Locative Postpositions

[Koontz John E]

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Alan H. Hartley wrote:
> OK, getting really basic--and my apologies to any impatient
> Siouanists--what is the difference in meaning of a word in -n/-l/-d if
> the suffix represents -etu rather than -ta ? (I'm still waiting for Boas
> & Deloria from ILL, which perhaps will answer this sort of question.)

I don't think it would make any difference from your point of view, what
the precise shade of meaning of the locative was, or what its etymology
was.