butterfly

[Rankin, Robert L]

> So the /ppiza/ in the original was a typo?
Or do *p and *pp come out the same in Quapaw?

Hmm, dunno.  I'll have to check.  They don't come out the same, so, IF
it's 'dry' then the QU should come out with a simple /p/.  And 'dry'
should also end in an /-e/, not an /a/.  Sorry if I screwed that up.  In
my old age I've got to start confirming things by checking the
dictionary and not trusting my memory.

OK, I have doublets, /pize'/ and /bize'/ 'dry' in QU.  What I rashly
thought was 'dry' was actually /ppi'za/ 'SAND'.  That makes better
sense, doesn't it.  Don't ask me of /pize/ and /ppiza/ are
derivationally related.  They're not by any process I can see, but who
knows?

Personally, I resist the idea of ever being able to analyze the morpheme
/-ka/ that ends so many forms, especially stative verbs, as having any
sort of productive, identifiable meaning.  This is the sort of thing I
worry about when I talk about "overanalysis" of words.

Still can't find my 'spider' term.  Maybe I'm dreaming it.

Bob