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To go after one's own has the prefix g.liyo'. In all these forms the subject pronoun pre- 

 cedes the verb of motion, while the object pronoun may precede hiyo' or the verb of motion. 



hiyo'-wau I am coming to get something 



c'ihi' yo-wahi' yelo I have come to get you 52.2, not so often nihi'yo-wahi or hiyo'-c'ihi 

 kihi'yoi nq g.W he arrived going after it for him and arrived back here 

 hiyo'-mayahi or mahi' yo-yahi you come to get me 



In the forms with hiyo the form b (see p. 94), without sanction, is missing throughout. In 

 the following a is the possessive form, c the dative with sanction. 



1. (a) kihi' you, waki'hiyou to come for him or his 

 (c) ki'cihiyou, we cihiyou 



2. (a) kihi yoya to go after, waki hiyoya or waki' hiyob.la I — 

 (c) ki' cihiyoya, we' cihiyoya or we cihiyob.la 



3. (a) kihi'yoi, kihi'yowai to arrive there, going after 

 (c) ki'cihiyoi, we'cihiyoi or ki' cihiyowai 



4. (a) kihi'yohi, kihi'yowahi to arrive here, coming after 

 (c) ki'cihiyohi, ki' cihiyowahi or we'cihiyohi 



(4 and 1). (a) kihi'yohiyu, kihi'yowahiyu or waki' hiyohiyu 



(c) ki'cihiyohiyu, ki' cihiyowahiyu or rarely we' cihiyohiyu 



(3 and 2). (a) kihi' yoiyaya, waki' hiyoiyaya or kihi' yoib.lab.la 



(c) ki' cihiyoiyaya, we' cihiyoiyaya or ki' cihiyoib.lab.la 



(4 and 2). (a) kihi' yohiyaya, kihi' yowahiyaya 



(c) ki' cihiyohiyaya, ki' cihiyowahiyaya 



The verbs expressing returning (1-4) 6 have no datives but are combined with the corre- 

 sponding verbs of motion. 



kihi'yoi nq ku' he arrived going after it for him and was coming back 

 kihi'yohi nq g.la' he arrived coming after it for him and was going back there 



With a these forms express the 3d person collective plural. 



hiyo ' au they (in a group) come for it; — hiyo'aya they go for it; — hiyo ' ai they arrive going for it; — 

 hiyo'ahiyu they start coming for it; — hiyo'eyaya they start going for it; — (hiyo' ahiyaya not used) 



§ 114. To Reach 



The verbs of arriving are compounded with ihqfni to reach: 1S 



'e'hurii, (1st p. 'e'wahuni) he arrived going there with it; they arrived going there 



'ahi'huni, (1st p. ' axoa' hihuni) he arrived coming here with it; they arrived coming here 



'aVi'h%ni, (1st p. 'awa'k'ih/qni) " he arrived there going back with it; they arrived there going back 



'ag.li'h%ni I0 (1st p. ' 'awa g .lih%ni) he arrived here coming back with it; they arrived here coming back 



Datives of these forms are avoided as in the preceding group. 



§ 115. V and W 



Certain verbs express with the verbs of motion V and 'ahi' the direction towards the speaker 

 and away from the speaker. In all of these the actor is stationary. Examples are: 



'aty'wq to look for ('e'tuwq to look thither, 'ahi't%wq to look hither); — pazo' to point ('e'pazo thither, 

 'ahi'pazo hither); — 'awa'c'i to think about ('e'wac'i, 'ahi'wac'i); — 'ao'kas'i to peep into ('e'yokas'i, 

 'ahi'yokas'i he peeps this way); — 'ao'kaki to bend the body and look in (,'e'yokaki, 'ahi'yokaki; 

 i'yokakiyq in full view); — pani' to nudge; — yut'q' to touch 



With the forms 'ag.li' and 'ak'i' these verbs express motion 'ag.li't%wq upon reaching home 

 he was able to see, or: he opened his eyes. 



■» Without prefix /iifm' ini mqka' I stay put. 



" Also yuha' k'ilm'ni, yuha' g.liltit'ni having it he arrived. 



