<div>Ooops, did I get that wrong on the email? That's what I get for trying to do these things at work! (I'm glad it's almost over!)</div> <div> </div> <div>Dave<BR><BR><B><I>"Rankin, Robert L" <rankin@ku.edu></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">> Would one be correct in assuming aNk to be cognate with Lakhota "wa-", (1s "actor" pronominal prefix); with initial semivowel "weakening" to the point of disappearance, and nasalisation also? Is that "-k" interpolated due to the following vowel, as in Lakhota "unk[oyaka]pi" 1pPl. of "oyakA" [=tell; recount]? ><BR><BR>No, common Siouan /wa-/ disappeared in Biloxi. Dorsey's "nk-" is probably [nasal schwa][k] and is thus a reflex of the 1st plural prefix in Dakota and other languages. In other words, the way you say "I" in Biloxi is to say "we". <BR><BR>> Might "-iNxti-" conceivably be cognate with Lakhota "-ic'i-"
(reflexive infix) <BR><BR>Biloxi reflexive is ixki-/iNxki-, with cognates across Siouan.<BR><BR>Bob<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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