Dhegihanists.

[Carolyn Quintero]

Hi Bob,
This is exactly what I've been saying happens in Osage. OS -apa is the
moving present marker whether singular or plural.
The OS -akxa would show that the bull is present but not moving.  I'm so
glad others are finding this too.
Carolyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rankin, Robert L" <rankin at ku.edu>
To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 1:01 PM
Subject: Dhegihanists.


>
> I've been working thru the paper by Barron and Serzisko on Siouan
> positionals and Ponca article use.  They cite two sentences from JOD
> 1890:466.7 and 467.3.
>
> Ki te-nuga ama waji-pibaji
> and buffalo bull the [moving] was savage
> And the buffalo bull was savage.
>
> Waji-pibaji te-nuga aka
> was savage Buffalo bull the [not in motion]
> The buffalo bull was savage.
>
> Is this your reading of the above sentences?  Is buffalo bull singular or
> plural here?  Is the article difference due to motion, number or something
> else?
>
> B&S did a good job of finding some interesting examples in
> Dorsey, but they don't always analyze them correctly and they confuse
> homophones [thaN] 'article' and 'postposition from' along with [the]
> 'article' and 'evidential' (and sometimes [tte] 'irrealis').
>
> Bob
>