<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19046"></HEAD>
<BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma">
<DIV>Dorsey does indeed know where an umlaut belongs :-) He uses umlaut over u pretty often, and it's clear it indicates a front rounded vowel. He uses (clearly written) tilde both above and below u, and I'm not sure what it indicates. I've not seen what looks like an umlaut below a letter except in this example. If it IS "poorly scribed tilde" (or one that got partly erased or something) what sound would that mean?</DIV>
<DIV>Catherine<BR><BR>>>> "Cumberland, Linda A" <lcumberl@indiana.edu> 5/3/2011 12:32 PM >>><BR>Mark and Catherine,<BR><BR>The Dorsey slip for the Kaw word that corresponds to the example you <BR>sent is "du", with no marking under the vowel. In that entry he also <BR>gives cross-references to dule and du-ska, also with no diacritic above <BR>or below the u. (the contemporary form is fully rounded "do"). However, <BR>the Os. example at the bottom of the slip is "tu" with an x under the <BR>'t' and a perfectly clear tilde under the 'u'. Since your mystery <BR>diacritic occurs in a Kaw reference, and our slip for that word has no <BR>marking under the Kaw word but a tilde under the OS word, I'd guess <BR>that you are dealing with a tilde which, as Brian notes, probably <BR>indicates the fronting of u in Osage and Kanza. I'd be surprised if <BR>Dorsey didn't know where to place an umlaut, so my money's on a "poorly <BR>scribed tilde".<BR><BR>Linda<BR><BR>Quoting Mark J Awakuni-Swetland <mawakuni-swetland2@unlnotes.unl.edu>:<BR><BR>> <A href="http://omahalanguage.unl.edu/dictionary_images/nu/opd.03.005.09c.jpg">http://omahalanguage.unl.edu/dictionary_images/nu/opd.03.005.09c.jpg</A><BR>><BR>><BR>> Aloha All,<BR>><BR>> Catherine located another Dorsey orthographic oddity. The image link is<BR>> above.<BR>><BR>> Can anyone interpret the diacritic under the /u/ in the cognates?<BR>><BR>> It appears to have two under dots.<BR>><BR>> There are two samples of it.<BR>><BR>> Catherine reported finding a /u/ with what appears to be an under tilde<BR>> elsewhere.<BR>><BR>> We are unsure if the two under dots are just a poorly scribed tilde.<BR>><BR>> Suggestions?<BR>><BR>> Many thanks<BR>><BR>> Mark<BR>><BR>><BR>> Mark Awakuni-Swetland, Ph.D.<BR>> Associate Professor of Anthropology & Ethnic Studies<BR>> Native American Studies Program Liaison<BR>> University of Nebraska<BR>> Department of Anthropology<BR>> 841 Oldfather Hall<BR>> Lincoln, NE 68588-0368<BR>><BR>> <A href="http://omahalanguage.unl.edu">http://omahalanguage.unl.edu</A><BR>> <A href="http://omahaponca.unl.edu">http://omahaponca.unl.edu</A><BR>> Phone 402-472-3455<BR>> FAX: 402-472-9642<BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>