Nights and Time

[Wablenica]

I wonder  what is the etymology of root haN- "night", suffix -haN "time" and
continuative/imperfective enclitic haN~he~hiN in Dakotan. Are these the one
and the same morpheme, do they all originate from haN' "for a tall object to
be located" ?
Examples:
haNhe'pi (L.) / haNye'tu (D.) night
haNcho'kayan - midnight
haNblA' (haNwa'ble)- to fast and dream or attain vision

he'haN, hehaN'l - at that time
hehaN'taNhaN - from that time on; therefore
hetaNhaN - from that place/time

Thank you.
Connie.


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