Bipartite structure

[Rankin, Robert L]

>I'm not sure that the *WaN- 'with a blade, by cutting' is actually
nasalized.  It's just ma= (not maN=) in OP, and pa= in Osage.  It's just
wa= in Teton.

That's absolutely right.  The evidence for any nasality would have to be
semantic, not phonological.  I was thinking about the various cutting
instruments with [maNhin] or similar forms as a base.  This may be the wrong
way to go.

Bob