Aho! (-ka in IO imperative forms)

[John Koontz]

Oops.  The OP imperatives occur with the a-grade of the ablaut vowel.  
 
dhatha'=a 'eat (woman speaking)!'
daNba'=ga 'see (man speaking)!'
 
(Thanks for catching this, Rory!)
 
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:41:05 -0700
From: jekoontz at MSN.COM
Subject: Re: Aho!  (-ka in IO imperative forms)
To: SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu




FWIW, the Omaha-Ponca imperative is ga (male) ~ a (female).   It occurs with the e-grade of ablaut.  

wadhathe ga hau  'eat!'   

At least for Dorsey the Otoe and Omaha-Ponca sources were intermarried to some extent.   Hamilton worked with both communities, though I thought it was at different locations.   Jimm would know in detail!   

Second is that the ending imperative “re” may actually be a contraction of an older form “kare/gare” and it has just stopped being used.  That one is just a random guess LOL.
 ...What do you think?
 
Sky Campbell, B. A.
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Otoe-Missouria Tribe
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