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suffering by it; — kahq'tq hema'c'eca' since that time (to be defined later) I am that way (not con- 

 tinuously) ; — kahq'tqhq he' del mit'a'wac'i' since that indefinite time thus was my mind (here must 

 follow a statement as to the time referred to) ; — tohq'tq hi' k\ wo'wasi 'ec'%' ever since he arrived he 

 works (not continuously); — tohq'tqhq sce'p'qwaye c\ t%wena c'qze' slolwa' yesni' ever since she has 

 been my sister-in-law I have never known her to be angry 



11. hq'tu: 



wo'tahqpi hq'tu c'qke' . . . heyd they were eating, it was just then, and so ... he said that 64.4; — 

 li'la 'anu'k'atqhq 'i'c'iyokip'ipi hq'tu sk'e" very from each side they loved each other, it was just 

 then, it is said 225.10; — wo'tapi-iyehqtu it is mealtime; — wana' 'iye'hqtu now in due time 226.11; — 

 Hye' mahqtu it is the right time or place for me; it suits me; 'iye'micihqtu my time has come; — 

 lehq'tu k{ lehq'l he' le'l 'iff c'a wo' niciyakapikte Id it being at this time, at this time that one is here 

 (and) will address you; — hqhe'pi c'q' hehq'tu c'a wac'i'pi' it is night time, then it is at that time such 

 they dance; — hema'hqtuke' that is just the right time for me (slang); — kahq'tu it is right there 

 (pointed out) ; this form is loosely used for space, although it is felt to be improper; — kahq'tu k\hq 

 wai'kte do' at that time I will get there (Yankton) ; perhaps pointed out by place of sun or watch; — ■ 

 tohq'tu it is at some time, often used colloquially for tukte'tu at some place, 'i'tohqtu after some time 

 228.8; — tohq'tu yu,'k'q' wana' Lak'o'ia wq t'x c'a 'e'l 'i'pi ke' after some time then now a Dakota 

 lived it being so there they arrived, it is said 152.10; — tohq'tu k\ le b.latki'kta he? at what time shall 

 I drink this? — colloquially: tohq'tu c'a ksu' yeniyq het at what place is it that you are injured? 



12. -hqtuya, usually with s'e as it were: 



lehq'tuya s'e hiyu'ye' he sent it (throwing), approximately here; — hehq'tuya, kahq'tuya thereabouts, 

 about that time; also hehq'tuya s'e or wahehqtuya, cf. le'l tukte'l h\hpdye' it might be here some- 

 where that it fell; — hqc'o'kaya-xcahe hqtuya wag.W about midnight I got home; — wale'hqtuya 

 about this time 



13. -hqkeca (i. v.) it is of that length (<Chq-ka-ca) ; used only for space (cf. hqska' long). 



wand s lehq'keca now, indeed, he is as tall as this, lemd hqkeca I am as tall as this; — lehq'keca wqii' ivaksa' 

 cut one that is this long; — t'osu k\ hehq'keca wq makila' one that is as long as that tipi pole he asked 

 me for; — wana' mi' cihqske' ; 'i's 'eya's kahq'kcake s'e le'l (<^ka-hqkeca-ka s'e le'c'eca) now he is tall to 

 me (i. e. mine is tall) ; he also is about as tall as that one yonder; — tohq'keca nic'u' he? how much in 

 length did he give you? — toma'hqkeca he how tall am I? — tohq'kecaka c'e'l who knows how long it 

 is? (c'e'Kinac'eca who knows?) — 'iye'mahqkeca I am as tall as he is, 'a'k'iyehqkecapi they are of 

 the same height, 'dk'iyevjxqkeca we two are of the same height, ' a' k'iye%hqkeca or Hye nimahqkeca 

 I am as tall as you 



14. -I at, always a place nearby, not requiring the covering of a distance to be reached. 



'eha'ke le'l 'iyd ' micihisni' still here it reaches not for me (i. e., this is insufficient) 65.11; — he'l 'ena'na 

 'u'ta li'la 'o'ta hiye'ye' there, here and there, very many acorns lay about 77. 13; — yu'k'q' ka'l 'it'u'- 

 hu-c'q wq t'qka hq' and then yonder a large oak tree stood 77.12; — ka'l c'qhld qu-ozuzu wq 'e'g.na 

 c'qku yapi yonder through a place full of weeds they took their way 77.16; — ka'l with the meaning 

 yonder is accompanied by a pointing gesture of hand or lips, or at least such gesture is implied; 

 when this is not the case it means "aside, off from the main line; at another place"; — hehq'l 

 ta'kula wq ka'l yups%' ' psu 'ihpe'waye c'% at that time some little thing aside bundled up I threw it 

 2.4; — ka'l 'i's yup'i'yela t'ap-ka' psicapi at another place they on their part nicely doing made the 

 ball jump by striking 3.1; — tukte'l nayd z\ c'a 'a'taya wqc'i' yakesni' at what place you stood it being 

 so at all I did not see you; — tukte'l he' lehq'l \' k\ slolwd yesni' the place where that one at present 

 stays I do not know; — to'k'iya tukte'l '%' sk'e" somewhere (away from here) in some place he stays, 

 it is said (i. e., he lives somewhere else; he is still living) 



Also with nouns t'i'l t'ima'hel in the house 



15. -tq from, out of (without emphasis on motion): 



mak'a' k{ 'a'taya 'etq' hina'p'a from the whole land appeared (knives) 67.8; — following a noun 'etq' 

 means "some," m.ni' 'etq' mak'u give me some water, 'etq'tq some of each group; but m.ni' k{ 

 'etq'hq b.latke'' I drank some of the water, I drank water from it (see No. 16); — c'q' 'etq' 'owa'kic'f 

 I asked him for some wood; — letq' 'ina'p'a' go out of here! — hetq' 'iyd yapi' from there they went 

 on 77.15 (compare 77.12 he'c'es za'ptqla helq'hq 'iya'yapi' so five only continuing from there they 

 went on) ; — c'qke' hetq' kic'i' 'iyd ye' and so from there he went with him 157.9; — katq t'ate' hiyu' 

 from yonder the wind comes in; — tuktetq' he' 'iyd cu he? whence did you take it? — m.ni' hiyo'wai 

 k'e'yas 'o'huta k\ wqkq'tuya c'qke' tuktetq' 'iwa'cukta t'qi'sni' I went to get water but the bank being 

 high and so whence I should take it was not apparent (the Santee use totq instead of tuktetq') 



