Conjugation Of A Sentence in Tutelo-Saponi

[Rankin, Robert L.]

Fascinating.  You'll make an ethnobotanist of me yet.

Bob

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I'm still working on researching the presence of Sweetgrass (Hiercloe odorata) in VA and N.C. but here is one example for N.C.



Sweetgrass Sweet Grass Holy Grass in North Carolina
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HIOD<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fplants.usda.gov%2Fjava%2Fprofile%3Fsymbol%3DHIOD&h=VAQFO3V54>

Sweetgrass in North Carolina is listed: Threatened and Endangered Information:
 Hierochloe odorata (L.) P. Beauv.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
holy grass Endangered
North Carolina:
holy grass Endangered
Pennsylvania:
vanilla sweet-grass Endangered

Scott P. Collins
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--- On Sat, 6/1/13, Rankin, Robert L. <rankin at KU.EDU> wrote:

From: Rankin, Robert L. <rankin at KU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Conjugation Of A Sentence in Tutelo-Saponi
To: SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu
Date: Saturday, June 1, 2013, 6:17 PM

Aloha nā Siouanists,

> I had a guess on this sentence if it was UmoNhoN, which I checked with my NoNha.  In Omaha, the article would occur, but it would be functioning as a subordinator:

> MoNhiNskithe bthoN   tHe  xtaathe.
> Grass.sweet    it.smells the  I.like
ʻI like the smell of sweetgrassʻ  (Or awkwardly but more literally, ʻthat sweet grass smells, I like it.ʻ)

> Probably Tutelo articles donʻt function anywhere near like Omahaʻs beautiful, powerful articles, but I am wondering if there might not be a subordinator needed there, too.  The sentence feels awkward to me without.

Interesting, Ardis.  I bet Tutelo does work the same way.  That seems to be a standard Siouan pattern.  But I'll defer to my syntactician colleagues.

Does Omaha use MoNhiNskithe for real sweetgrass?  Sounds like a loan-translation from English.  The Dakotan term has a cognate in Dhegiha, but it's the word for 'onion'.  I was wondering if NE Nebraska has sweetgrass and, if so, what the Omahas and Poncas call it.

Best,

Bob

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