udhaN' 'to hold'

[Rankin, Robert L]

> I'm now wondering if it's possible that udhaN' in this sense 'to hold'

> is simply a homophone (as far as it's root ins concerned):  Os
> odhiNge, odhaN (OP-ism?); Ks oyiNge; IO unaNge; Wi honaN'k 'help carry

> or walk'.

I haven't been following the udhon discussion closely, so I apologize if
this is either obvious or repetitious.  The alternation/variation of the
vowels aN/iN in the same root is characteristic ONLY of positionals as
far as I've been able to determine.  The 'sitting' root *raN-(ke) has
doublets in *riN-(ke) in both Dakotan and Dhegiha. In conjugating 'be
sitting' Dakotan has both maNke/naNke and miNke/niNke in the 1st and 2nd
sg.  The 'standing' root participates only to a much lesser degree, but
there is a hiiN- root in some languages in addition to, or replacing,
the haN- root.

> Clarifying my remark above, I didn't find a Quapaw or Dakotan form.
In the former case this probably reflects the shortage of information on
Quapaw.  The Winnebago form here is a little problematic, due to the
gloss.

Quapaw /onaN'/ 'grasp, hold, seize'.  ObnaN, ottaN in 1st/2nd persons.

Bob