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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">This is a late contribution to the 'wound' discussion. I'm behind on my e-mail.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">uu' 'shoot, hit target' (uua' is the citation form)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">1 b-uu', 2 d-uu', 3 uu', 1pl b-uu'-o 2pl d-uu'-o 3 uu'-o (regular inflection)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Lowie: ma u'-om = baa-uu'-o-m baa 'indefinite object'; m 'different subject'</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">akbareacu'packyo hawa'tem ba wu'k 'one of the Cheyenne (headcutters) I shot':</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">The last word is clearly buu'k 'I shot'. The ba is a puzzle, since the sentence has a lexical object and I wouldn't expect an indefinite here. One remote possibility: uu' is (or was) a doubly-inflecting verb.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">u'ak: This is uu'-ak; ak is the same subject marker.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">oo'xpi 'wound, shoot at and hit' (citation form oo'xpe)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">1 b-oo'xpi 2 d-oox'pi 3 oo'xpi etc. This is the regular inflection for vowel-initial verbs not accented on the first mora.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">It could be that oo- is a locative prefix, although these are regularly accented on the initial vowel in Crow: a', i', o'. There are several other 'shooting' verbs in Crow with initial oo: oo'xeechi 'pierce through by shooting', o'oxexawi 'shot up' (stative), and oo'xaxxi 'shoot an arrow or bullet into a hole'. I have wondered if these aren't reflexes of the Siouan 'by shooting' instrumental prefix, with the initial consonant lost (Da wo, Wi bo Po mu).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Randy</FONT></DIV>
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