Kaw and Osage 'rain', 'stand' and 'boy'
Koontz John E
John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Wed Nov 3 15:21:14 UTC 2004
On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Koontz John E wrote:
> I decided on Friday that I couldn't rely on my memory for this and had
> to check the data - my recordings, Dorsey, etc. Unfortunately I never
> got to email over the weekend and so forgot the whole question!
In my field notebook II:17:
(Revising the notation somewhat for this context, I'll mark pitch as V' (V
high) V (V low) instead of acute and grave accents and convert the contour
mark I sometimes used when whole words seemed lower than preceding ones to
... (downstep) ...)
'it's raining' naN'z^iN' (downstep) naN'z^iN'
rain stand
'he keep standing' e'di'gaN (downstep) naN'z^iN'
e'di' naN'z^iN' s^aNs^aN
there stand forever
naN'z^iN' s^aN's^aN naN'z^iN' akH dhi's^taN'baz^i
it rains forever it's raining without ceasing
s^aN'aN's^aN 'forever, perpetually'
'it's raining now' iN'c^HaN (downstep) naN'z^iN'
'he's standing now' iN'c^aN (downstep) naN'z^iN'
(asserted by speaker CS) *no* difference
I:85
ni'u'z^i naN'z^iNtta a'kH sN'de 'past the water tower'
I:121
naN'z^iN'ttaitte (-tHe ??? I wonder now)
he ought to stay (i.e., stand)
Reverting to using ' to indicate the point at which accent is put (by
Dorsey):
Dorsey 'stand'
90:17.14 na(N)z^iN'=bi=ama 'he stood'
90:23.20 na(N)z^iN'=i=ga 'stand ye!'
90:23.3 na(N)z^iN' akH(ama) 'they were standing'
90:23.4 dhana(N)'z^iN 'you stand'
90:27.7 na(N)z^iN' tHaN 'he was standing'
...
Cases of 'stand' with apparent initial acent:
90:183.6 na(N)'z^iN=b=adaN 'stand and (therefore)'
90:669.6 gdhedaN' na(N)'z^iN 'standing hawk' (a name)
Dorsey 'rain'
90:134.15 na(N)z^iN' 'rain'
90:134.17 na(N)z^iN' wiN'=dhaNdhaN'=xti 'rain(drops) just one at a time'
90:134.20 na(N)z^iN-u'bighaN'=xti 'very fine, misting rain'
90:199.10 na(N)z^iN' e' 'that rain'
I persistently marked the nasalization of the initial syllable's a with
(N) to emphasize that Dordsey doesn't mark nasalization after n, at least
not in this case. But, e.g.,
90:207.17 naNb=i'dadhe 'two were born'
90:210.6 naNbe' 'hand'
90:220.4 naN 'grown (up)' (of a woman)
Also:
90:87.10 na(N)z^i'ha 'hair' (note that the second syllable isn't
nasalized)
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> I also meant to check Miner's Winnebago version this weekend!
No. 2279: naNaNz^iN' 'stand; stand up' A1 naN'aNz^iN 'I stand up'
Which I believe implies:
PreWi naN(aN)'=z^iN naN(aN)'=az^iN
No. 2365 niNiNz^u' 'rain'
Again,
PreWi niNiN'-z^u
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