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'ap'e' hpa'yapi others here and there waiting lay about 51.5; — he'l 'ena'na 'u'ta li'la 'o'ta hiye'ya ke" 

 there here and there very many acorns lay about, they say 77.13; — etq'na right from there; — 

 letq'na right from here without going any farther; — 'ekta'na there at the place where it is; — 'ekta'na 

 wac'e'%pahqpi right there where they were they were roasting meat 273.8 (see also no. 39) 



24. -nala: 



'isna', mihna', nisna he, I, you alone (generally with-Za) ; t'qsna' unmarried (body alone) presumably 

 with adversative s 



lenala, hena'la, kana'la, co'nala only this, that many (lece'la sing.); — Santee to' nana, Teton co nala few, 

 a little; — to'nala wic'a'kic'o he invited a certain few 



25. -nakeca plurals: 



'iye'nakeca, lena'keca, hena'keca, kana'keca, to'nakeca hena 'ukecapi that many, of us; — ho hena'keca 

 le'l 'awi'c'aku po' now, that number bring here 182.5; — ho, hena'keca waya su-'iyotakapi' now, that 

 number judging sat 182.9 



26. kihq if — then, always referring to future (see p. 148): 



wati Hyalapi he'cihq he' slolwa 'yikta" whether you have compassion I shall know 67.18; — 'u'kta he'c\hq 

 'iwa' homayikte' if he will come, then he will warn me 



27. 'ekta' at a place, at rest; always at a distance from the location where the speaker is. 



'ekta'kiya ye' c'% wana' 'ekta' 'ihy'ni' the one who was going to that place has now arrived there; — 

 wana' 'ekta' '%' he is now there where he intended to go (cf . wana 'e'l \' he is now there, near by);' — 

 hena 'ekta' wic'a'b.le' I go (to be) at the place where those are 2.9; — he' 'ekta' H" he arrived at a 

 place away from here where that was 129.9; — 'ekta'kta reduplicated, 'ekta'kta 'e'tuwe' he looked 

 around there; — c'qke' 'ekta'ktani 'ot'a'pi and so here and there they died in there 127.12; — 

 'ekta'sniyq adversely; — 'ekta'wap'aya a little more towards there 135.10; — he'kta towards the rear: 

 he'kta b.loke'tu k'% he'hq wqb.la'ke' last summer it was when I saw him; — hq'pa he'ktakikiya oki'hq po 

 put on (your) moccasins backward; — he'ktatqhq from the rear, from behind: he'ktatqhq ho'uye' he 

 shouted from behind; 'ig.la'ka uyqpi yii'k'q he'ktatqhq t%we'ya k\ waho si-g Xipi' we went moving 

 and then from the rear those who were looking out came back bringing word (information) 



28. -ktakiya: 



wakpa' k( 'ekta'kiya '■qg.la'pi' towards the river we were going homeward; — he'ktakiya g.li he wasonhis 

 return trip 65.7; more explicitly he'ktakiya kawi'h g.li" backwards turning sharply about ikaioi'ga) 

 he arrived back, without reaching his goal; — he'ktakiya wi'b.lukcq' I think in retrospect 



The forms 29-39 seem to be derived from fc'a which expresses a quality. (See p. 83.) 'ec'a' 

 it is its quality, used as a prefix 'ec'a'-huste he is lame congenitally ; 'ec l a'-osteka he has a peculiar 

 disposition. 



29. -Va iv.: 



'ec'a wana' 'ec'ifye' it being so do it now 148. 12; — 'ec'a mak'ti-migeya 'uka'ya po' it being so, Earth-as- 

 Ear-Haver, take us along! 149.8; — 'ec'a by nature, on purpose; 'ec'a (unaccented) in that case; — ta'ku 

 'oya'le k'% he' le'c'a he"? something you were seeking that was it this kind? (is this the kind you 

 wanted?); — lec'a to'ksa 34 — wqs before you are aware of it (so and so) will happen; — c'q k'eya' 

 c'ogi' sasa' k'% he'c'a 'ece' 'aku' wo' wood some pith all red, that kind only bring home! 66.9; — 

 he'c'a 'ece'la k'owa'kip'e c'% it is that kind only I fear 78.16 (see also 188.7); — ptec'i' cala-zfla 

 k\ he'c'a 'ece' 'e'wic'ag.lepi the yellowish buffalo calves of that sort only they stood them up; — 

 hema'c'a I am of that kind; — ka'k'a 'etq' mak'u' gives me of that kind yonder; — to'k'a does not 

 mean "what kind," and does not permit the corresponding demonstrative answer le'c'a, he'c'a, 

 ka'k'a;it means "what is the matter?"; — to' mak'a something happens to me; 34 " what is the matter 

 with me? — to'k'a het what is the trouble? — he'lta'kuto'k'akta sk'e" they say something is going to 

 happen there; — to'k'a with negative verb; cannot; to'k'a-woHesni he cannot eat; — to'k'a-'iki'- 

 kcusni' he could not take his back 27.4 

 The interrogative and indefinite form corresponding to le'c ( a etc. is ta'ku. 



hena' ta'ku he? hena' le'c'a' what are those? Those are of this kind; — ta'ku c'a \' he'c'anu, het le'c'a c'a 

 my.' what kind of thing did you use to do that? It was this kind of thing I used 



M to'ksa r <to'k'a-'e$a' surely, a promise to comply with a request. 

 3*° Euphemistic for "I am going to die." 



