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Koontz John E
John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Mon Jun 11 00:45:10 UTC 2001
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Bruce Ingham wrote:
> It is also possible in lakota to use the verb yuha 'have' or gluha
> 'have one's own' with a verb of motion, as in mayuha iyayapi 'they
> went off possessing me, ie they took me away' wicagluha unglipi 'we
> came home having them, we brought them home'. I imagine this is also
> used in other Siouan languages
Yes, there are comparable constructions also in OP, with various
transitivizing verbs like agdhiN 'to have' or dhize 'to pursue'.
JEK
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