ognayehci- vs uNgnayehci

[Jan F. Ullrich]

Hi Bruce,

> While we are on the subject of o- and uN- I am often 
> confused by ognayeh^ci which I take to mean 'closely, 
> accurately' and uNgnayeh^ci which I take to mean 'perhaps'.  
> Are these really two separate words or are they the same word 
> spelt differently with a wide spread of meanings.  


The two words you gave are derivates of: ogna' 'in, in the way of' and
uNgna' 'perhaps, by chance, suddenly'. So the question is whether the two
are different words or not? In my experience based both on work with
speakers and texts they are. 
Notice for instance that ogna' is often used in combination with the
demonstratives le and he and that logna' 'this way' and hogna' 'that way'
are fully lexicalized adverbs. But there is no such word as *huNgna' or
*luNgna'.

Jan