<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Pila huk Ekuni (thank you Grandfather or God)<BR><SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1257120779_0 class=yshortcuts>Pila</SPAN> huk Mona Ama Henai (thank you Mother Earth)<BR>Pila huk Ati Matoi (thank you <SPAN id=lw_1257120779_1 class=yshortcuts>Father in the Sky</SPAN> House)<BR>Pila huk Mon Eke Topi (thank you Four Directions) <BR>Pila huk Tuhaklu icici (thank you Thunder Beings)<BR>Pila huk Maklu (thank you <SPAN
id=lw_1257120779_2 class=yshortcuts>Thunder Bird</SPAN>)<BR>Pila huk Kcimbai Nonee (thank you to the Pipe Bowl)<BR>Pila huk Yihistik (thank you to the Stems)<BR>Pila huk KcipaI (thank you for the Sacred Pipe)<BR>Pila huk Mia (thank you Sun)<BR>Pila huk Minosa (thank you Moon)<BR>Pila huk oka hoc ne de wa ha, pila huk Oho<BR>(thank you all my realtions and many thanks)<BR>
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<DIV>You said, "All Siouan languages normally put the verb at the very end of the sentence. Adjectives follow nouns. <SPAN id=lw_1257120779_3 class=yshortcuts>Adverbs</SPAN> and direct objects come before the verb."<BR></DIV>
<DIV>So based on this, is the following the proper way to construct this prayer?</DIV>
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<DIV>Ekuni huk pila (thank you Grandfather or God)<BR>Mona Ama Henai huk pila (thank you Mother Earth)<BR>Ati Matoi huk pila (thank you Father in the Sky House)<BR>Maniankle Topa huk pila (thank you Four Directions) <BR>Tuhaklu-icici huk pila (thank you Thunder Beings)<BR>Maklu huk pila (thank you Thunder Bird)<BR>Kcimbai Nonee huk
pila (thank you to the Pipe Bowl)<BR>Yihistik huk pila (thank you to the Stems)<BR>KcipaI huk pila (thank you for the Sacred Pipe)<BR>Mi huk pila (thank you Sun)<BR>Minosa huk pila (thank you Moon)<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Oka hoc ne de wa ha huk pila, Oho huk pila<BR>(thank you all my realtions and many thanks)<BR><BR><BR>Scott P. Collins<BR><BR></DIV></td></tr></table>