<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">In a message dated 5/4/2004 10:49:58 PM Mountain Daylight Time, John.Koontz@colorado.edu writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Things in Mandan and Crow-Hidatsa, as I recall it, are quite different.<BR>
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The reconstructions supported by these forms are:<BR>
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'two' *nuNuN'pa<BR>
'three' *raa'priN<BR>
'seven' *s^aako'wiN<BR>
'eight' ???<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">The Crow forms are:<BR>
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sa'hpua 'seven'<BR>
du'upahpi 'eight' (du'upa 'two')<BR>
hawa'tahpi 'nine' (hawa'ta 'one'<BR>
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I would suggest that the 'seven' form may be (at least partially) cognate. Crow does not allow kp clusters morpheme-internally, so kp > hp. Then, long vowels are shortened before h (sa'ah > sa'h). <BR>
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The forms for 'eight' and 'nine' are transparent: 'two less than (ten)', one less than (ten)'. Related form: alaxpi' 'leftovers, remainder'<BR>
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Randy</FONT></HTML>