Academy of Sciences] MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX 135 



No. 2] j-ou 



The example mihi'g.na k\ le'cSya m.ni-'a'glag.la yqka'he' my husband is sitting there by the 

 water 219.18 implies that the people addressed have never seen him. 

 In the third person possessive the article is generally used: 



'atku'ku k% heya his father said 145.10 



tH'takuye nq huka'ke k\ 'e'pi her near relatives and her parents they were 230.17 



When the third person possessive is not followed by an article it is to be conceived as a 

 verbal expression. 



hii'ku hi' -pi it is a parents-coming 



'atku'ku g .W -%spe x sni he does not know (how to act on) father-returning 



c'iye'ku g.li'pi tk'a's wq'cak 'owi'c'akiyake' but on his brothers' return at once he told them 65.14 



For this reason the article is often omitted when the term of relationship is object of an 



active verb. 



hii'ku 'oki'le or contracted huk-'o'kile he looks for his mother 



hii'ku k\ oki'le his mother looks for him, or: he looks for his mother and not for anybody else 



c'uwe'ku 'y.'sikila she loves her elder sister 



However, we find also: 



c'iye'ku k\ 'e'l 'e't'owic'aksu' his brothers he piled up there 88.16 



leksi'tku k\ t'iwo'ksq wic'a'y,pa he had laid his uncles around in the tipi 90.14 



t\ka' sitkula k% mat'o' t'awi'cu k\ 'ekia yesi" he ordered his grandfather to go to the bear's wife 115.11 



The plural hena' is also used when the article refers to two nouns connected by "and," the 

 two having only one article. 



mahpi'ya nq mak'a' k{ lena' t'oka'-kd'gapi the sky and land (those) were first made 1.12 

 wqhi'kpe nq 'ita' zipa k'u. 15 hena' fcV 'iki'cu the aforesaid arrow and bow those also he took up his 

 (the other's) 26.3 



Generalized terms take no article. 



kihq wic'a'sa nq w\yq tohq'l kic'i'yuzapi when men and women marry 231.17 



'■qg.na'hqsna wic'a'sa 'akq'tula ('e'g.na) wic'o'wic'asasni now and then people living above (among) (i.e., 

 human beings) there is deception 207.14 (wic'o'wic'asa character of man) 



Another construction for general statements is as follows: 



s%'kak'a'pi c'q' lu' zahqpi when they are horses they are fleet, i. e., horses are (supposed to be) fleet 

 wic'a's'api nq wi'yqpi c'q' kic'i'yuzapi when they are men and women (they are supposed to) marry 



When a noun is compounded with an adjective the article follows as though it were a unit. 



su,'k-ska' k{ t'oke'ya ku' the white horse is returning first 



ohlo'ka-cik'ala k\ he' 'og.na' mahe'l 'iya'ya the aforesaid small hole that he went into 28.6 (or 'ohlo'ka 



wq ci'k'ala k'u) 

 wic' a' sa- ohi like c'% he kte'pi they killed the brave man 



When the adjective is less firmly united with the noun, the attribute is given a verbal form. 



sii'kak'q' wq t'q'ka k'u he'('e' c'a) 'owa'le a certain horse it is big being of that kind I look for it (i. e., I 



am looking for a certain big horse), or su'kak'q'-t'qka k'% he 'owa'le' 

 stt'kak'q' wqzi t'q'ka c'a 'owa'le I am looking for an indefinite big horse 



Nouns followed by numeral adjectives or indefinite numerals do not take the article. 



c'q' niffp 'ic'i' cameya hq' two trees stood rubbing against each other 21.14 

 k'oska'laka za'ptq zuya' 'i' pi' five youths went to war 235.5 

 waka'p'api 'o'ta yuha'pi much dried pounded meat they had 9.9 

 m.ni' co'nala mak'u wo' give me a little water 



'a'taya entire, 'oya's'i all of a kind, and 'iyu'ha all individuals as one group, require the article 

 following the noun. 



mak'o'c'e k% 'a'taya lehq'l 'oya'te 'owi ' c'at'\za the entire land now-a-days tribes crowd in it 5.8 

 siyo' k\ 'iyu'ha. .wac'i'pi all (the whole assembly of) pheasants danced 20.14 

 wic'a'sa k% 'oya's'i 'iya'yapi all the men are gone 



« Misprint in text k'u instead of k'%. 



