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ay as, dual of subj. ahoyis, pi. apiyis, api-is I go^ march ^ jour- 

 ney^ travel^ move, proceed ; apiyit (verbal) starting^ 

 marc hi Jig- ; occurs often, as in mo'hmit apiyit hereupon 

 journeying onward 8, 27 ; apiyid omatis they are starting 

 14, 20; apiyat hatchi coming to a river 14, 24; apiyatas 

 better apiyat' tas, from apiyatit-as ivhenever they go 10, 23 

 (-as suffix, q.v.); hadam apiyad starting again 14,33. — 

 Apiagi'l or apiyagi'l ! iet us go ! (-i'l archaic suffix for -is» 

 from the so-called female dialect) 12, 4 ; apiyatis they jour- 

 neyed 8, 26; cf. 10, I. —Apiyis when they start is con- 

 strued with the subjective case of the indirect object : hu'li- 

 das for war 12, 26 ; and ho'litas apia'lanit when they are 

 about to start for warfare (-'laniis, suffix of one of the fu- 

 ture tenses) 14, 19. 



ayidshadshas i) I continue, proceed further; u'h'limi ayi- 

 dshadshad they were continuing to cover 12, 11. 2) / 

 make, cause to go, anim. or inan. obj. ; in this definition 

 the dual is ahoyidshadshas, the plur. apiyidshadshas. Der. 

 ay as. 



ayiktchas, pi. of subj. ayiktchis, pi. of obj. ayiktchagas I hold 

 forcibly, I hold fast^ cling to. ayiktchi imiinkatis they 

 continued to clijig to 16, 37. Der. yiktchi. 



ak-, prefix: into or in the water, or into a hollow, a deep 

 chasm, a valley ; down into. Originally referred to water 

 only; probably from radix of oki water; cf. u-i = akfusua, 

 under fusua. 



akadapkas, du. ak'hatap'hokis, pi. ak'hatapidshis, ak'hadap'- 

 hidshis / go down, descend, v. intr. This refers to the 

 descent towards the water over the high banks between 

 which southern rivers are flowing. o-i;'lakun akadapkid 

 o'min leading dorvn into the river; lit. ''descending be- 

 ing" 16, 7. ak'hadapidshatis they descended 12, 38. 



akasamas i) I believe, add faith to; akasama'gid omeka 

 having believed it o/i that account; viz. on account of 

 Tomochichi's personal visit to Great Britain ; 18, 14. 2) 

 I praise, extol. 



^kasamka i) belief; 2) praise. 



akelatka, see akhitka. 



