Helmbrecht IJAL Paper: Some Semantic and Etymological Quibbles

[Koontz John E]

> My translation for wa- in Osage is "stuff" or "folks".
> And yes to JEK's idea that I have many examples with subjects, such as
> wabra'htaN 'I drink stuff' (usually understood as alcoholic drinks)
> where -b- is the subject and the verb is dha'htaN 'drink'.

I meant I thought you had cases where there was a nominal object with a
wa-form of a verb.  I probably said this wrong the first time.