Complementation of i'e

[Jimm GoodTracks]

For what it is worth, in IOM one can say Baxoje/ Jiwere ich^e'.  In fact,
when we made the language study Book I & II in the 1970s, we titled them as
such.
However, quickly it became apparent that the use of -ich^e'- was redundant.
The terms Baxoje/ Jiwere, according to context, means an IOM person, the
tribe, the language or a crafted article.
When asked of the elders a similar sentence such as you have been working on
for Dhegiha, the responce was:
Baxoje/ Jiwere iha'ch^e hagun'da ke.     I want to talk/ speak Ioway/ Otoe.
jgt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rory M Larson" <rlarson at unlnotes.unl.edu>
To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: Complementation of i'e



> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, R. Rankin wrote:
> > FWIW Kaw speakers could/would say "Kka:Nze ie" for 'Kaw language'.  I
think you
> > and Mark are on solid ground.  I took it as a compound at the time
(since the
> > modifier preceded the noun).
>
> Yes, that's the way I was taking it at first too.
> That may still be the correct interpretation.
> See below.
>
>
> John wrote:
> > UmaN'haN i'e is Omaha language, too.  The only question really is how to
> > say 'say xxx in Omaha, and maybe 'to speak Omaha', albeit i'e being a
verb
> > as well as a noun offers a hint there.
>