ACADEMY OF SCIENCES] PHONETICS 17 



No. 2] 



(-)t'a'za water has waves 



-t'aga water is churned up so as to form foam (Cage saliva) 

 (-)('{' za it is solid, hard, compact 

 H'i'ga to strain body. 

 (-)sn'po it is black 

 (-)sa'pa it is soiled 



-sota it is used up (T Y); (-)so'ta it is clear, it is empty so that container is clean (S) 

 *so'ta it is hazy, smoky, muddy 

 *ho'ta it is grey 



-suza it has a slight bruise, a single crack in a bone 

 -suza it is badly bruised, flesh and bone are crushed together 

 -huga a hard round shell (egg, skull) is fractured 

 -sleca small things easily split are split; meat, bread is sliced 

 -sleca a bone, board, log is split 



-hleca it is split, rent, with emphasis on the sound produced (skin, fabrics) 

 -sloka it is taken out (a wad, cork) 

 (-)hlo'ka a hole is broken into something 



-sluta a long thing is in the state of sliding through a narrow opening 

 -sluta the same for wet things, to be slippery, on a slippery surface 



(-)sta'ka he is listless, generally owing to causes beyond one's control; kasta'ka to pour out mud 

 -staka it is jellylike; wasta' kyapi jelly, something caused to be jellylike 

 {-)sni' za it is in the state of collapsing owing to a small leak 

 *sni' za it is wilted, withered, like plants or a paralyzed limb 

 p'esni'za sparks (p'e'ta fire) 

 p'ehni'ga it is red hot, quivering with heat 

 kahni'ga to choose 



-skapa it is in the condition resulting from a forcible slap, surface against surface 

 -skapa the same, one or both surfaces being wet 

 (-)ske'pa liquid is draining out 

 -skepa the same with emphasis on wetness 

 -skica it is tightly compressed (hay, etc., by a heavy weight) 

 -skica moisture is being pressed out 



-zapa it is in the state of being ripped off easily (like skin of a chicken) 



-gapa the same, but ripped off with difficulty (these two are not clearly distinct as to degree; used 

 idiomatically for various objects) 



(-)za'ta it is forked, pronged; spread apart; used for a division into two parts only 



(-)ga'ta it is branching with many angles 



*zi'pa very thin, almost transparent, only as *zizi'pela 



—zipa thin layers are shaved off 



izu'za a smooth whetstone (see zuze'ca snake, somewhat rough?) Western T izu'za 



igu'ga rough sandstone 



kazv'kzuka liquid hangs like mucus, saliva drivels, nose is running, 



yugu'ka to stretch, elongate 



*nu za it is soft and movable, like an enlarged gland under the skin 



*nu za the same, but harder, like cartilage 



*nu'ga hard, like callus on a bone, a gnarl on a tree (see — m.nuza) 



{-)g.le'za striped with narrow, indistinct lines (like a gray cat); compare gweza rippled, ridged 



(-)g.le'ga striped with wide, strongly contrasting colors, as in g.leg.le'ga eyes with strongly contrasting 



white cornea and dark iris; sina' -g.leg.le'ga Navaho blanket, a Navaho 

 (-)fcj' za a single high-pitched tone sounds 



{-)k\' za the same with several such tones blending; to moan; a child is wailing 

 (-)ksi'za it is bent near the end; an ankle is sprained; figuratively, he is a crank, he is mean 

 -ksiza it bends on a joint, as the elbow, a penknife, folding doors 

 -k'eza hard objects are in contact, it is in a scratched condition; it is polished 

 -k'ega it is in a scraped condition 



(-)k'o'za a surface is smooth, like ground trampled down, closely woven fabric 

 —k'oga the outer layer of hard material is scraped off 



