new track: ?uN
Koontz John E
John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Tue Jun 20 14:27:14 UTC 2000
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, ROOD DAVID S wrote:
> conjugated totally differently in Lakhota. 'do' looks related to 'use':
>
> mu 'I use' ec^hamu 'I do' wa?uN 'I am'
> nu 'you use' ec^hanu 'you do' ya?uN 'you are'
> ?uN '3 uses' ec^huN '3 does' ?uN '3 is'
> uNkuN 'we' ec^huNkuN 'we...' ec^unk?uN 'we are'
In OP aN is both 'do' (in compounds and as auxiliary) and 'use', as far as
I can recall.
maN egimaN
z^aN egiz^aN
aN egaN
do, use be so
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