Strange use Dakota kiN.

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Mon Jun 19 15:58:27 UTC 2000


On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, R. Rankin wrote:
> I've always assumed that k?uN was just a compound of ki(N) + ?uN 'do' with the
> usual initial syllable syncope operating.  So "does so" or "did so" looks like
> a nearly exact equivalent.

How about that little dhaN 'past' auxiliary in Dhegiha, cf. OP =the=dhaN
EVID (or whatever)-in the past?



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