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motchatat nozv^ at present ; lit. "now that is." Der. motclia. 



mii'limof, mo'mof; cf. momof. 



m u m idsiias I do this^ I act tints; tlie causative of momas, 

 q.v. mumi'hitchid after doing so^ zuheu we have do?ie that 

 12,3 ('// sign of past tense), momitchita komit trying^ 

 lit. '^ wanting to do so" 12, 7, 



m li m a/ a n , see momas. 



miimitu is to mas nevertheless 8, 24. 



miinga 14. iS. 3S ; see rnomika. 



muntiimas although It is so 18,9; contr. from momit omas. 



nafkas, pi. of subj. ntifkis, pi. of obj. nafnakiis I strike^ hit; 

 I beat., as a drum, nafhiigis ma likid alike in sound as 

 when they beat (a drum) 16, 11 ; cf. i'lanafkas. 



nahianua, connective particle, used by speakers for filling the 

 pause necessary to think over new sentences : "come up!" 

 corresponds to Hitchiti nanga'hmi, nanga/mi.' 



naki, nagi, na'/i ; pi. nanaki i) pron. interrog. xvhat? which 

 thing? 3) pron. dem.-relat. that xvhich^ the thing or 

 things ^vhich: zchat. zvhatsoever. naki Tchikilli opuna- 

 yatis xvhat Tchikilli has related 8, 2. 3. nakitoha what- 

 ever it might be: explained by nakit omi hakis "what it 

 was made to be" 10, i. nagitun o'mad whatever it is; 

 contr. from nagit omin u'mad 10. 3 (-tun is suffix). 3) things 

 object; in some instances also applied to animate beings, 

 people, ma naki that object^ thing I3, 16. nak' omalga 

 everything^ all objects [2,32. hia nagi mu'hmof o/ifer these 

 things 12, 31. nagi everything^ p. 60; see hi'lkusiis. na- 

 kitas some object^ something 12, 18. naki yehinga some 

 roots^ bulbs: lit. "bulb-things" 14,36; nanaki things dis- 

 tinct from each other. 



na/;una/a, nak;unaka story, account., legend; lit. "what 

 they relate." inna/una/a their legend or tradition 8, i. 

 Der. naki, unayas. 



n a 'Ik aba 7tiiddle^ half. 



ni'fo beech-tree : see Nofapi. 



niha_/a/, lard., oil. 



nik'la'dshas, pi. of obj. and frequentative: nik'liiko-idshas / 

 burn., V. trans. 



