Information / nouns vs. verbs

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From: Koontz John E <John.Koontz at colorado.edu>
To: Siouan List <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 8:00 PM
Subject: RE: Information / nouns vs. verbs


> On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Jan Ullrich wrote:
>
> Apart from Connie's ahaNhepipi example, I've not seen doubled "pi" markers
> (in any sense).  I think that's based on haNhe(tu), right?  I couldn't
> figure out why the pi was doubled there.  Does anyone have any further
> elucidation of that example?
>

haNhepi is L. form for D./L. hanNyetu.
While I cannot analize haNhepi itself, a-haNhepi (amahaNhepi) is "it is
night on..",
a-haNhepi-pi is "it is night on them", ~"they are on-nighted"
(likewise, a-bloketu-pi, a-wetu-pi, a-chagxa-pi, etc.)

Connnie.