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35. 'ec'e'tu it is right, it is as it should be, it has come true 



'ema'c'etusni I do not feel just right; — wac'i' k% 'ec'e'tu c'qke' li'la wi'b.luski' what I want has come true, 

 and so I very much rejoice; — tok'i t'ako'za ka'k'el nq ka'k'el yuha' ni' ; 'eya' c'q 'iye'c'etu I wish 

 that my grandson had such and such! she said and everytime it so happened 122.15; — he'c'e 

 'ehq'ni 'ama'kisnikta-'iye'c'etu tk'a ye' in that way long ago I might have been well it would have 

 come true according to it 226.16; — wi'hqb.la y%k'q 'iye'c'etu ke 1 ye" he had a dream, and lo! it came 

 true, he said; — 'iye' micic'etu it has come true for me (compare 'iye'mahqtu it is suitable for me, it 

 has the same length as I have; iye'micihqtu it is timely for me, my time has come; all these are 

 colloquial) ; — le'c'etu ke'ye" he said it happened in this way; wahe'mac'etu I was about in that way, 

 i. e., this size or age; — 'ob.la'ke c\ le'c'etu ke'ye" what I told in this way it happened, he said; — 

 tukte'ni 'ok'q wani'ce c\ he' he'c'etu everywhere open space lacking that it happened that way 

 5.8; — he'c'etu he'c\hq if it is that way 152.13; — ho, wana' 'eyas he'c'etu we lo' oh! now it is enough 

 227. S ('eyas implies satisfaction; that will do! 'eya' in that manner; well! indeed!) ; — ka'k'etu we lo' , 

 'ey\ nq 'ec'e'l 'oma'kiyake' in that way it happened, he said and in that way he told me;- — to'k'etu hef 

 how is he? what is happening? to'k'etu he is some way; — toni'k'etu he what is your state? i. e., how 

 are you? — contracted: to'ktuka c'e'l-'es or to'ktuka c'e's I don't know; who knows? (how, i. e., in 

 what manner is expressed by tukte' og.na') 



36. -k'etuya: 



'iye'c'etuya suitably; — tqyq wama'k'u c'a mis- eya' 'iye'c'etuya wawa'k'ukle' well he has given me it 

 being so I for my part correspondingly I shall give to him; — he'c'etuya mit'a' wac'f I am disposed in 

 accordance with that; — ka'k'etuya, le'c'etuya; — to'k'etuya 'owa'h'qkle c\ nahqhc\ slol-wa' yesni' I do 

 not yet know in what suitable manner I shall act; — wahe'c'etuya, ivale'c'etuya, waka'k'etuya about 

 like this, that 



37. -k'etkiya. The difference between these forms and those in -tkiya (No. 18) is not very 

 clear and it seems they are not used consistently. It has been remarked under -tkiya that 

 instead of the form to'tkiya the Teton use to'k'etkiya. 



le'c'etkiya 'au'pi' they are bringing it this way; — he'c'etkiya 'iya'ye' he went that way, in the direction 

 from which you came; — he'tkiya 'iya'ye' he went to your place; — ka'k'e'tkiya ya'he' he was going 

 along in yonder direction; — ka tkiya 'iya'ye' he went that way yonder 



38. -k'eca <lk'a-ka iv: 



'ec'e'ca it is that way; — wana' 'ema'c'eca now I am that way (i. e., sick); — 'He' k\ sapye'la 'ec'e'ca his 

 face is black as is natural for him (a favorite slam) ; — wana' 'ec'e'ca now it is the way it should be; — 

 'ec'e'cahq it kept on happening 21.16; — maga zukta ke'he' c'% wana' 'ec'e'ca' you said it would rain 

 and now it does; — ka'tu s'e le'c'eca it was like this place 19.3; — 'iye'mac'eca I resemble him; — 

 le'c'eca it is like this 1.3, 185.5; — lema'c'eca I am like this; — he'c'eca it was like that 72.15, 274.15; — 

 he'c'ecakta it was going to be like this 172.4; — he'c'ecakte c\ (it was clear that) it was going to be 

 that way 149.12; — he'c'ecakta yes it was certain that that would happen and yet (you did not 

 heed) ; — 'ehq'nis he' c'ecakte c'% indeed long ago it was certain that that was going to happen (and 

 now it has happened); — ka'k'eca it is like that yonder, kama'k'eca I am like that yonder; — to'k'eca 

 it is some way, something is the matter with it; — to'k'eca t'qi'sni' it is not clear what is the matter 

 with him; — toma'k'eca something is the matter with me (also, I am menstruating); — to'k'ecasni 

 nothing is the matter with him; — tok'e'cela barely, hardly (see No. 18) 172.3 



39. -k'ena continuing: 



le'c'ena '%y\kte' let us continue going this way; — he'c'ena it is still the same 2.15; — he'c'ena 'iya'ye' he 

 continued going that way; — he'mac'ena I am still the same; — he' c'enahci g.li'sni he never returned; 

 ■ — yasle' ka' k'ena ya'hq Coyote was going in yonder direction 70.1; — p'atka'sa ka' k'ena 

 zuya' ya'hq Turtle was going to war in yonder direction 77.1; — ka'k'ena means idiomatically "off 

 in any direction". — A Yankton love song begins: ka'k'ena 'y,yi'kte, 'ep'e' c'% we'll go off, I said 



he'c*ena is often translated by "immediately after that." In this case it is a corruption of 

 he'c^eg.na from g.na placed (on, in, with). Both forms are in use. The form with diminutive 

 la, he'c'eg.nala is often pronounced he'c*eg.lala. Examples of he'c'ena immediately after that, 

 are 4.6, 67.11. 



