Dakotan T-words and there equivalents in Siouan

[Rankin, Robert L]

Here are the WH-words from Kaw (Kansa).  Long vowels are not completely consistent in my transcription here.  Most, but not all, Dakotan T-words are HA-words in Dhegiha dialects.  The font below is Gentium Unicode.           Bob

 

hw[be, be? 

def[who. be?ittáabe whose is it? 

 

hw[béeski 

def[whoever, who + indefinite 

 

hw[dáada 

def[what, something 

 

hw[da?aska 

def[something, thing 

 

hw[háago (JOD), hagó (MR) 

def[why? wherefore? 

 

hw[hagó (MR), hágo (JOD) 

def[why? 

 

hw[hagóoda, -ó· (MR) 

def[why, how come, for what reason 

 

hw[hagóha 

def[where, whither, where to? 

 

hw[hagójida (JOD) 

def[when, at the time, because 

 

hw[hakha? 

def[how far?, how long?, when? 

 

hw[hakha?ada, -a?· (MR) 

def[when, at what future time? 

rem[v. hakha?ji 

 

hw[hakha?go (JOD) 

def[when, at what point or time 

 

hw[hakha?aji, -a?· (MR) 

def[when, at what past time? 

rem[v. hakha?da 

 

hw[hakha?ske (JOD) 

def[sometime or other 

 

hw[hakha?zi (JOD) 

def[distance, at no great, not far 

 

hw[hána 

def[how many, how much? 

 

hw[háyoska 

def[how big, what size? 

 

hw[hówa + positional article

def[where is the X shaped obj.? 

 

hw[hówage`ji 

def[where, to what places 

 

hw[ho?oski (JOD) 

def[random, at, in no particular 

rem[place. 

 

hw[wia?ma (JOD) 

def[which, which one? 

 

hw[wia?maskida? (JOD) 

def[whichever, whichever one 

 

hw[wíamatta (JOD) 

def[whose is it? Which one are 

rem[you going to?  Lit. 'at which one'

 


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From: owner-siouan at lists.colorado.edu on behalf of shokooh Ingham
Sent: Sun 4/23/2006 11:07 AM
To: siouan at lists.colorado.edu
Subject: Dakotan T-words and there equivalents in Siouan



Dear Siouanists
I am thinking of what to do in the coming conference
and would like to look comparatively at the T-words in
Dakotan and their equivalents in other Siouan
languages.  Caroline has kindly given me the Osage and
John  has given me some hints on Dheghiha.  Could I
ask anyone who has the time to give me the equivalents
from other Siouan languages of:

taku 'what, something"
tuwe/a 'who, someone'
tukte 'which'
tuktel 'where, somewhere'
tokhiya 'where to, somewhere'
tohan/l 'when. sometime'
tona  'how many, some'
tokhel 'how, somehow'
tokha 'what happened, something happened'

Please send cognates or non-cognates or cognates whose
meaning has changed.

Hope you can help
Yours
Bruce


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