<br><tt><font size=2>Hi Bryan,</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>A few years ago, we did a project with our second
year Omaha students to analyze Dorsey texts and make a running glossary/dictionary
from them. I think we got through about the first ten chapters before
the class ended or somebody said "Enough!" Here's what
I have in my side file for gaN. (r = ledh; c = esh; q = voiceless
velar fricative; E = e-breve; ' = accent; ? = glottal stop)</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2> gaN
and; so</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2> e'gaN
so; like that; thus</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2> akHe'gaN
he was like (a tempter)</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> ame'gaN
something like them (we's?a kHE ame'gaN - a snake or something)</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2> egaN'
the aforementioned having happened, ...</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2> egaN'
DO (cut it up)! Urgent, but polite, command adverb.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2> e'degaN
but</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2> re'gaN
thus</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2> caN gaN
for no special reason</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2> caNqti gaN' just
as it happened</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>I'm sure that barely scratches the surface, but it
suggests a little of the range.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Rory</font></tt>
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<br><font size=3>Howdy all, especially Dhegihanists!<br>
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Has anyone ever compiled a list of all the various uses of the e+gaⁿ morphemes
together in Ponca or Omaha (or any other Dhegiha language)? As we all know,
this combination occurs in conjunctions, adverbs, referential pronominal-thingies
and verbs of various predicative and quotative sorts, and there is debate
as to whether gaⁿ is a single morpheme given nifty collocations like ðégimaⁿ
"I do thus". Anyone got a list as a starting point for further
investigation?<br>
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Joint PhD Program in Linguistics and Anthropology<br>
University of Arizona<br>
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