Non-wa Nominalizations

[Koontz John E]

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Rory M Larson wrote:
> >>      *X UmoN'hoN ie a' ga!  ("Say X in Omaha!)
> >>
> >> The speakers recently corrected me.

> >>       X UmoN'hoN ia' ga!
>
> In the first sentence, I was understanding ie as a noun
> equivalent to English 'speech' or 'language.  I was
> seeing it as the head of a noun phrase "UmoN'hoN ie",
> "Omaha speech" or "Omaha language".

My misunderstanding.  I took it as a verb in both cases.