New topic -- stative pronouns with reflexives?

[Randolph Graczyk]

In a message dated 1/15/2004 2:01:59 AM Mountain Standard Time,
John.Koontz at colorado.edu writes:


> > Crow reflexives look like this:
> >
> > 1s  b-ihchi-waa-lichi' 'I hit myself' etc.
> > 2   d-i'hchi-laa-lichi
> > 3   ihchi-lichi'
> ...
> > I have always assumed that b and d in the 1st and 2nd person forms were
> > derived from stative bii and dii, with shortening of the long vowel before
> the
> > initial i of the reflexive.
>
> Could they be derived from active series pronominals like ba(a)- and da-?
>
> Of course, given that the underlying verb is also inflected, I can see why
> an oblique or stative form seems more natural.
>

Theoretically the b and d of the reflexives could be derived from the active
set, but then we would have to explain why there are two active pronouns in a
reflexive.
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