OF TIIE LENNI EENAPE INDIANS. 



[of PREPOSITION-.] 



2-1.-1 



XXX. — From Pitsclii, accidentally, by chance. 



Pitenummen, to commit a mistake 

 Pitaptonen, to blunder in Bpe ikin; 

 N'pitacbi, 1 blunder accidentally 

 K'pitscbi, thoti blunderest accidentally 



I'u i hi, he blundera accidentally 

 N'pitschi li--iu, 1 have not done it wilfully »> 

 designedly. 



XXXI. — From Witschi, with, togo with. 



to go witli 

 Witschindeu, to put on with hands 

 Witalogen, to work with (somebody) 



H itawendln, to wink togethei 

 v\ iio~.li\\ I'll, to go or travel with 

 Widhomen, to go in a canoe with (some one). 



Prepositions are particles which are placed before nouns or verbs, 

 to express an accessory idea in connexion with them. 



EXAMPLES. 



Li, liwi, to 



I eanwi, tpisqul, .ip.iinst, over 



Vu undach, this -idc 

 i 



l mwiwi, between 

 Eli, In ■■ 

 I' I hgi, near, by, close by 



a. after, -it last 

 CTntschi, hi, by, bom 

 Newentschi, therefore 



\ nil, berc 



\ ii schacld, so far as here 



I i i. ~n long 

 Seki, petschi, until 



T.i'lii. quite* 



I I < In in. ilia, not at all, quite, absolutely not 



I'.ik.mi-i I i iili\ . i ntircly 



Ayema, If, If only. 



Prepositions nre frequently compounded with nouns and verbs, as in 

 the following examples : — 



From \\ ochgilscbi, above, on the ti>,>. oron il» surface of. 



Wochgidhackamiipii'.iiii Ifae earth [ Woctudtaque, on tb. ■ i"|> ul the house. 



• ffbttbythi TriimUii.tr. — Thto ia mote pfopertj in adverb ; but the kuuWnotanfreqoently 

 confound* the different parts of speech, which ia □ ilnwhichtJ 



so strangely Intennixed. Beside*, it Ii evident he latef tag ui tali worki 



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