Opening page of "Brave Against the Enemy" (1944)

[Clive Bloomfield]

Thanks Rory, It is indeed a terrific Lakhota resource, and you are  
most welcome, anytime.

Incidentally, that perceptive observation of yours about a possible  
more active/volitional component in kunsyakel, in that context, makes  
a lot of sense to me.
And I agree about the humour & dynamism which might be added to the  
writer's expression, by such a possible nuance.
Hena un lila pilamayayelo.

Clive.

On 06/02/2008, at 4:55 AM, Rory M Larson wrote:

>
> > E.g. 'kunsyakel' : I'm not sure exactly why the father would be  
> 'pretending/simulating' anything, at this point?!
> Unless 'kunsyakel' here has a weakened sense, meaning not much more  
> than : "apparently/seemingly/to outward appearances"?
> But of course for that idea we have s'elecheca/s'ele/s'e/sekse.
>
>
> I'm guessing the "seemingly" sense is approximately correct here,  
> which would mean that kunsyakel doesn't necessarily imply that the  
> pretense is false.  Perhaps kunsyakel suggests an active/volitional  
> role in the appearance that is lacking in the s'elecheca/s'ele/s'e/ 
> sekse set, which might be too weak and passive for the author's  
> intentions.  While the latter set might give: "The father seemed  
> totally bewildered...", using kunsyakel the result might be: "The  
> father was actively emitting signals of total bewilderment...",  
> surely a much more powerful and humorous way of expressing the  
> situation.
>
> Sounds like you have found a wonderful resource.  Thanks for sharing!
>
> Rory

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