw[athâttai tte]

def[future time, at some]

rem[aTâTai Te in JOD]

 

hw[athâttà]

def[when, in future]

rem[v. hathàtta]

 

def[forever]

pos[adv]

rem[cf. bdoka. aTâTe in JOD]

 

hw[ekíëi]

def[somewhere else, elsewhere]

pos[adv]

 

hw[ekkíttàthô]

def[time, from that same on]

pos[adv]

rem[probably -thà at end, not ttò = from (RLR)]

 

hw[be]

def[who]

pos[Qprn]

rem[interrog.]

 

hw[béaëi]

def[nobody]

rem[cf. be, beniëi]

 

hw[béniëi]

def[everyone]

pos[n]

 

hw[haké hitté, haké itté]

def[wherever, anywhere]

 

 

hw[háki]

def[why, for what reason]

pos[Q]

 

hw[hákidede]

def[where, which direction]

pos[Q]

 

hw[hákidedéthà]

def[where from, from whatever place]

pos[Q]

rem[This -Tà is probably -thà = from (RLR)]

 

hw[hakíthà]

def[from whatever place]

rem[This -Tà is probably -thà 'from' (RLR)]

 

hw[hanáhitte]

def[few, a, however many (?)]

rem[v. hanaitte]

 

hw[haná itte]

def[however much or many]

rem[v.hanahitte]

 

hw[haná ìké]

def[some]

 

 

hw[hánaská]

def[how big/small, what size]

pos[Q]

 

hw[hánaska nânà]

def[how big (is) each, (distributive)]

pos[Q]

 

hw[hánaskáska]

def[how big (is) each, (distrib.?)]

pos[Q]

 

hw[hánaskáska hitté]

def[whatever size, however big]

rem[-ska iTé]

 

hw[hanâ, hanô]

def[how much, many]

pos[Q]

 

hw[hanâhide]

def[however many/much]

 

1sg[v. also haná]

rem[v. -hitté]

 

hw[hánòmuçte (CS)]

def[how much, many]

pos[Q]

rem[v. hanà; -u- is unexplained]

 

hw[hathâttà]

def[when (in the future)]

rem[also athâttà]

 

hw[hathâtti]

def[when, at what time]

pos[Q]

rem[haTâTi]

 

hw[hà, hò]

def[what, how, in what manner]

pos[Q]

rem[in compound]

 

hw[hànîttà, hònîttà]

def[why]

pos[Q]

 

hw[hâthàhí, hâttàhí (?)]

def[once upon a time]

pos[v?]

rem[hâTàhí.  Appears to be related to hathâ 'when', q.v.]

 

hw[hitté]

def[indefinite prn., (what)-ever]

 

 

hw[hówa (OM)]

def[who]

pos[Q]

 

hw[hówada-(positional)]

def[where is/are the (class) obj?]

pos[Qdem]

 

hw[hówathettáthà]

def[from what sg/st/in or cl/in]

pos[Qdem]

1sg[nearby]

rem[howaTeTaTà]

 

hw[hówathettíthà]

def[from what sg/st/in or cl/in]

pos[Qdem]

1sg[far away]

rem[howaTeTiTà]

 

hw[hówatta]

def[whose]

pos[Q]

rem[howa+itta]

 

hw[hówaëi]

def[nobody (JOD)]

pos[prn]

rem[nowhere?]

 

hw[hôthà]

def[why? (?) (when? RLR)]

pos[Q]

rem[hôTà]

 

hw[hôthàhi (?), hâthàhi]

def[then, at length]

rem[v. hàthàhi, cf. Kansa hakhâ-?; hòTàhi in JOD]

 

hw[hôthe, hôtte (?)]

def[why, how]

pos[Q]

rem[v. hà]

 

hw[táttà]

def[what, something]

pos[Q/n]

rem[TáTà]

 

hw[táttàëí]

def[nothing]

pos[n]

rem[v. táttà]

 

hw[wattí (?)]

def[why, wherefore]

rem[No Osage cognate found; waTí JOD]

 

 



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