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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>FWIW, the Omaha-Ponca imperative is ga (male) ~ a (female). It occurs with the e-grade of ablaut. <br><br>wadhathe ga hau 'eat!' <br><br>At least for Dorsey the Otoe and Omaha-Ponca sources were intermarried to some extent. Hamilton worked with both communities, though I thought it was at different locations. Jimm would know in detail! <br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling"><span style="color:black;">Second is that the ending imperative “re” may actually be a contraction of an older form “kare/gare” and it has just stopped being used. That one is just a random guess LOL.</span><div class="ecxWordSection1"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p>...<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">What do you think?</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">Sky Campbell, B. A.</span></b><span style="color:black;"></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Language Director</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Otoe-Missouria Tribe</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">580-723-4466 ext. 111</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><a href="mailto:sky@omtribe.org">sky@omtribe.org</a></span></p><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div></body>
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