Dorsey transcriptions, etc.

[R. Rankin]

> Assuming this might come from the Siouan Archives version of the texts, my
> first impulse is to check to see if the second dhaN (<cent sign> a
> <raised-n> in the original) might be a mistyped or even misprinted s^aN (c
> a <raised n> in the original).  Most such errors are typing errors in
> preparing the SA, but I have seen a few in the original, too.
>

Yes indeed.  I have to rely 100% on the CeSNALPS computerized version.
There's probably not a copy of CNAE6 on the entire continent of Oz.


> There is, however, a distributive -dhaNdhaN suffix or enclitic!

That would certainly fit the semantics in this instance.  Another homophone.

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