another Siouan question

[Blair Rudes]

On  a comparative-historical note, the grammatical categories of reflexive 
and  reciprocal are not marked by distinct verbal affixes in Catawba (or, as far 
as  one can discern from the limited data, in Woccon). Reflexive is marked by 
a  possessive form of the noun root /-ha:k/ ‘body’ (e.g. /d’iha:k/ ‘myself’
,  /y’iha:k/ ‘yourself’). Reciprocal is usually noted by implication or by a 
covert  category (in the Whorfian sense), i.e., in is inherently present in a 
particular  lexical (content) morpheme and there is no overt marker. However, 
there is an  independent pronoun /‘iku/ ‘each other’ that appears in certain 
circumstances  where a reciprocal meaning is required. Catawba /’iku/ may be 
related to  Lakhota -ichi-.
 
Blair 



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