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46. Teuwdik'aro'WD. ->i-, 1st sing. pron. poss. noil-, reconstructed, 



possibly obsolete stem cut, shave, -hay. instrumental suffix, 

 e. g. KNIFE. -o'lv i>, by elision for -lio'l.vi), instrumentive 

 postposition. 

 kupuwa.akomipgiaD. -ira-, completive, (heard for va after a), 

 -a-, Bd plu. pron. obj. komipg, by syncope from komipig 

 itself syncopated to kompiG in present), skin, DEHIDE. -/«-, 

 future. -D, subjunctive. 



47. natitaahu. hu, pret. of hug, eat. 



itvop'a. it-, either poss. or obj. 1st plu. pron. -vdp'a, probably 



adv. equal, (cf. verb vop'auv, equalize, "einparejar"). 

 kunoMMca m ptuna m ta. cf. § 25. 



48. hacatsopua.uk'ta. hoc-, indefinite, how. -at-, 1st plu. pron. sbj. 



-so-, interrog. -pu-, emphatic sbj. -a-, pron. obj. alrta. un- 

 certain but possibly by metathesis from ukat, carry). 

 titi.inidak'td. ti-, pron. sbj. -ti-, conditional. -ini-, locative, here. 

 dak'ta, stem leave, desert. 



49. kugabdban. baban, redup. plu. of ban, coyote. 

 amihugia. hug, stem eat. -ia. future. 



50. antikihi. -Id-, proximate time. (cf. note Text § 1, 15. The use 



of the preterit sign and stem form is inexplicable here, where 

 the meaning is "I will go"; it may possibly be explained as 

 a literal translation of the Spanish idiom "ya me voy", the 

 particle "ya" normally carrying the significance "already"). 



Lhla.'oru. kida, town, (possibly from stem kid, dwell), -ora, 

 postposition, into. 



nanhomaiga'gara. tfcvga, redup. continuative of invariable stem 

 gar, seek, -rn, purposive future motion. 



51. nditpalvuMa. (' is probably merely a hesitation, ). -it-, pro- 



nom. obj. paU'wit, invariable (and consequently irregular) stem 

 aid, assist. (This is probably a borrowed stem as it con- 

 tains three very rare or abnormal sounds, initial p, I and e, 

 besides being irregular), -a (probably better -'A/), future. 

 nabwbk'ta. bwdh, probably defective stem bring, carry. -t<i. 

 (probably for -da), continued future. 



52. nadwk. dwk, stem rain. 



53. navap-icto.nrpib. cf. Text § 3, 29. 



kucoriorhak''gociat. -c-, positive, (assimilated from -/>-). orior, 

 adv. promptly, soon. hak?gdcia, cf. § 10. -t, optative. 



