postural verbs, verbs of motion

Rankin, Robert L rankin at ku.edu
Fri Jan 18 17:08:19 UTC 2002


>There is no*yiNka 'stand'.

But there is a yiNka doublet for 'sit' that is found in Assiniboine (fide
Parks) and throughout Dhegiha.

And, as John may have mentioned, 'lie' really goes back to *?uN-ke. The w or
y that sometimes appears is an inserted glide as far as we can tell.

Bob



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