Omaha athe'

[Koontz John E]

On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Kathleen Shea wrote:
> P.s.  I'm wondering, considering the difficulty we have getting the
> inclusive, second, and third person forms, if there's a remote possibility
> that the /a/ of /athe/ could be the sentence-final question particle of an
> embedded sentence since the sentences ending in /athe/ in the above examples
> have to do with wondering, or asking oneself if something's true.

As a matter of fact, looking at your examples, the same thing occurred to
me, though the order is pretty weird, and I'm not sure how to go about
testing the hypothesis.  I guess the sentences should make sense with the
/the/ omitted.

JEK