animate wa-

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John
I believe thie verb thikte can take an object like wichas^a wan thikte 'he
murdered a man (not as in warfare)'
Bruce
Date sent:      	Wed, 31 Dec 2003 21:50:52 -0700 (MST)
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From:           	Koontz John E <John.Koontz at Colorado.EDU>
To:             	siouan at lists.colorado.edu
Subject:        	Re: animate wa-

> On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Koontz John E wrote:
> > Here I see that Ingham lists for the agentive form thi'wic^hakte
> > 'murderer' and for the abstract noun thi'wic^haktepi 'murder'.
> > Interestingly, for the active verb he gives thi'kte/thi'wakte (not
> > thi'kte/thi'wic^hakte) ... Apologies for putting Bruce
> > in the spot, ...
>
> Might all this mean that Dakotan verbs need potentially to be categorized
> for their "indefinite object" form or forms?
>
> JEK
>