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10. atitumahisddt. mahis, iterative stem shoot, -dat. imperfect, con- 

 tinued past action. 



11. natpumdagaga'imda. -mo-, locative thither, -a-, 3d pin. pron. 



obj. gaga', redup. oontinuative of invariable stem ga', seek. 



-////, contemporaneous motion, -da, continued future. (One 



would expect a past tense to be used in this case). 

 kutiamhactunonoikda. nbnoik, doubtful; possibly error for ridndw, 



redup. continuative applicative of no, defective stem be 



seeing, -da, continued future. 

 mct'ik'. interjection. 



12. nanitpuwatb't'. Vd't', possible stem say. (Used applicatively in 



past tense. But occasional non-applicative examples give stem 

 to, pret. tot), 

 kutitddmadu. -it-, 1 st pin. pron. obj. -dam, postposition, above. 

 -a-, doubtful but possibly completive, du, defective stem re- 

 ferring to position of sun. 



13. ap'apiambiwk'. ap'ap- (probably better ap.ap-), redup. of 2 J sing. 



sbj. pron. -iam-, negative, b'urir (better biuk'), defective stem 

 be hungry. 



14. aviamkuituba'i. -kid- (with neg. -iam-), incompletive, not yet. 



ba'i, stem (probably invariable), ripen. 

 kuvirsor'kam. -ir-, probably related to -ar-, substantive. 



15. pinahbmaikd'k'. pi-, locative relative, where, homai, cardinal, 



one. !.v-/r, uncertain, possibly stem ko, remain, grow, be 

 fixed. -Jr, perfect. 



16. bamatdu. -tdu, descriptive locative, place of. 



c/'iron/. ci-, imperative. -n-, l s t sing. obj. pron. riora (better 



nd'ra), invariable stem await, wait for. 

 kunhakgocia. -hak-, repeative. gbc, stem fall. The particle 



(possibly secondary stem) haJc changes the meaning of the 



stem goo, from fall to return, -ia, future. 

 anikivaVgira. -/./-, proximate time. vaVg, stem fetch water. 



-•/-, possibly reappearing stem vowel, -ra, purposive future 



motion. 



17. citukud'gia. ci-, imperative, kua'g, stem wood or gather wood. 



-ia, future. 

 nap'atuna'dd. -op-, 2d sing. pron. sbj. -a-, undetermined. na\ 



doubtful stem make a pire. -dd, continuative future. 

 victohd'pit. cf. text § 3, 29. 



18. fdH'ifothnaismmarama'dr. t'oH'i-, uncertain. The verbal stem form 



