Helmbrecht IJAL Paper: Some Semantic and Etymological Quibbles

[Carolyn Quintero]

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'.
Carolyn Q.
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> I heartily agree with Catherine's translation of wa- as "stuff."  That
> generally works well for Crow, too.
>
> Randy