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<DIV><FONT size=2>The first two are homonyms, with both vowels being
nasal. The third word is a compound of nu 'man (male)' and zhiNga 'little,
young.' (I'm not familiar with the truncated form nuzhiN.) The word
noNzhiN (naNzhiN with Ponca spelling) meaning 'to stand, standing' can
occur after the main verb, functioning as an auxiliary with "durative" aspectual
meaning: naNzhiN naNzhiN 'It keeps on raining.'</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Kathy Shea</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=okibjonathan@yahoo.com href="mailto:okibjonathan@yahoo.com">Jonathan
Holmes</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=siouan@lists.colorado.edu
href="mailto:siouan@lists.colorado.edu">siouan@lists.colorado.edu</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 24, 2004 7:23
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Same word, different
meanings</DIV>
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<DIV>Recently I have seen the same Omaha/Ponca word in different texts with
three different meanings ascribed to it.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><EM>noNzhiN</EM> - arise or to stand</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><EM>noNzhiN</EM> - rain</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><EM>noNzhiN</EM> - young boy</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Are these meanings correct depending on the context they are used?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Does the meaning change depending on other words used in conjuction
with it?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Is one meaning correct and the other two the result of
mis-translation?</DIV>
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