Crow-Hidatsa Plural Marking

[Koontz John E]

On Wed, 24 May 2006 Rgraczyk at aol.com wrote:
> Yes, Crow nouns mark the plural the same as verbs do.  Plural marking on
> possessed nouns indicates that the possessor is plural.  And nouns used verbally
> can also be plural.

Fresh from an illuminating series of comments from John Boyle on Hidatsa,
I take it verbs agree with subject and object using one plural slot in the
usual Siouan way (but not the usual Hidatsa way)?

And I take it that nouns can be pluralized when arguments of verbs, and
not just when predicative or possessed?   Any constraints on when or when
not?

> Hidatsa nouns do mark plural number, although it looks quite different
> from Crow.

You're not kidding!