<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Since Catawba does not possess a cognate to Siouan /hi/ 'arrive', but does possess the verb /hu:/ 'come', it is unlikely that the initial /h/ in the Catawba verb is analogical, which in turn suggests that the initial /h/ in the cognate Siouan verb is not analogical. Perhaps the reverse is true, i.e. that the /h/-less forms in Siouan are somehow analogical in Siouan, although I have not idea what the source for the analogy might be.<BR>
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