any more chairs?

[Koontz John E]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Rory M Larson wrote:
> I believe Bob said that Kaw had hn for 2s, and that is the
> way it is in OP.  Also, the La Flesche Osage dictionary
> conjugates 2s as moN-ni.

An example of an Omahaism in LaFlesche.

>
> Just to stick my neck out a little further, I might
> mention something one of our Omaha speakers stressed
> to me a few months ago.  She said that there was a
> distinction in asking about "having" something, as
> follows:
>
>   KinoN'noNge aniN' a?
>   Do you have (possess) a car?
>
>   KinoN'noNge (kHe) ashniN' a?
>   Do you have (your) car (along with you)?
>
> I've told Ardis about this, but I don't think I've
> brought it up to the list before.
>
> Is it possible that there are actually two grades
> of you- inflection for dh-verbs?  One which tends
> to preserve the original s^, and one which drops it?

Anything is possible, I guess, but I suspect the article is the critical
factor here.