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ati'vomgok he jumped up (and seized it) 



nanitpunra'tek then at last I knew 



74. -kai), {-kat), imperfect, continued past state or condition. 



This suffix is found principally with defective verbs and is the 

 principal method of expressing past time with this class of verb 

 stems. It may even be suffixed to nominal stems to denote objects 

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ho-'vitkan the zapote which used to be here 



ave'rnacicbiu'k-a-t he was very hungry 



nanko'skan (I remembered) that I had been asleep 



a'mimicda'darkat here they were seated 



anipuva'nisankat 1 am he who was let down 



avicto'nkat it was hot 



75. -dan, (-dat), imperfect, continued past action. 



This is the more common imperfect suffix and is found with 

 most active verbs to denote a continuance of past action. 



nampuacwa'daD d noticed) what they were doing 



hb'ga.vi'wa''dat he carried it 



a'nit<TtnitdaL> I was holding it up 



ho'namickida'dakdat they were working on it 



namtuka'dat they were eating it 



16. -(a)o, -{ak), completed past, perfect participle. 



This suffix denotes completion in the past and is practically 

 equivalent to the perfect participle (Sp. ...do; Eng. . . . ed). '" 



amtinxo'tsak they had sent me 



kunticanbt'tidu'viaG that 1 had arrived here 



anti'amtokak I had placed you 



gaiiiavu tiaG after having bathed 



ica'pkd'cimdu'na*G well decorated 



daiwak, daraiwak after being seated 



dagiunak cleansed, purifieil 



77. -raa, {-rak), purposive past motion. 



Expresses past motion with a definite intention, "went to do". 

 Note the analogy with the purposive future motion particle -r<i, 

 possibly differing only by the addition of the perfect suffix -*/. 



"" Lower Pima -cada or -tada (Smith, op. ciL). Northern Tepehuane -cade (or in 

 other dialects -tada), e. g., inoggacade, "cm mi padre" (Rinaldiui, op. cil). 

 " Lower Pima -ca, "after having " (Smith, op. c:/.). 



