Archaic A1 p- in Dakotan.

[Constantine Xmelnitski]

--- "Robert L. Rankin" <rankin at lark.cc.ukans.edu>
wrote:
> I wonder if those few other archaic verbs do the
same
> thing.  Either hi
> 'arrive' or ?u 'come'(or both) has a 1st sg. in p-,
> which, if
> reduplicated, should produce *phVphV.

Buechel (1980) mentions archaic paradigm for ?u:
phu = wa?u (p.449)
sku = ya?u [BigHead] (p.465).

I didn't find any reduplicated forms of ?u in the
Dictionary. Perhaps outdated forms for hiyu (hibu,
hilu, uNhiyu) also match this pattern.

Connie.


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