Date:  Mon, 18 Mar 1996 10:21:53 -0800

From:  David Robertson <net091[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RISCY.SFCC.CTC.EDU>

Subject: Lakota possessives



   This is in regard to my recent comment about forms of possession in

Lakota. I haven't managed to corral my friend who's got a copy of Riggs'

grammar. However on page 39 of Father Buechel's dictionary, he

enumerates along with the "separate" possessives, i.e. adjectival forms,

the following _four_ (not three as I'd thought) grammatical categories of

possession affixes:



   1. Property [mita...]

   2. Body parts [ma...]

   3. Incorporeal parts [mi...]

   4. Relationships [mi...; ...ku; unki...pi; etc.]



   I hope this is of some help. Note that Buechel doesn't speak of

"inalienable" and "alienable" possession, so those of us interested in

that question will still need to research a bit in the language.



   Dave