another Siouan question

[shokooh Ingham]

I seem to have stirred up a hornets nest over ki-.  May I perhaps solicit members'  opinion over another prefix, namely -ichi-, which is one I have difficulty in finding a name for and have referred to, in the absence of any better term, as ditransitive/reciprocal.  In the ditransitive usage it seems to have an actor and two objects and the actor acts upon one object by means of the other or acts upon both in relation to each other as in ichiwanyanka 'see one thing in relation to another, compare' and ichicahi 'mix one thing with another' ichiiyopheya 'exchange one thing for another'.  In the reciprocal usage it seems to only involve inanimates as in ichicas^ka 'be tied to each other', ichicakinza 'be rubbed together making a creaking sound'.  There do not seem to be very many examples, though members may know of others.  I would be interested to know if the form occurs in other Siouan languages and whether there is a term for it.
Bruce






       
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