*ki

[R. Rankin]

I think Blair's comment on Catawban pretty much clinches the argument,
especially since it shows the same nasal/non-nasal allomorphs as Dakotan.  There
definitely is a deictic {ki} in Dhegiha -- in fact, in that very term,
dheGIha -- and it recurs in other deictic clusters.  My preferred reconstruction
would be as a broader deictic of some kind rather than as a definite article.

Bob

----- Original Message -----
> I believe I was misrecollecting the Tutelo forms as Biloxi in this case.
> My error!

I bet if we scour the Biloxi texts, it'll turn up in one form or another.

> I also wonder about -gi in Omaha-Ponca wakkaNdagi, though that's an
> oddball form.  I'd assume it would have to be a loan of sorts, rather than
> a retention.  I think I once noticed another *-ki form, probably in Osage
> (which also has wahkoNtaki), but I can't relocate it.