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homatkam. homat-, probably from homag, homad, form, create. 

 -ham, abstractive suffix; thus creature. (Possibly related to 



iinilKII), ONE.) 



nat.oi. oi, pret. of oc, sow. 



hoga.o"6c. o'oc, reduplicated plural of 6c, cornfield. 



2. natpuvdp'di. -j?'-, assimilated from o/>, likewise. oi, pret. of 



oc, sow. 



navanukatdaD. nukat, heard for nukaD, stem guard, (d be- 

 comes partly surd as 1st member of consouantal combination). 

 -dai>, imperfect, continued past action. 



hoga.ocgii). ocgiD. oc, cornfield, -gi-, possessive, (possibly by 

 metathesis from -ig.) -d, 3d sing. poss. pron. 



3. };u>w.<iititma- c Eia. -ai-, doubtful, probably locative. 



-///-, indef. impersonal object. ma' Q R, unexplained variant of 

 stem mere, appear. ma^R may be distinct root.) -ia, future 

 suffix. 

 kuicockat. oc, stem sow. -kat, continued past state. 



4. napuvdka'ida. ka'ida, stem probably ka'i, say. -da, continued 



future. (But many verbs of saying, etc., use pres. and fut. 



forms in past.) 

 harowsdpu.uu. harov-, interrog. pron., who? -so-, interrogative. 



uu, stem reap. (Also heard uu and uu:) 

 hbga.inbartUG. in-, 1st sing. pron. possessive, bav, beans, {v becomes 



partly surd before t). -Uig, possessive suffix. 



5. kuananici'dida. an-, 1st sing. pron. sbj. -ani-, locative, herea- 



bouts, ci'di, stem spy, watch, -da, continued future. 

 ikokovd' Ba. ic-, adjectival sign, probably identical with positive. 

 kokov, stem meaning uncertain, -a'sa, postposition in, at. 



6. kuamihocda. ami-, locative, nearby, -lid-, locative, place where. 



-c-, positive, (i combines with o). da, invariable sing, stem be 



seated. 

 na/puci'diD. ci'di, stem spy. -d, present applicative. 

 kuamihowan. ami-, locative, nearby, -ho-, place where, -ivaii, 



(better -van), locative postposition, towards. 



7. amiticiicivs. ami-, locative, nearby, -ci-, intensive, inrs, (better 



vus), pret. of vus(a)n, leave, depart, come out. 



8. avicmcrc. mere, stem appear, be seen. 



kunapuvatoD'a. stem probably to, say, tell. (Stem uncertain; 

 cf. text 1, 22.) -da, continued future suffix used with verb of 

 saying in past tense. (Heard as -ira). 



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