Assiniboine verbs with verbal complements requiring -pi

[Linda Cumberland]

This is a follow-up to the list I distributed at the conference last
month, of verbs that require either -pi or -kta on verbal
complements, e.g.:

    wachipi wachi~ka     'I want to dance'
    wachikta washka~     'I'm trying to dance'
    wachipi i~mnushki~   'I enjoy dancing'

  I just got back from a quick trip to Saskatchewan, where I was able
to eliminate "okihi" 'be able to' from the list, and added
"i~yushki~" 'to enjoy doing'

For those of you keeping track, here's the current list:

chinka           'want'
i~yushki~        'enjoy'
snokya           'know'
shka~            'try'
thawu~kashi~     'hate to do'
washtena         'like'
wahoya           'promise'
wayuphi          'be skilled at'


If anyone recognizes in this list a similar set in some other Siouan
(or for that matter, any other) language, I'd welcome suggestions for
other verbs that might belong here.  So far, I have found these by
accident or by guess.  I had thought it to be a fairly predictable
modal class until I had to eliminate okihi 'to be able'.  (I had
earlier eliminated "cheyaka" 'must; should' and "shi" 'to tell to
do").  I have also given up my hypothesis of emotion as a motivating
factor because of "wayuphi".

Linda