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When not final tk'a' means "except that, only." 



'uk'n'kta c'a '% ; (ho) tk'a' 'o'h\ni \' sii{kic'ilakte we shall live together, it being so it is; only always we 

 shall be kind to each other 229.16-230.1; — kic'i' 'urna sipe' ; tk'a' wo'wasukiye wqzi'la 'aho'%- 

 p'apikte' with him they ordered me to live; only one rule we must observe 231.12; — pie k\ wic'a'wao 

 we lo' ; tk'a wasle'ya wic'a'o b.lustq' c'q'sna . . . 'a'taya 'e'yaye lo' buffaloes I shoot; only well 

 shooting them I finish, then always ... all he takes 114.20; — wana' yag.n\kte lo' ; tk'a' nit'%'- 

 kasila li'klila loc'i'pi c'as slolya'ye lo' now you will go home, only that your grandfathers are often 

 very hungry, you know 183.8; — le'l 'u'kta tk'a' he' mic'u'ksi yu z\kta c'\' here he will be coming, only 

 (for) that my daughter he will want to marry 12.2; — miye' tk'a' le' 'qpe'lu tukte' mit'a'wakta t'q\ - 

 sniyq loayfwe lo I, except for this, which day will be mine it not being apparent I live (except that 

 I do not know when I am going to die) 12.4; — t'i'l ni'kta tk'a' wakta' yo' you will go in (there is 

 nothing to hinder you); only take care! 57.14; — '■q'masika tk'a' 'e'l maya'hipi I am poor except 

 that you come here to me, i. e., your coming makes my state more tolerable. (This is not what is 

 meant. It should read k'e'yas instead of tk'a' : although I am poor you come here to me, 195.4) 



Often tk'a' is used with k'e'yas. 



le'l hi's'a tk'a' k'e'yas wana' 'oki'hisni he used to come here, but now he is unable 



-ka n% tk'a' lit. as it were almost but; 'to be at a loss (what to do): 



ta'keyeca n% tk'a'' what to say he was at a loss, he all but said something; — tukte'l e'tyweca n-q tk'a" 

 which way to look he was at a loss; — to'k'i ya pika n% tk'a' where to go they were at a loss 211.8 



§ 154. NUMERALS 



All cardinal numbers are neutral verbs and like these may be used as adjectives by subordi- 

 nation under the noun. The count is expressed by the verbal forms. 



Reduplicated forms 



1 wq'ci (as adjective wqzi') wqzi'kzi 



2 nu'pa (as noun or adjective n%p) nu,'pmip or nu'mnum 



3 ya'm.ni ya'm.nim.ni 



4 to' pa (as noun or adjective top) to'ptop 



5 za'ptq za'ptqptq 



6 sa'kpe sa'kpekpe 



7 sako'w\ (iyu sna n Assiniboine) sako'w[wi 



8 sag.lo'gq sag.lo'gqgq 



9 napci yy,ka {napci'wqka Y S) (as noun or adjective napci ' yuky%k 



napci'y%k) 



10 wikce'm.na wikce'm.nam.na 



11 'ake'-wqzi' 'ake' wqzi'kzi 



12 'ake'-nupa (as adjective ake' n%p) 



20 wikce m.na n% pa (wikce' m.na-n%p) m wikc'e m.na ?m' mniim 



21 wikce'm.na nu'p sa'm (or ake') wqzi' (ca) 



22 wikce' m.na n%p sa'm (or wikce' m.na ntip 'ake') n% pa 



(as adjective nu'p) 

 100 'opa'wige 'opa'wigege 



1000 k'ekto' pau'ige or k'okto pawige or k' ekta opaw\ge 



Although it is easily recognized that the higher numerals are derived from verbal stems, 

 analysis is not easy. Clearest is nap-ci-yi^ka finger little lies; 'opa'wige one hundred, is parallel 

 to 'oka'vjjga to go round and round, with ya by pushing, instead of ka by striking. 



Ordinals. — The ordinals except foka'he the first, are formed from the cardinals by the prefix 

 'i or 'id' , in Y and S by 'i. 



'inn'pa or 'ici'n%pa the second, as adjective without accent 



'iya' ke-wqzi the eleventh 



'iwi' kcem.na nu'pa the twentieth 



The adverbial forms are formed in the same way, except t'oka' the first time. 



'inii'pa the second time (always accented) 



39 Taken from gambling with seven counters, the seventh is iyu'Sna the one one misses. 

 JD Also if objects counted are understood. 



