142 DAKOTA GRAMMAK [Memoirs National 



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tq well; independent tqyq': 



tq-slo'lwayesni I do not know well 44.18;- — tq-wa wata I eat well 21.10; — 'otq'-hig.nayq she married him 

 in a proper way; — tq-na'h'-qsni he did not hear it accurately; — iq-wq' c'iciyak\kte I will better see 

 them for you 26.2; — 'iyo'tq-'ofyokip'i most specially attractive 21.11 



t'e'hq long time, fe'hql far: 



t'e'hq-\' he stayed a long time 143.6; — t'e'hq-pfga it boiled a long time 66.7; — t'e'hq-skq he worked a 

 long time 66.13; — but t'e'hql yqka he was seated far away 



wany,' unintentionally; wan%'ktasni (-kta to expect) independent: 



warm'-'ec'ii he did it without intent; — umnti'-'eya he said it unintentionally, it was a slip of the tongue; — 

 wanit -yahta ka by mistake he bit her 60.1 



wq'ca rarely: 



wq ca-tq-xoa watesni on rare occasions (just once) I do not eat well 21.10 



wq'cala once, and other numeral adverbs, ny,'pa twice, ya'm.ni three times, etc., 'o'ta many 

 times: 



wqcala-m.nikte lo' I'll go only once;- — 'o'ta-'opi' they shot him many times 72.5;- — wq lwqcala-hi' only 

 now and then he came 



iwn'pa twice, as the second: 



inii'pa g.W he is the second to come back; — in%'pa-g.li' he came back the second time 



The following occur always connected with the following finite verb: 



pHya' again, corresponds to English re-: 



p'iya'-wakage I remade it;- — p'iya -kini" he came back to life, revived; — p'iyd-'okiyake c'e'yas nah'ii'sni 

 he repeated it to him, but he did not understand it; — p'iya'-'ayuta he looked at him again 202.16; — 

 p'ip'i' 'ya-kipq pi they called to him again and again 20.3 



c^ok'a' without, empty handed: 



c'ok'a'-g.K he returns empty handed; — c'ok'a'-ku he comes back empty handed 

 k'ile'le — wae'ye' he spoke oddly, significantly: 



k'ile'le-' oma'wani nq 'ec'e'l Hye'waye' I roamed about in such unusual ways and, as a result, I found it 



kahq's, lehq's 



kahq's-b.lustq" k'es as soon as I finish it; — kahq'yq b.lustq' I finished it up to that point; lehq s-oki' yak 

 b.lustq' k'es I no sooner finished telling him (the demonstrative values of these forms seem to be 

 lost and they are used indiscriminately; also more rarely hehq's). 



lehi'cHVa too often (from kHt'a'la in close intervals, stem Va close together; independent 

 lehq'-k'irala): 



lehi'c'it'a-iyy,"k ya'pi stopping too often for the night they went 2.11 

 tok*a' — sni; to'k^a — sni; to'k*ani — sni to be unable to: 



tok'a'-yqke'sni he could not sit still (on account of his nervousness) ; — tok l a.'-icC-g.nakesni he cannot 



place himself, i. e., he is very fidgety 

 tdk'a-yqkesni he could not sit still (because there was a physical obstacle) ; — tdk^a-manisni he cannot 



walk 207.2; — to'k t a-wd'k'usni he could not give him food 114.16 

 to k' ani-g.licu sni he could not come out 28.9; — to k'ani-ski ciyesni he could not move 206.10; — to'k^ani- 



'andc'iska.pesni I cannot clamp with feet around you 32. 10 (correct text as indicated) ; — compare 



to'tfa-h'q it is lost 52.14; 193.1 

 tok'a'-'iwafmni k%hq when I arrive there by hook or by crook; to'k'a-'iwahi^ni when I arrived there for 



some reason 





