Tense, aspect and time in Siouan.
Koontz John E
John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Thu Jun 22 15:59:35 UTC 2000
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, R. Rankin wrote:
> OP iN ~ aN ~ aaN 'use'
The first iN would be the 'use (tobacco)' example.
> The 'be' meaning for *?uN is also found at least in Winnebago ?u:N 'do,
> make be, wear'.
Ah, this reminds me that there are several cases where Omaha-Ponca uses
the idiom 'to make' as 'to consider as'. One is the causative-based
possessive with kinshiop terms, which also occurs in Dakotan and in
Winnebago. The other uses gaghe as far as I can recall. The example was
literally something like 'why do you make me a fool?'. This is something
like 'make out as/make out to be' in English. From 'to be considered as'
to 'to be' is not a long stretch.
JEK
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