MASON, TEPECANO, .1 PIMAN LANGUAGE OF MEXICO \\\ 



related to swdi('), water, possibly by addition of applicative 

 suffix -</). 



nanticap'tuna'ta. -ic-ap m -, positive + excellentive, tliis combina- 

 tion denoting immediate subsequence, as soon as. na'ta, pret. 

 of natar, finish, complete. 



nantadak'ta. dak'ta, invariable stem leave, desert. 



26. nantaiVcrm. u'a, by assimilation from u'u (probably better u.u.), 



cut, reAp. -am, desiderative. 

 nantasdnia. soma, pret. of sonia'G, hack, chop. 



27. nanicbai' gria. bai'gr, by syncope from bai'gir, pret. of /><//(')</. 



BE able, can. -ia, future. (The use of the preterit form with 

 future suffix appears inexplicable). 



nanhabanios'dia. haban, adv., by that means, t'ds'd, by syncope 

 from t'dsad ( ' probably auditory error), climb, -ia, future. 



nanitbovada. -bo-, locative, directive da, pret. of dag, seize. 



mdhmoddr. mok', adv.. far. -mo-, locative, thither, -dor, post- 

 position, FROM. 



28. uro'i'JwJiv '/>. no'v, stem hand. IioI.vd, instrumentive postpo- 



sition, WITH. 

 nantatu.ui. u.ui, pret. of u.u, cut, reap. 

 nantacivdni's. -ci-, intensive. vani'S, pret. of vanisan, stretch. 



29. kuticgam.O'M. -f/am-, progressive, o'm, pret. of o'mis, break. 

 iianit.ag'di. goi, pret. of gdc, fall. 



30. a'iihni. -ddm, postposition, on. 



nanvomgia. vont'g, by syncope from vomig, arise, -ia, future. 

 )i/tnso'nia. s'd'rn, by syncope from sbrin, extend, -a, future. 



31. nanahohoinda. -a-, 3d plu. pron. obj. hohoin, redup. continuative 



of hoin, shake, -da, continued future. 

 nanitindak.dM. -t-, preterit, -in-, 1 st sing. poss. pron. dak, stem 

 NOSE, -dm, postposition, in. (This form seems incomplete as 

 it contains verbal elements without verbal root. Too much 

 importance should not be given to it, as the informant was 

 translating from Spanish). 



32. nantamowria. (Possibly better so'nvid), invariable stem wound. 

 nanitpuvan.a. a, pret. of ag, converse, which when used 



with personal pron. obj. reflexively, denotes think. 



33. yampok'citukok'da. yam-, negative. -pokr-, adv. superlative, very 



much, -ci-, intensive, kok'da, defective stem (exact form 

 uncertain, possibly kokfdd), be sick, ill. 



