i- in Dhegiha i-POSITIONAL=...CAUSE (RE: Word for 'prairie'?)
Rory M Larson
rlarson at unlnotes.unl.edu
Mon Feb 2 21:20:45 UTC 2004
Bob wrote:
> In Kansa and Osage the initial V in these forms is never /u/ (U-umlaut),
> so the motion verb would presumably not be (h)u 'come', but one of the
> others. BOB
Oops! Maybe I should have waited for more commentary
before completely conceding!
As far as I know, there are just four basic verbs of
motion available:
MVS *re, OP dhe, 'go'
*u, i, 'come'
*i, (?) hi, 'get there'
*thi, thi, 'get here'
(I may have this list gurbled up a bit. The MVS for
the second and third now seem doubtful.) So what other
options do we have, if not the 'come' form?
Rory
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