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mun, mun there^ at that place or sfot 20, 30. 32. 24, 9. 10. 



29; mun i'lin ivhile they remained there 2^,3; cf. 24,30. 

 mu'ngak, mungalis, muiigan. mi'ingawats; cf. imiingalis. 

 mu'ska just that one: involves the idea of ''better than another" 



(anim. & inan.) ; miiska hini just that path 23, 10. Der. 



ma (in the form miit), -ska. 

 mut, mun, pron. ; see ma. 



nakanahigj i) mode or style of relation. 2) hiitory., tale., 

 relation of former events ; innakanahigut their history., 

 traditions 20,2. Der. naki, anahilis : "something to tell." 



naki, nagi, abbr. nak-, na- (in compounds), i) what., which; 

 chiefly applies to inan. objects. Na/ot ummiga what it was; 

 lit. "what it was like" 21,6; naki ingaktahunkat u'mmis 

 what he said., lit. "what he has been speaking" 20, 3. 4; 

 na/uska something (living) 22, 27. 2) thing., object ; na- 

 koska, nakuska something., that thitig., anything 22, 7. 

 (o-, u- suftix for -ot, -ut, subj. case) : nagi;adshu'ngun ata- 

 'laktawats they gained knowledge in many things., proba- 

 bly referring to medicinal plants and practices 21, 15. 



nak = lapki, na/;lapki everything 23,6. Der. naki, lapki. 



nakni, na/ni, pi. hunakni mau., male person; hunakni awi- 

 ladshitik not approaching the males 22, 3 ; hunaknosa- 

 'loktaliiinka, see naknosi. 



naknosi, na/nosi, pi. hunaknosi i) old., said of males; hu- 

 naknosa'loktahunka of the old people of yore 20, i ; the 

 term hunaknosa'li forms here a sort of nomen gentilicium 

 to hunaknosi. Cf. -tahunka. 2) old., ancient in the sense 

 of "bravest," and therefore "first in war, leader on the 

 battle-field and in the councils, prominent, influential"; just 

 as the Romans derived virtus from vir man (nakni). Na/- 

 nosa;^ayus the oldest of all zi, 19 ; hantut na/nos6t limmik 

 which tribe should be the oldest 22, 7 ; na/nos; apiktcha/at 22, 

 14 ; see apiktcha/at. Der. nakni, suffix -si. 



nakosi, nakusi little object., small thing ; nakosuska fl:«y /zV//e 

 thing., even small things; refers here chiefly to eatable 

 bulbs 24, 5. The -u- in -sus- represents the case nakosut, 

 or nakusun. Der. naki, -si. 



nanomi, nanumi ; also nanumiga, nanomik zvhichever., zvhat- 



