wok?u (Re: argument structure k'u etc.)

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Tue Apr 5 17:54:18 UTC 2005


On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, "Alfred W. Tüting" wrote:
> The Lakota verb _(w)ok'u_ perfectly parallels the German verb 'eingeben'
> (of medicine). 'einnehmen' - take medicine/pills.

Which resembles English 'take internally' as in 'Not to be taken
internally'.   For food a closer parallel might be 'partake of'.



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