Lakota wa- 'variety object'

[REGINA PUSTET]

> I think the use of *extra* wa in Osage adds the
> sense of 'around' as in 'ask
> around' and 'paint around on things'  or some such
> and alludes to repeating
> the action.

>
> In the house-painting example and the
> picture-paining example with "extra"
> wa, do the speakers conceive of the action happening
> in several instances?
> Is the actor sort of painting around on the house or
> the picture at
> different settings (though not necessarily with the
> informality implied in
> English by "painting around") ?
>
For now, I'd say that Lakota wa- doesn't normally have
this connotation, judging by the examples I have, but
I'll double-check on this with my speaker next week.

Regina

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