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Katanda names of modalities

Rick,
I wonder if the Katanda words for the modalities would be just the "ma--nzasni" forms for each modality.  I.e.,

mabenzasni - probability
macabenzasni - acceptability
madebenzasni - evidentiality
mafibenzasni - significance
magabenzasni - counterfactuality
makobenzasni - hedge
manubenzasni - inevitability
madunzasni - obligation
manidunzasni - necessity
mapodunzasni - consequentiality

Of course, the English glosses don't always convey the sense of the Katanda term, but that's pretty normal.  (Cf. "maVInubenzasni" - 'inevitability', where it's not the name of the modality.)

Steven