<div><FONT face=arial size=3>Randy,</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=arial></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face=arial size=3><EM>> 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). ></EM></FONT></div> <div><FONT face=arial size=3></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><FONT face=arial>This seems to be the same prefix used in Biloxi: o-, as in ok(i)taho = to knock down by shooting</FONT><FONT face=arial>, which seems to be a compound of o- (by shooting) + k(i)the (hit) + taho (fall).</FONT> </FONT></div> <div><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><FONT face=arial>For whatever that's
worth.</FONT></FONT></div> <div><FONT face=arial size=3></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face=arial size=3>Dave</FONT></div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>Rgraczyk@aol.com</I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">This is a late contribution to the 'wound' discussion. I'm behind on my e-mail.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Lowie: ma u'-om = baa-uu'-o-m baa 'indefinite object'; m 'different subject'</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New
Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">u'ak: This is uu'-ak; ak is the same subject marker.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Randy</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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