kkiaghe

Rory M Larson rlarson at unlnotes.unl.edu
Wed Jul 5 16:00:33 UTC 2006


Bob wrote:
> Gaaghe is an interesting verb nonetheless in that it seems to lose its
initial G on occasion in forms like Kansa /kkiighe/  <   kkiaghe 'make or
do to or for someone'. (Dorsey, Kaw file)

??  In OP, we have gi- for the 'dative' form:

  gia'ghe 'make or do for someone'
    iNga'ghe '...     for me'
    ria'ghe  '...     for you'

How does dative OP gi- relate to dative Kaw kki-  ?


Rory



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