MASON, TEPECANO, A PIMAN LANGUAGE OF MEXICO 38d 



Opossum was very hungry and thought, "I will break off a piece". 

 Then he dove into the water and thus drowned. Soon a child 

 came and pulled him out. He carried him home and told his 

 mother to cook him. Then Opossum jumped up and struck him 

 with his tail and knocked him against the wall. Then he fled. 



ANALYSIS 



1. havagahor. Intra, proclitic conjunction, -go-, article; possibly 



reduced from demonstrative hoga, or possibly basis of latter. 



2. avicnagiukdt. a-, 3 d pers. sing. sbj. pronoun, -v-, euphonic con- 



nective, -ic-, positive. nagiu : defective stem be hanging, be 



hung, -hat, continued past state. 

 ho'vi'td'ba. -«Va, postposition, in. 

 kutmowaduvia. ku- z proclitic conjunction. -t-, preterit sign. -mo-. 



locative, -tra-, (better -va-) completive, duvia, invariable sing. 



stem ARRIVE. 

 hogaho'r. hoga, demonstrative. 



3. natpuva'tot. n-, proclitic conjunction. -«-, 3 d pers. sing. sbj. 



pronoun. -t-, preterit sign. -pu~, emphatic subj. -va-, com- 

 pletive, to, probable stem say. -t, (better -d), applicative (?) 



armano. Sp. hermano. 



yamhactu\ yam-, negative. -hac-, indefinite, -tt<, inanimate neuter 

 obj. pronoun. 



nictttka\ n-, 1 st pers. sing. pron. sbj. -ic-, positive. -tu- : inani- 

 mate pron. obj. ka\ defective stem eat, be eating. 



gaho'vit. ga-, article. 



4. has'6puMk'd\ has-, indefinite, (assimilated from hac before s). 



-so-, interrogative, (combines with preceding hac- to has'd). 



-]>/<-, emphatic sbj. -.v-, (surd before k), passive. ka\ .eat. 

 a'pitai'ro'ija. a-pi-, 2 d pers. sing. sbj. pron. -£««'-, descriptive adv. 



vo, lie down, -i/a, future. 

 konhd'ko'dumahina. ko-, proclitic conj. (better kit-), -n-, 1 st pers. 



sing. sbj. pron. -hol;o<l-, postposition, -ion-, 2 d pers. sing. 



obj. pron. (Better -unr-, as final m of pron. combines with 



initial in of verb.) tnahin, pres. stem hit, throw, shoot. 



-a, future. 



5. natjttihoLihlaiiarhi. n-, proclit. conj. -a-, 3 d pers. sing. sbj. pron. 



-t-, preterit. -/>/<-, emphatic sbj. -hol;o<l-, postposition, -a-, 



