Indian perfume set.

[Rory M Larson]

Rory wrote:
> The next question would be the meaning/cognancy of u- in IOM /ubraN/.
> I assume -braN is the root that actually means "smell", along with OP
> /bdhaN/.  In OP, u- relates to MVS? o-, and means "in", or
> "in context of".  But IOM u- ought to relate to some variety
> of OP i-.  So what is the meaning of pre-verbal u- in IOM?

Bob wrote:
> Jimm's segmentation tells us why IO has /u-/
> instead of /o/.  Proto-Siouan *o > u in IO in
> word-initial position.  So at least the V
> correspondences are regular, and they also
> demonstrates that his analysis is correct.
> Initial position is the only place Omaha and IO
> /u/ should correspond.

I think Bob has answered my question.  So
pre-verbal u- in IO is in fact the same locative
prefix as MVS o- and OP u- ?  (Sorry if I'm
scrambling linguistic jargon here-- I know what
I mean, even if I don't know how to say it!)

Rory