MASON, TEPECANO, A PIMAN LANGUAGE OF MEXICO 371 



nanitsapbo'iraG which I went to bring 



bitu'amwa'rak they went to bring 



antiga'grarak I went to sell 



antiga'garaG I went to seek 



FUTURE TENSE 



All varieties of future time are expressed by means of termi- 

 nations suffixed to the present stem. 



78. -ra, purposive future motion with singular subject. 



kuviboi'ra (I told him) to bring 



anikivai'gira while I go for water 



nanato'gira I am going to see 



anibo'iamka'ira I am coming to hear them 



apiga'grara you are going to sell it 



antuma'hi-nara I am going to hunt 



19. -pu, purposive future motion with plural subject. 51 



mai'kutsaptu'ua'pu let us go and bring them 



maikutmito'gipu let us go and see 



mai'k-utpacuirapu let us go visiting (Sp. pasear) 



nat-uko'i'pu that we go to eat 



na't-uvi'nipu (we are going) to munch 



The last two suffixes are preceded by either the vowel i or a. 

 It is most probable that these represent the lost final stem vowel, 

 though the slight range of variation is unassuring. Note the rela- 

 tionship of the former suffix -ra to the purposive past motion 

 suffix -raa. 



SO. -da, continued future action. 



da is one of the most frequent of the suffixes in normal use. 

 Though its use seems to be more or less idiomatic and apparent 

 exceptions may be found to any interpretation, it seems on the 

 whole to point to a future action of more or less continuity and 

 therefore to relate to the corresponding past suffix -dan. It is 

 generally transitive and applicative in meaning. As will be seen 

 in the texts, by a strange idiom most verbs of speaking and like 

 concepts use the -da suffix even for the preterit. 



kutiamiamb<Vpa-uda we can never equal your example 



anani'cintunu'kaira I will remain here to guard it 



Lower Pima -hoppo, "go to do" (plural; Smith, op. cit.). 



