Tutelo 1st dual/plural forms.

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Just as a clarification, the Catawba first person plural forms Bob is 
referring to are nu ~ du:- (not noN- ~ do-). More specifically, nu is an object 
proclitic on verbs (e.g. nu ká:nire: 'he/she sees us' [ká:nire: 'he/she sees it'); 
du:- is a pronominal stem used to form first person plural independent 
pronouns (e.g. dú:ta? 'we (subject)', dú:ka? 'us (object)', du: 'we (emphatic)'. The 
inflectional markers for first person plural subjects on verbs and possession 
on nouns are unrelated to nu: ~du:-: ha- with verbs that take prefixes and 
with inalienably possessed nouns and -?a:- with verbs that take suffixes and with 
alienably possessed nouns.  Internal reconstruction within Catawba would 
suggest that nu and du:- come from earlier nu and nu:-.

Blair
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