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this. -p-, probably assimilated from op, also, again, him, 

 stem go. -ia. future. 

 ananiamhimi'm. anan-, redup. I st sing. sbj. pron. -iam-, negative. 

 him, stem uo. -im, desiderative, (possibly same as -im, con- 

 temporaneous motion; normally expresses negative desire after 

 ■dam- as it expresses positive desire after -ic-). 



19. miamiwam'dk'dam. -in-, 1st sing. pron. obj. namok', stem en- 



counter, meet. Used applicatively denotes pay. -d-, appli- 

 cative, -am, desiderative. 



nanpova'afdtda. -p'o-, probably auditory error for -pit-, emphatic 

 sbj. -va-, completive. (' is probably merely a hesitation, .). 

 -a-, 3d plu. pron. obj. t'dtda, cf. § 10. 



kumihomaiga'ga. homai, pron. numeral, (some)one. ga-ga, inva- 

 riable stem seek. 



20. ananiamkihvmim. cf. § 18. -hi-, proximate time. 

 aviamicmok'or. cf. § 3. -iam-, frequently heard as -em-, superlative. 

 na'kugdmai.oidd'd'ba. na'ku-, prefix of possibility, to see if. 



gdmai, adv. another. 6ida\ nominal stem, year, -a'ba, post- 

 position, IN. 



21. ni'ti'am'u. -ti-, conditional. (The principal difference between this 



and preterit -ti- seems to be in the heavier stress accent 

 carried by the former. The tense form of the verb stem 

 seems to be the determining factor), -iam-, negative, mu, 

 pret. of stem miik, die. 



yam. independent negative. 



kuntivamu. cf. supra, -va-, completive. 



kmiiamikihimia. cf. § 20. -ia, future. 



22. nanatogira. -a-, 3d plu. pron. obj. tog, stem see. -*-, possibly 



original stem vowel; possibly euphonic connective, -ra, pur- 

 posive future motion. 

 na'kumJwmaiinmakia. na'ku-, proclitic of possibility, to see if. 

 -in-, 3d plu. pron. sbj. homai, numeral, one. -in-, 1st sing, 

 pron. obj. mak, stem give, -ia, future. 



23. amemicapndn'd. -em-, heard variant of -iam-, negative, which in 



conjunction with -ic-, positive, makes superlative, -ap-, excel- 

 lentive well, n'dnd, redup. of no, look, see. 



gatot'ia. ga-, article. tdt'ia, redup. plur. of toga, girl. 



nipuchimi'm. -c-, for -ic-, positive, him, stem go. -im, deside- 

 rative. 



24. kunampudnhogit. -a-, completive, (v of va is weakened after u). 



