Yuecetu - Re: A great Polymath

[Rankin, Robert L]

> Would one be correct in assuming aNk to be cognate with Lakhota "wa-", (1s "actor" pronominal prefix); with initial semivowel "weakening" to the point of disappearance, and nasalisation also?  Is that "-k" interpolated due to the following vowel, as in Lakhota "unk[oyaka]pi" 1pPl. of "oyakA" [=tell; recount]? >
 
No, common Siouan /wa-/ disappeared in Biloxi.  Dorsey's "nk-" is probably [nasal schwa][k] and is thus a reflex of the 1st plural prefix in Dakota and other languages.  In other words, the way you say "I" in Biloxi is to say "we".  
 
> Might "-iNxti-" conceivably be cognate with Lakhota "-ic'i-" (reflexive infix) 
 
Biloxi reflexive is ixki-/iNxki-, with cognates across Siouan.
 
Bob