Predicative (?)e (was RE: Nominal Ablaut, ...)

[Koontz John E]

On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Rankin, Robert L wrote:

> > > 90:33.4 wi'=e=bdhiN 'I am he'
> > > 90:262.1 dhi'=e=hniN=de 'since it is you'  (there's that =de)
> > > 90:113.7 e'=e he 'it is he'
> > > 90:197.10 aNgu' aNdhiN'=b=az^i 'we are not'
>
> I think we have rather different analyses here. For me, wie bdhiN is NP VP.
> I don't look upon dhiN as an enclitic.

The use of = as opposed to dashes or lack of spacing is mine, but the
decision to write the forms as one word is Dorsey's.  Of course, it's not
always clear what his practices might mean, but they're consistent with
the one example of this that I recall from elicitation (umaN'haN=bdhiN).