Crow-Hidatsa Plural Marking

[Koontz John E]

In working on my paper for the Conference I've realized that I don't know
if all Crow nouns have plural marking on the verbal model, or if it is
only some that do.  It looks like alienably and inalienably possessed
nouns that are marked, in the interest of the possessor.  Also, the plural
occurs with nouns like 'woman' when they are used verbally, e.g., biak
'she's a woman' : biok 'they are women'.  (I think I have thpse right.)

As far as Hidatsa, I've found a comment in Matthews to the effect that
nouns do not distinguish number.

John E. Koontz
http://spot.colorado.edu/~koontz