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size=3>(quoting <SPAN class=859134321-11122007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> Regina </FONT></SPAN>)</FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman">Jan said that the ki- in my previous example
ki-was^tecakA should be analyzed as a dative, rather than as ki- 'to become'.
I responded that both options might be possible. I'm still defending that
claim, but meantime I found rich documentation of dative ki- in ki-was^tecakA
in my own data, with both types of datives. For instance:</FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman">waki-was^tecake 'I was good to him'</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=859134321-11122007>Yes, this was the reason why I
mentioned that. The dative usage with was^tecaka is just so very frequent that
most speakers will immediatelly understand kiwas^tecaka as a
dative. Another sentence example is Lila tanyan makhuwa na
makiwas^tecake. - She treated me well and was very kind to
me.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#0000ff><FONT><SPAN class=859134321-11122007>I am sure that at least
some of them will recognize the ki- "become" meaning as well, but it just
isn't a very common thing to say. </SPAN></FONT>W<FONT><SPAN
class=859134321-11122007>hen one wants to command some one else to behave,
they usually say Owanz^ila yaNka yo/ye. or TaNyaN ophiic'iya
yo.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial
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class=859134321-11122007>Jan</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>