MASON, TEPECANO, A PIMAN LANGUAGE OF MEXICO 349 



naticapdu'via as soon as he arrived 



natiti'ca-pso'na't as soon as we began 



nanti'captuna - 'ta as soon as I finished 



nanicapokia as soon as I break it 



As the particle is invariably accompanied by its adjectival sign 

 -ic-, it is frequently confused with the incorporated adverb -icap-, 

 "well", and the morphological distinction between them is not clear 

 except that the former generally uses the proclitic n-. 



anica'pbaiG I am well able 



anica'pfcemfcr'rot 1 sing well 



58. -ci-, intensive, imperative. :!8 



This particle strengthens the force of the verbal stem, often 

 being equivalent to "rapidly, fast, much, suddenly" while at other 

 times it carries a malevolent sense. 



cipcihi'mda run quickly! 



ancioi'mor I walk much 



anicituda'daG I work much 



kumiarnciirn'iira they shall not look evilly upon me 



napimiamci-t-6'gia you will not ignore us 

 napimiamit'o'gia you will not see us 



It is probable that the imperative prefix ci- is identical with or 

 closely related to this intensive -ci- (cf. p. 345). 



59. -hah'- repetitive. 



This particle, which may not impossibly be a secondary verb 

 stem, carries the meaning of "return", or less often "again". 



anti'hak'toto I turned around and saw it 



anihak'go'cia 1 will return 



anihak'wa-'o 1 am bringing it back 



60. -(-, perpendicular. 



One of the most frequent and most important particles in the 

 language may directly precede any verbal stem which denotes 

 motion. When thus used it implies that the motion is up or down 

 in a vertical manner. 



hi'ig-avi.'i'ia-'ria he will fall 



h()g-avi.'ia*'ria he will stumble and roll 



a'ni.iwa-'G I am dropping it 



a'niwa"'<; I am throwing it 



3 " Lower Pima si, "fortiter" (Smith, op. cit.). 



